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Hayley Farrar

Hayley Farrar

Senior Therapist at Witherslack Group, the UK's leading SEN education provider, specializing in mental health, trauma and self-harm support for young people

Aug 25, 2026

speaker_1HOST
7:19
Yeah.
7:20
Um, what we definitely know is there's emotional distress there.
7:24
Um, I would suspect that it may be worse at school because there's shouting and screaming going on at the teacher, and it sounds like it's more regular there.
7:32
So I think one of the crucial things is to get people on board with you, that you, you don't have to do this alone.
7:40
There are trusted people that, that want to help.
7:43
Um, and what I would say to parents and carers is please don't be ashamed if your child is going through this.
7:49
It's a massive thing that you s- somehow feel that you might be failing, but actually it's just a part of learning to manage and learning-
speaker_1HOST
8:24
Mm-hmm

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