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Essential Parent’s (EP’s) ambition To help expectant and new parents bond with their children during the early years, and help those children grow into strong, resilient and independent teenagers and adults. Early Years intervention is essential to improve the life chances of children, especially those from less affluent communities.

How EP is achieving its ambition EP supports and promotes the factors that help children reach their potential – including breastfeeding, bonding, attachment, good mental health, responsive feeding, cognitive, physical and emotional development, and many more. EP is a digital information service offering expert, evidence-based professional written and video content for conception, pregnancy, birth, babies, toddlers, children and teenagers. Health Professionals can use the EP 'eDelivery' system to respond to parents' needs and deliver bespoke content direct to them at the click of a button. EP is officially supported by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and follows the advice of experts in the field including:

• Professor Robert Winston • UNICEF UK Baby Friendly • Public Health England • The Child Accident Prevention Trust • The St John Ambulance • The National Literacy Trust • iCan Communiation Charity • The Meningitis Research Trust • Mental Health specialists • The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry • The Samaritans • Health Visitors, Midwives, GPs, Paediatricians, Obstetricians, Sleep specialists,

Attachment specialists, Teachers, and many more

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EP online content is already used by health professionals and parents:

• The digital version of every UK baby’s “red book” – the eRedBook • By Midwives in NHS hospitals • By UK local authorities • On internal TV screens in over 100 UK maternity hospitals • By the RCPCH to help train junior doctors and paediatricians internationally • By UK Children’s Centres both for staff training and for parents • By Barnardo’s to help train Children’s Centre staff and to help parents and carers • In Mother & Baby units in UK prisons • The baby care content is given to NCT teachers when they obtain their teaching

licenses

EP is based on the principle that a combination of written and video content, available online, is the best way to deliver effective interventions alongside the clinical pathway. In some circumstances – for example, teenage mental health, digitally delivered information is sometimes more effective than the clinical pathway. Also, rural communities and some other hard-to-reach communities are often better served digitally. In general, digitally deliverable content forms a very useful service that can complement existing support of families by health care professionals.

EP content Please see Appendix 1 for the current full list of content for conception, pregnancy, birth, baby, toddler, child and teenager.

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The EP 'eDelivery' system EP provides three distinct methods of delivering information and support to parents via health practitioners.

1) Universal standardised pathways (EP content)

These are pre-selected content ‘bundles’ to be ‘eDelivered’ at certain time points on the child’s pathway from 0-19 years. For example:

• The MWs appointments (see Appendix 1 Pregnancy and Baby) • The 5 mandated HV appointments (ditto)

Pre-selected content bundles can also be created for eDelivery:

• When a child is entering/ in nursery/ primary school/ secondary school/ university

2) Bespoke selection (EP content)

Health Practitioners, children’s centre staff and teachers can also select additional, specific content for a particular parent or a targeted group of families. For example: a mother struggling with breastfeeding can be sent content to help her with breastfeeds at home; a nursery teacher can eDeliver content on separation anxiety, potty training, bonding etc; a parent needing support with a child who is self-harming can be sent the relevant content from teenage mental health experts – and so on.

3) Other local and national leaflets and information

Health practitioners will be able to eDeliver many of the leaflets that they currently spend time and money printing, handing out and posting to parents - including leaflets from groups such as UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, as well as local information, such as breastfeeding peer support groups.

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The EP 'eDelivery' software

Using the EP software, health practitioners and community workers can select specific EP content and ‘eDeliver’ it to parents/ teenagers via email, text, Whatsapp etc. Content can be sent and received from smart phones, tablets and computers. A record of the courses that have been sent and read will be saved for the sender. These analytics can be collated and used in many different ways by EP users – CNST and UNICEF requirements for NHS hospitals, CQC requirements for private hospitals, litigation and so on. The service is very simple to use. The prototype is shown below but a new version is being developed to include new functionality based on feedback from health care professionals; e.g., language translation options, text messaging, team sharing:

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'eDelivery' trials The EP 'eDelivery' service prototype is being trialed at:

• The Whittington hospital • The Royal Bath hospital • Rochdale Local Authority • Bury Local Authority • Oldham Local Authority

The eRedbook, PHE & NHS Digital The EP digital service is being adopted by our sponsor, Kenny Gibson, at Public Health England, as part of the NHS and PHE's range of Healthy Child Programmes and in the roll-out of the eRedbook. EP content and information for parents is being aligned with Healthy Child Programme Indicator Matrix as well as Better Births and Perinatal Mental Health Indicators. This means EP content and the eDelivery system will be approved as an intervention within the National Events Management Service and the NHS Digital Provider Framework. By integrating our content and eDelivery system with SNOWMED (by April 2019) our interventions - videos, articles and leaflets - can be recorded in the digital maternal and child health records.

