
Parental Help and Support
Caring for our children is an exceptionally rewarding but undoubtedly tremendously difficult responsibility. To assist our parents we have collated some excellent sources of parental help and support. Please be minded that we are always available to help our families - do not hesitate to contact our school.
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
Apps & Websites and General Wellbeing support Sources of wellbeing support
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
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
Telephone helplines / Online Support:
Samaritans – Free Call 24 hours a day 116 123
Shout Crisis Text Line – Text Shout to 85258
Childline – Call 0800 1111
Kooth – Free mental health support for all young people in Gunnersbury, year 7 – 13. This provides: online counselling weekdays 12 noon – 10pm and weekends 6pm – 10pm - 365 days a year. Sign up at http://www.kooth.com/
Coronavirus – A guide for Children by the Children’s Commissioner
Coronavirus
This is a specific resource for children and young people on the Autistic Spectrum www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk//Supporting Children.pdf
Advice for parents and carers on supporting children concerned about COVID emergingminds.org.uk/wp-content/COVID19_advice-for-parents-and-carers_20.3_.pdf
Helpful strategies for teens www.baps.org.uk/FACE-COVID-by-Russ-Harris-pdf-pdf.pdf
