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Mental Health

Welcome to the Mental Health section for parents

 

This area is to help provide support for you and help to support your children whilst we are navigating through these uncertain times.

 

In this area we will provide links to websites that you can find help and advice, and documents offering support and guidance or stories to share with your children. 

Websites

 

The Duchess of Cambridge delivered an assembly on Thursday 18th June on mental health entitled 'Spread a little kindness'. The resources and theme has come from the platform 'Mentally Healthy Schools'.

 

Please view the assembly from the link below.

  • CAMHS Resources This site was created for young people, carers and professionals to pool together lots of helpful resources from across the internet that are available to help support your mental health and well-being. I hope that you find it helpful.
  • Childline - Calm Zone Breathing exercises, activities, games and videos to help let go of stress for children
  • Every Mind Matters Every Mind Matters includes an online tool and email journey to support everyone to feel more confident in taking action to look after their mental health and wellbeing. It also includes a section for parents and carers on looking after children and young people during the pandemic
  • Think Ninja The Think Ninja app has been made freely available to young people (aged 10-18 year olds) across the UK and updated with specific mental health and wellbeing content related to the pandemic.
  • Department for Education DfE guidance for supporting children and young people’s mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak
  • Young Minds Visit the Coronavirus advice and mental health support advice Mental Health Foundation - Top tips for open and honest conversation regarding the pandemic
  • Child Bereavement We help children and young people (up to age 25), parents, and families, to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. We also provide training to professionals, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.
  • Minded Org This session acts as an introduction to the Core MindEd session (Flashbacks, Trauma and Bullying) but comes at it from a parent / carer’s perspective. It also provides parents and carers with initial guidance and then points them towards that core session. It briefly covers head injury in terms of likelihood or not of subsequent trauma but then the focus is on when to worry about PTSD.
  • Minded Org This brief session aims to highlight some key important tips and points in dealing with death and loss. It then points users to the existing materials on the rest of the portal.
  • Place2Be Improving children’s mental health
  • NHS Mental Health Local NHS mental health crisis support lines (for all ages) can be found via a simple age and postcode search
  • NSPCC Keeping children safe online
Children and young people can access free confidential support anytime from voluntary and community sector organisations by texting SHOUT to 85258, calling Childline on 0800 1111 or the Mix on 0808 808 4994.

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