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The eDelivery system - what parents receive Bespoke, targeted and standardised information is sent direct to a parents’ or teenagers’ smartphone, tablet or computer.

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Appendix 1

Pregnancy & birth Online articles & videos

Antenatal care

• How does my body feed and grow my baby? • How can my partner get involved with my pregnancy and our baby? • When is the best time to tell friends, children, family and colleagues that you're

pregnant? • How can antenatal classes help me to prepare for the birth and arrival of my

baby? • When will I need to buy maternity clothes? • Antenatal scans • Diagnostic tests in pregnancy – Amniocentesis and CVS explained • Miscarriage, Recurrent Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy • What are the 3 trimesters of pregnancy? • Will my baby be born on their due date? • Sex during pregnancy • How does my baby develop during pregnancy? • A guide to your pregnancy hormones • What is obstetric-led care? • Combined screening tests • What antenatal appointments will I have? • What is a high-risk pregnancy and will it be managed differently? • Is it safe to fly and drive during pregnancy? • Do I have antenatal depression? • When should I stop work during pregnancy? • Does the weight and shape of my bump make a difference? • Medication taken during pregnancy loss

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Pregnancy nutrition

• What should I eat when I am pregnant? • Which supplements should I take during pregnancy? • What is the normal pregnancy weight gain? • Vitamin D, pregnancy, breastfeeding, supplements and baby nutrition • Why do some people have food cravings and food aversions in pregnancy? • What should I avoid eating in pregnancy? • Medication during pregnancy • Taking medication during pregnancy • Withdrawal from drugs used in pregnancy for baby

Pregnancy ailments

• Morning sickness and hyperemesis gravidarum • Pregnancy ailments and body changes during pregnancy and after the birth. • Problems with hair loss during and after pregnancy • Constipation, heartburn, wind and bloating - digestive problems during

pregnancy • Is it common to find sleep difficult during pregnancy? • Symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD)

Pregnancy health

• Illegal and recreational drugs during pregnancy • Chicken pox • The risks of smoking during pregnancy • Can I drink caffeine when I’m pregnant? • Is it safe to drink alcohol during pregnancy? • Can I monitor my pregnancy at home? • Obstetric cholestasis and extreme itching in pregnancy • Whooping cough (pertussis) vaccination • Gestational diabetes • Pre-eclampsia and hypertension during pregnancy • Can drugs, cigarettes, alcohol or prescription drugs that I take damage my

unborn baby? • Exercise during pregnancy

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Birth and labour

• Home births • Is my newborn at risk of Group B Streptococcus? • What are the implications of premature birth? • How has birth changed through history in the UK? • Will I be a good mum to my baby? • How will I know I’m in labour? • Changes to your body after birth • What is a breastfeeding plan? • What are the options with a hospital delivery unit? • How do I write a birth plan and what is its purpose? • Does a baby’s position – or the number of babies – make a difference to

labour presentations? • What is a high-risk birth? • What are the contraindications of going overdue? • Why might a birth need assistance? • Who’s who in your birth team? • What is a natural caesarean? • Can I be injured during birth? • What is the role of a birth partner? • What are the stages of labour? • I had a caesarean for my first child, can I have a vaginal delivery? • What are the different pain relief options available? • What is the Apgar test? • The benefits of delayed cord cutting for your baby • Where should I have my baby? • What is a midwife-led birth unit (MLBU)? • What happens in a planned and emergency caesarean section? • What are the pros and cons for having an induction? • Getting prepared practically for the birth and arrival of your baby • How quickly will I recover from my baby’s birth?

