Help and Support

Information Pack for Students and Parents

Please find a list of resources below to help parents and children during the school closure and lock down period.

Also Apps & Websites and General Wellbeing support here

Coronavirus – A guide for Children by the Children’s Commissioner

https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cco-childrens-guide-to-coronavirus.pdf

Coronavirus

This is a specific resource for children and young people on the Autistic Spectrum http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/documents/1143/Supporting%20Children%20with%20LD%20&%20ASD%20with%20COVID%20Isolation.pdf

Advice for parents and carers on supporting children concerned about COVID https://emergingminds.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID19_advice-for-parents-and-carers_20.3_.pdf

Helpful strategies for teens https://www.baps.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/03/FACE-COVID-by-Russ-Harris-pdf-pdf.pdf

Generic emotional well-being & mental health links

https://www.camhs-resources.co.uk/ This is a fantastic website that has details of books, weblinks, apps, videos and contains resources around emotional / mental health

https://www.healthyyoungmindsinherts.org.uk/parents-and-carers Healthy Young Minds in Herts

https://youngminds.org.uk/ Young Minds – Children and Young people’s mental health charity. Filled with information and have a parents helpline

https://www.mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/resources/ This is the website developed to support the work of the Princes and their Heads Together campaign. It is largely targeted at schools but lots of useful resources

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/ Mood self assessment and online audio guides

Anger

Printable worksheets for teens on managing anger https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheets/anger/adolescents

Great resource for teens on managing anger https://www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk/anger.asp

Anger workbook https://www.seasonstherapy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/What-Causes-Anger.pdf

Anxiety

For Parents: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/parents-and-young-people/information-for-parents-and-carers/worries-and-anxieties—helping-children-to-cope-for-parents-and-carers

Managing Your Worries CBT guide for young people: http://cedar.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/schoolofpsychology/cedar/documents/liiapt/Managing_Your_Worries.pdf

Anxiety in Teens: https://www.heysigmund.com/anxiety-in-teens/

Young Minds information on anxiety: https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/conditions/anxiety/

Many self help and other resources looking at anxiety, phobias and panic attacks: https://nopanic.org.uk/resources/

Bereavement

Winston’s Wish https://www.winstonswish.org/ – Young People’s area https://help2makesense.org/

Child Bereavement UK https://www.childbereavementuk.org/

Hope Again https://www.hopeagain.org.uk/ Website for bereaved teens

Eating issues

Fantastic source of resources around problematic eating and eating disorders for young people and parents / carers: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

Supporting a young person with eating problems: https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/parents-guide-to-support-a-z/parents-guide-to-support-eating-problems/

https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/feelings-and-symptoms/eating-problems/

A guide for parents / carers supporting a young person with an eating disorder: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/uploads/documents/2017/10/carers-booklet.pdf

Parents (Factsheets)

Worries & Anxiety: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/parents-and-young-people/information-for-parents-and-carers/worries-and-anxieties—helping-children-to-cope-for-parents-and-carers

https://www.justtalkherts.org/media/documents/toptipsforparents.pdf

Understanding Childhood (all age ranges) http://www.understandingchildhood.net/our-leaflets/

Parents guide to supporting anxiety: https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/parents-guide-to-support-a-z/parents-guide-to-support-anxiety/

Resilience

Resilience worksheets: https://positivepsychology.com/resilience-activities-worksheets/

Pack on building resilience: https://www.annafreud.org/media/3194/year7_help4pupils.pdf

Resilience toolkit for young people: https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/media/257099/resilience-toolkit.pdf