SENsational - The Special Educational Needs Podcast
Aug 25, 2026 · 27 min · 12 segments
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Hayley FarrarGuestHostHostUm, why is it so important to talk about mental health in children and with special educational needs?
Mm
Yeah
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Um, possibly not having the ability to describe what's going on for them means that we need to be the ones that are advocating for them and maybe giving them the l- the language or-
Mm
So, um, the earlier intervention that we can, we can provide means that things don't escalate and end up being much worse later.
Right.
Yeah.
Think that is, that's, that is really important and think sometimes-
... can be difficult and forgotten, that, that, that early intervention and trying to support as early as possible for our children can be, can be the key sometimes.
Yeah.
Um, why is it so important to talk about mental health in children and with special educational needs?
Mm
Yeah
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Um, possibly not having the ability to describe what's going on for them means that we need to be the ones that are advocating for them and maybe giving them the l- the language or-
Mm
So, um, the earlier intervention that we can, we can provide means that things don't escalate and end up being much worse later.
Right.
Yeah.
Think that is, that's, that is really important and think sometimes-
... can be difficult and forgotten, that, that, that early intervention and trying to support as early as possible for our children can be, can be the key sometimes.
Yeah.
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