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Midwives’ booking appointment

• A guide to your pregnancy hormones • Diagnostic tests in pregnancy – amniocentesis and CVS explained • How can antenatal classes help me to prepare for the birth & arrival of my baby? • Constipation, heartburn wind and bloating – digestive problems during

pregnancy. • Exercise during pregnancy • Drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine and prescription drugs • Pregnancy ailments and body changes during pregnancy and after the birth • When should I stop work during pregnancy? • What are the three trimesters of pregnancy? • What antenatal appointments will I have? • Antenatal scans • Is it safe to fly and drive during pregnancy? • What should I avoid eating in pregnancy? • Which supplements should I take during pregnancy? • Vitamin D & pregnancy • What should I eat when I am pregnant? • Do I have antenatal depression? • Sex during pregnancy • Combined screening tests

Midwives’ 16 & 25 week appointments

• Baby vaccinations and immunisations • Chicken pox • Whooping cough vaccination • Is my newborn at risk of Group B Strep? • Can I monitor my pregnancy at home?

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Midwives’ 28 week appointment

• When should I stop work during pregnancy? • How your breastmilk changes • Engorged breasts and feeing • Hand expressing breastilk • How long should each feed be? • Will I be able to brastfeed? • Can anyone breastfeed? • Breastfeeding diet • How does breastfeeding work? • What do I do if my baby isn’t properly attached? • Latching on your baby • Breastfeeding positions • What is a breastfeeding plan? • Is my baby having a growth spourt? • Is my baby putting on enough weight? • The benefits of breastfeeding • Breastfeeding at night • Starting breastfeeding – tips for the first feed • Expressing breastmilk • Good sources of breastfeeding support • Have I got antenatal depression? • Have I got postnatal depression?

Midwives’ 31 week appointment

• Can I be injured during birth? • What is the role of a birth partner? • What is a midwife-led birth unit (MLBU)? • What are the stages of labour?

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Midwives’ 34 week appointment

• How do I write a birth plan and what is its purpose? • What are the different pain relief options available? • What is the Apgar test? • The benefits of delayed cord cutting • Tongue tie • Mastitis • Nipple shields • Breastfeeding problems and how to overcome them • How long should I breastfeed my baby? • Where should I have my baby? • Sterilising equipment • Preparing a feed • Giving a baby a formula feed • Burping your baby • Umbilical cord care • Sticky eyes • Baby poo

Midwives’ 36 week appointment

• How will I know I’m in labour? • Changes to your body after birth • Getting prepared practically for the birth and arrival of your baby • Treating a blocked breastduct • Why might a birth need assistance? • Coming home from hospital with your newborn • The early hours and days with your newborn • What clothes do I need to buy for my newborn baby? • Baby hearing

Midwives’ 40 week appointment

• What are the dangers of going overdue? • What are the pros and cons of induction? • Safety and car seats

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Midwives’ postnatal appointment

• Co-sleeping and cot safety • Sleep and hormones • Newborn sleep and SIDS • Leaving babies alone

Pre-birth HV appointment

• Smoking risks • Alcohol risks • Drugs cigarettes and alcohol

• Hand expressing breastmilk • Newborn feeding and skin to skin • Expressing breastmilk • Latching on for BF • How long should each BF be? • Responsive feeding for breast and bottle fed babies • How to bottle feed

• Co-sleeping and cot safety • Baby and toddler safety and baby proofing • Smoke and CO alarms

• Do I have Antenatal Depression? • Preparing for parenthood • How can antenatal classes help? • Normal pregnancy weight gain

• Vaccinations/ Immunisations • Immunisations timelines • Newborn blood spot screening test

• Vitamin D and pregnancy • Which supplements during pregnancy?

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Babies

Summary of our expert partners

Course Presented/ Approved by: Breastfeeding & Bottle feeding UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative

RCPCH

Oral health British Society of Paediatric Dentistry

Introduction to Solids Paediatric Dietitian from the British Dietetic Association RCPCH

Care Midwife Consultant Paediatrician RCPCH

Health Consultant Paediatrician RCPCH Meningitis Research Foundation Allergy UK Anaphylaxis UK

Colic Massage Paediatric Physiotherapist from Chelsea and Westminster hospital

Development – Physical/ Cognitive/ Social/ Emotional

Consultant Paediatrician Attachment and Development Experts Teachers National Literary Association ICan literary charity RCPCH

