"Teachers don't always notice that a YP is struggling with their mental health", they only notice the 'loud ones. Being able to ask for help themselves would mean they could "get help early before it becomes really bad".

In Our Own Words Youth Researchers Project Year 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLVmUidwUvg

From the Surrey Youth Voice Bi-Annual CYP Survey:

Action cards:

• Parent/carers would like better support for CYP who have ND needs during school transitions.
• CYPF would like schools to consider changing their behaviour policies to not penalise neurodivergent CYP.
• CYPF would like more training for schools (particularly seccondary schools) and colleges/6th form on ND and identifying and how to support CYP in school, masking, impact on siblings/wider family, so that young people's needs are better understood and parents & carers experience less judgement and blame and adjustments are put in place when the young people and the family need it.
• CYPF would like to have a link worker between home and school (to support communicating needs, coordinating/ navigating support etc) (particularly for CYP who have ND needs).