The Specialist Mental Health Nurse

27/08/2026

Moments I am grateful for today✨

Time to feel, be & reflect 🌅

Tomorrow is a day of email replies & report writing 🌼

Thank you to all those who chose to work with us Aimee Pritchett

We are so privileged to be part of your story 🎑

27/08/2026

🎒 Back to school is a BIG transition…

We’re getting to that time of year again!

New teachers, new classrooms, different routines, earlier mornings, busy corridors, lots of noise… and sometimes a completely new school.

That’s a lot of change all at once ❤️

For autistic and ADHD children and young people, the transition back to school can feel particularly overwhelming.

You might notice they’re more tired, emotional or irritable than usual. They might need more reassurance, more downtime after school or simply a bit more time to adjust.

A few little things can make a big difference:

❤️ Start getting back into the school routine before the first day
❤️ Talk through what’s going to happen
❤️ Use pictures or a visual timetable if that helps
❤️ Try not to overload those first few evenings
❤️ Give them somewhere quiet to decompress after school
❤️ And give them time to find their feet again

They’ve gone from weeks of one routine straight into another - it’s a big adjustment.

Be patient, keep things as predictable as you can and remember that settling back in might take a little while ❤️

24/08/2026

Your exam results don’t tell the whole story ❤️

Results day has been and gone, and for some young people there will have been celebrations… while for others, the results might not have been what they hoped for.

But a grade on a piece of paper can never show the full picture.

For some autistic and ADHD young people, simply getting through the school day, revision, changes in routine, busy exam halls, sensory demands and the pressure of exams can take an enormous amount of energy.

So if the results weren’t what you hoped for, please remember…

They don’t measure your creativity.
They don’t measure your kindness.
They don’t measure your determination.
They don’t measure how hard you had to work just to get to that exam room.

And they certainly don’t decide what you’re capable of in the future. ❤️

Whatever was written on that results paper, getting through the exams is something to be proud of.

Be proud of how far you’ve come. ❤️

21/08/2026

The Fidgets - it's always been a strong favourite of mine 🪐✨🌅💞

Please reach out for support if you have been affected by the uneducated and dangerous misinformation in the recent Channel 4 documentary.

Thank you for this brilliant visual The ADHD Nurse 🧡

19/08/2026

Midweek Musings 🌅

I can hand on heart say, I have never witnessed someone calming down by being told to "calm down".

DBT Skills. Module : Mindfulness.
Some of us never learned this. DBT skills teach us how.

18/08/2026

Apparently today, 18th August, is Never Give Up Day. ❤️

I’d never heard of it before.

And I think I like it.

Although perhaps not in the push harder, keep going, never stop kind of way.

Because sometimes not giving up looks nothing like strength from the outside.

Sometimes it looks like resting.

Asking for help.

Starting again.

Changing direction.

Admitting something isn’t working.

Taking life an hour at a time when a whole day feels too much.

Letting people love you when you don’t feel particularly lovable.

Or simply getting through a day you weren’t sure you could face.

I’ve learned that resilience isn’t always standing tall and fighting.

Sometimes it’s crawling.

Sometimes it’s crying.

Sometimes it’s falling apart and allowing yourself to be put back together differently.

And sometimes it’s just a tiny, stubborn voice somewhere inside you saying:

Not today. I’m still here.

So, for anyone who needs this today, you don’t have to have everything figured out.

You don’t have to be productive.
You don’t have to be positive.
You don’t even have to know what comes next.

Just don’t give up on yourself.

18th August | Never Give Up Day ❤️

For all the times we nearly did.

And all the reasons we’re still here. ###