Sleeping Sleep Expert – former Director of the St Charles Hospital NHS Sleep Clinic, London

First Aid The St John Ambulance

Safety

Child Accident Prevention Trust

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Babies Online articles & videos Breastfeeding

• How your breastmilk changes • Engorged breasts and breastfeeding • Hand expressing breastmilk • How long should each feed be? • Will I be able to breastfeed? • The myths and the facts about low milk supply in breastfeeding • Breast pads • Can anyone breastfeed? • Breastfeeding diet • Treating a blocked or plugged duct • How does breastfeeding work? • What do I do if my baby isn’t properly attached when breastfeeding? • Tongue tie in babies • Mastitis and breastfeeding • Breastfeeding friendly places • Breastfeeding positions • Nipple shields • Latching on your baby during breastfeeding • Newborn feeding & skin-to-skin contact • Is my baby having a growth spurt ('frequency day')? • Breastfeeding the baby with Faltering Weight • The benefits of breastfeeding • Stopping breastfeeding and mixed feeding • Breastfeeding problems and tips to overcome them • Breastfeeding at night • Starting breastfeeding – top tips for the first breastfeed • How long should I breastfeed my baby? • Top tips for breastfeeding twins • How often should I breastfeed my baby? • Expressing breastmilk • Breastfeeding thrush • Good sources of breastfeeding support • Breastfeeding and sore and cracked nipples • Responsive feeding of a baby fed by breast and bottle • Taking medication whilst breastfeeding

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Newborn baby care

• Coming home from hospital with your newborn • The early hours and days with your newborn baby • What do I need to buy for my newborn baby? • Newborn feeding and skin-to-skin contact • Newborn physical examination • Newborn hearing test • Newborn blood spot screening test

Formula feeding

• Sterilising bottles and equipment • Bottle feeding - how to prepare formula milk • How much milk will my bottle fed baby drink? • How often should I bottlefeed my baby? • What do I do if my breastfed baby won’t take a bottle? • Responsive feeding of a baby fed by breast and bottle • How to burp my bottle fed baby? • Bottle feeding - keeping the bond • Infant milks in the first year of life • What is infant formula? • Adding in Supplemental Bottle Feeds to a Baby with Weight Concerns • How to Bottle Feed • Responsive bottle feeding by Emma Pickett • Allergy content in production*

Introducing solids

• Introducing babies to solid food • Is my baby ready for solids? • Good food hygiene when cooking for and feeding your baby • Ten laid back steps to giving your baby solid foods by Dr Amy Brown • Purees for babies with special needs • Hard finger food and soft finger food for babies • Encouraging infants to eat well • Do babies need extra vitamins and iron? • Infant milks in the first year of life • Allergy content in production*

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Baby health

• Has my baby got reflux? • Thrush in babies • Strengthening your baby and child’s immune system and immunity • Your baby’s weight and growth • Sun safety for your baby • Baby Vaccinations and immunisations • What happens if my baby is unwell at birth and needs NICU or SCUBU? • Baby, toddler, child & teenage immunisations timeline • Sticky or infected eyes • Hepatitis B • Newborn blood spot screening test • Allergy content in production*

Fever and illness

• Baby fever and taking temperatures • Baby diarrhoea and vomiting (D&V) • Has my baby got sepsis • Meningitis • How to treat a baby cough or a baby cold • Hepatitis B

Cord and skin care

• Umbilical cord care • Baby eczema • Steroid creams, emollients and eczema

Babies’ oral health

• How can I soothe my baby’s teething? • Sticky or infected eyes in babies • Taking care of your baby’s teeth • Dummy & thumb sucking habits

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Baby crying

• Why do babies cry? • Attachment parenting to help prevent baby crying • Soothing a Crying baby • My baby won’t stop crying – could it be a medical problem? • Baby massage for colic

Baby sleeping

• How do babies sleep? • Reflux, other medical problems and baby sleep • Should I leave my baby/ toddler to cry at night? • My baby/toddler is waking too early • Baby standing in cot • Co-sleeping & cot safety • How to regulate your child’s sleep hormones • Newborn sleep and SIDS • Sleep deprivation – top tips for parents

Physical development

• Baby visual development • When do babies sit up • When do babies sit up unaided? • Physical development in babies • When will my baby crawl? • When will my baby reach for things? • Baby hearing test • Head control in babies, infants and newborns • When will my baby roll over? • Milestones of baby development • How can I help my baby walking? • How can I encourage my baby’s walking and mobility? • How can I encourage my baby’s fine motor skills? • Let’s rock and roll – physical movement and development in babies and toddlers

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Emotional development

• How can I bond with my baby? • Why does my baby avoid eye contact? • Your baby’s personality type • When will my baby recognise their name? • The benefits of baby wearing • Baby copying and imitation games • Mindful emotion coaching • Social & emotional development of babies

Cognitive development

• Cognitive development in babies • Playing anticipation games with babies • Baby hiding games • Cause and effect games to play with babies • Books for babies • Make a treasure basket to stimulate your baby’s senses • Action songs – fun with your baby • How can I help my baby communicate and talk?

Maternal mental health

• Low mood, postnatal depression and puerperal psychosis in new mothers • Have I got postnatal depression? • How can my partner, family & friends get involved? • Do I have antenatal depression? • The benefits of baby-wearing • Social & emotional development of babies • How can I bond with my baby? • Sibling rivalry • What happens if my baby is unwell at birth? • Coming home from hospital with your newborn • Sleep deprivation – top tips for parents • Possible impacts of prescription drugs on babies • Medication taken during pregnancy loss • Bereavement support and understanding grief

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First aid

• Baby recovery position • Baby resuscitation • Baby or toddler with sprain on arm or leg • Baby choking • Baby First Aid – treating bee stings and wasp stings • Dealing with an allergic reaction in baby • First Aid for babies, treating burns and scalds • Baby palm wounds • What to do if my baby eats something poisonous?

Safety

• Stair safety • Pram and stroller safety • Leaving babies alone • Car seat safety • Highchair safety • Will my baby or toddler choke on finger foods? • Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms • Safety-proofing the floor • Baby & toddler safety • Blind safety • Burns & scalds • Bath safety

Poo, nappies and diapers

• Treating and preventing nappy rash • Baby poo – what to expect • How can I prevent and treat my baby’s constipation? • How and when do I change my baby’s nappy? • Why is there a red stain in my baby’s nappy or diaper? • Reusable nappies or diapers • Folding a terry toweling nappy or diaper

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Bath and bedtime

• Top and tailing to clean your baby • How bath your baby • How to protect my baby from SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

HV New birth review

• Treating and preventing nappy rash • Your baby’s weight and growth • Baby hearing test

• Baby copying and imitation games • Talking and communicating with your baby • Attachment parenting to help prevent crying

• Drugs, cigarettes and alcohol risks • Baby vaccinations • Vaccination and immunization timeline

• How to bottle feed • Responsive feeding

• Babyproofing • Normal weight gain • Taking care of your baby’s teeth • Hep B • Newborn blood spot screening test

• Newborn sleep and SIDS • Soothing a crying baby • Benefits of babywearing

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HV 6-8 week contact

• Treating and preventing nappy rash • Your baby’s weight and growth • Bath safety • Blind safety • Car seat safety • Burns and scalds • Smoke and CO alarms

• Baby copying and imitation games • Talking and communicating with your baby • Attachment parenting to help prevent crying • Milestones of baby development

• Drugs, cigarettes and alcohol risks • Baby vaccinations • Vaccination and immunization timeline

• How to bottle-feed • Responsive feeding

• Baby-proofing • Normal weight gain • Taking care of your baby’s teeth

• Newborn sleep and SIDS • Soothing a crying baby • Benefits of baby-wearing

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HV 9-12 Month Contact

• Treating and preventing nappy rash • Your baby’s weight and growth • Taking care of your baby’s teeth • Milestones of baby development

• Bath safety • Safety proofing the floor • Smoke and CO alarms • Highchair safety • Blind safety • Car seat safety • Burns and scalds • Stair safety

• Attachment parenting and prevention of crying • Soothing a crying baby • Benefits of baby wearing • Baby copying and imitation games • Talking and communicating with your baby

• Drugs, alcohol and cigarette risks • Vaccinations and immunisations • Vaccinations and immunisations’ timeline

• Will my baby choke on finger foods • Is my baby ready for solids • Encouraging infants to eat well • Do babies need extra vitamins and iron • Responsive feeding of breast and bottle fed babies • How to bottle feed • Introducing solids

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Toddlers Online articles & videos

Toddler nutrition

• Toddlers, calcium and vitamin D • Why won’t my toddler eat properly? • When should my toddler have good table manners? • Toddler lunch recipes • Ten tips on responsive feeding and reducing obesity in children • A good time to eat with children • Growing food and cooking with your child • Is your child a picky eater or a super taster?

Toddler care & health

• Should I give my toddler the MMR vaccine? • Meningitis • Childhood eczema • Children’s coughs and colds • Steroid creams, emollients and eczema • Asthma • Immunisation timeline

Potty training and self care

• Potty/ toilet training • What is elimination communication? • Teaching your toddler self care skills

Toddler’s oral health

• How can I look after my toddler’s teeth? • Dummy and thumb sucking habits

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Toddler development and learning

• Autism spectrum disorders • Should my toddler watch television? • Cognitive development in toddlers • How should I play with my toddler? • Is it OK for my toddler to play on a tablet? • Emotional development and attachment in toddlers • Toddler art development • Your toddler’s personality • Your toddler’s physical development • Thinking games to play with your toddler • Sharing books and reading with toddlers • Language and communication skills with toddlers • Why is my toddler so independent? • Why does my toddler hate mess? • Emotional development and empathy in toddlers • Travelling with your toddler • Toddler language milestones • What is a toddler? • Is it OK for my toddler to use a dummy or pacifier?

Toddler sleep

• Gentle approaches to toddler sleep • How to regulate your toddler’s sleep hormones • Co-sleeping & cot safety • Should I leave my baby/toddler to cry at night? • My baby/toddler is waking too early • Sleep deprivation – top tips for parents!

Toddler first aid

• Treating burns & scalds • Sprains on arms or legs • Bee & wasp stings • Allergic reactions • CPR • Choking • Recovery position

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Speech, language & communication

• Toddler language milestones • Language and communication skills in toddlers • Reading with toddlers • Cognitive development in toddlers • Autism spectrum disorders • Is it OK for my toddler to use a dummy or pacifier? • Dummy & thumb sucking habits

Toddler behaviour & mental health

• Emotional regulation and mindfulness • Fears and anxiety • Biting and hitting • Sibling rivalry • Toddler tantrums • Risk taking skills • Good manners • Mindful emotion coaching • Bereavement support and understanding grief

Toddler safety

• Stair safety • Pram and stroller safety • Car seat safety • Highchair safety • Will my baby or toddler choke on finger foods? • Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms • Safety-proofing the floor • Baby & toddler safety • Blind safety • Burns & scalds • Bath safety

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The 2 – 2.5 year HV appointment

• Your baby's weight and growth • Ten tips on responsive feeding and reducing obesity in children • Will my toddler choke on finger foods • How can I look after my toddlers' teeth? • Your toddlers' physical development • Toddlers, calcium and vitamin D

• Drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine and prescription drugs

• Baby and toddler safety/proofing • Bath safety • Safety proofing the floor • Smoke and Carbon monoxide alarms • High chair safety • Stair safety • Blind safety • Car seat safety • Burns and scalds

• Attachment parenting to help prevent babies and toddlers crying • Soothing a crying baby or toddler • Avoiding toddler tantrums • Calming, emotional regulation and mindfulness for toddlers • Language and communication skills for toddlers

• Gentle approaches to toddler sleep

• Vaccinations and immunisations • Vaccinations and immunisations' timeline

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Children Online articles & videos

Child nutrition

• Ten tips on responsive feeding and reducing obesity in children • Children and calcium • Growing food and cooking with your child • Is your child a picky eater or a super taster? • Is your child sick of the same old packed lunch? • A good time to eat with children • Guidelines on Vitamin D for children

Child care & health

• Childhood eczema • Guidelines on Vitamin D for children • Steroid creams, emollients and eczema • Meningitis • Children and calcium • Asthma in children • Children’s coughs and colds • Coeliac disease and other gluten problems in children • Responsive feeding and reducing obesity in children • Immunisations timeline

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Child mental health and wellbeing

• Helping your child deal with bereavement and grief • Should my child have a pet? • Is it safe to let my child play Pokemon Go? • Should my child give up their comforter? • Helping angry and upset children who have been bullied • Promoting your child’s body confidence – body confidence quiz • How can you help children with nightmares? • Is it safe to let my child watch YouTube? • Mindful emotion coaching • Should you use language apps with your child? • Routines are the spice of life • Cyber-bullying • Bereavement support & understanding grief • Suicide bereavement • Under-detection of dyslexia in girls

School readiness

• Helping your child prepare to start school • Responsive feeding and reducing obesity • Sleep deprivation associated with obesity and lower cognitive function • Special educational needs (SEN) • The Early Years curriculum in the UK • Numeracy & maths • Literacy & language • Growth mindsets & fixed mindsets • Bullying & resilience • Tantrums & emotional regulation • How can I care for my child’s teeth? • Dummy & thumb sucking habits

Child first aid

• Allergic reactions • CPR • Choking • Recovery position

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Child oral health

• How can I care for my child’s teeth? • Dummy & thumb sucking habits

Child behaviour

• Tantrums and emotional regulation in older children • Positive discipline techniques for your child • Why does my child lie? • Why is my child so impulsive and impatient? • Why won’t my child share or take turns? • How attachment affects children • Does my child really have ADHD? • Mindful Emotion Coaching • Should you use language apps with your child? • Under-detection of dyslexia in girls

Child development and learning

• Seven tips to positive parenting • Does my child really have ADHD? • Why does my child lie? • Why is my child so impulsive and impatient? • How to help your child enjoy numeracy & maths • How to help your child enjoy literacy and language • Why won’t my child share or take turns? • How attachment affects children • How do I know if my child has dyslexia? • Teaching your child to ride a bike in 7 steps • Eleven tips to help your child prepare for starting school • The Early Years curriculum in the UK • Supporting a child with a special educational need (SEN) • Should you use language apps with your child? • How to help your child develop a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset

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Child sleep

• Sleep deprivation associated with obesity and lower cognitive function in children • Seven top tips to stop your child from waking up so early • Helping your child sleep well • Waking too early • ADHD & sleep

ADHD & sleep

• ADHD & sleep

Special educational needs

• Supporting a child with special educational needs (SEN) • How do I know if my child has dyslexia? • Under-detection of dyslexia in girls • ADHD & sleep • Does my child really have ADHD? • Austism spectrum disorders

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Teenagers Online articles & videos

Teenage care & health

• Teenagers and their sleep • Why has my teenager got acne? • Alcohol and the teenage brain • Sleep deprivation with teenagers • The dangers of diets for teenagers • Meningitis and sepsis in teenagers • 10 top tips to improving bone health in teenagers • Steroid creams, emollients and eczema • Immunisations timeline • Asthma

Teenage mental health and wellbeing

• Cyber-bullying • How do I talk to my teenager about drugs? • Supporting your teenager’s body confidence • Sleep deprivation in teenagers • The dangers of diets for teenagers • Mindful emotion coaching • Alcohol and the teenage brain • Self-harm and depression in children and teenagers • Bereavement support and understanding grief • Suicide bereavement • Suicide prevention

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Teenage behaviour

• Mindful emotion coaching • How to help your teenager deal with their anger • Why do teenagers engage in risky behavior? • Alcohol and the teenage brain • Sleep deprivation in teenagers • The dangers of diets • Tuning into teens

Teenage development

• The amazing development of the teenage brain • Why is my teenager so clumsy? • Tuning into teens

Puberty

• The causes of early puberty in girls • Puberty in girls – what to expect • Puberty in boys – what to expect

Teenage education

• Encouraging your teenager to a be a good digital citizen online • What do I do if my child or teenager refuses or doesn’t want to go to school? • Top tips to keep your child or teenager safe online • Sleep deprivation in teenagers • Teenagers and their sleep

Teenage sleep

• Sleep deprivation in teenagers • Teenagers and their sleep

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Contact If you require more information on Essential Parent, our subjects or our list of experts please contact: diana.hill@essentialparent.com 07803 896 078 rebecca.chicot@essentialparent.com 07890 926 924 www.essentialparent.com

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