Our Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Support Team
Mrs C Carey – Mental Health Lead
Mrs V Abbs - SENDCo
Thrive Facilitators
Mrs L. McLure
Mrs R. Firman
Miss E Gilhooley
Mental Health help for your Child
How to talk to your Child about Mental Health
Supporting traumatised Children through the Christmas Storm
Child Bereavement - Support Videos
Child Bereavement UK have identified a range of video’s (see below) which may be useful to support children and young people. Some are older and available through Child Bereavement UK website and some are more recent and have been made in response to the pandemic. There are a lot more available through the website and CBUK’s Youtube channel but seem to be appropriate in the current circumstances.
Supporting bereaved children through difficult times. Child Bereavement UK
Supporting a bereaved child with autism spectrum disorder
Remembering someone who has died
Useful LINKS
Alliance Psychology Service - Trailblazers
Parent Led CBT Course Information
Autism Support
Parent Awareness Sessions - Daisy Chain
DAISY CHAIN - To contact the care team, please call 0800 031 5445
Alternatively, complete ENQUIRY FORM and a member of the team will be in touch with you.
Barnados
CAMHS - Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service
Online CAMHS Parents & Carers Workshops (Feb-March)
Coronavirus: How to protect your mental health
Mental Health Crisis
OCD
Sensory
Hand Washing Tips for People With Sensory Difficulties
Activities
Self-help Guides
Anxiety - APPLE2 Tolerating Uncertainty
Managing Anxiety - helping-cyp-manage-anxiety
Self-Harm - Advice_for_young_people
Self-Harm - Advice_for_friends_family_and_carers
Self-Harm - Distractions - NSH
Sleep Problems - Advice on how to Manage
Youth Anxiety Handouts - Grounding techniques
Understanding Self-Harm
Websites
Anna Freud - Offers support and advice to parents and carers
Bereavement UK - Supporting Bereaved Children
CAMHS - Self-help resources to download to help your child
Hart Gables - To help support Parents and Carers with issues around sexuality and gender
Headlight Project - Teaching Children About Mental Health
Headspace - Mindfulness and Meditation Techniques
Kooth - Free, safe and anonymous support
Mental Health at Work - Supporting Your Mental Health While Working From Home
MIND - For Better Mental Health
NHS - Every Mind Matters (Self-help for Adults and Children)
Qwell - Online Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Support for Adults
Rise Above - Website Created by Young People, for Young People
Young Minds -provide young people with tools to look after their mental health, and empower adults to be the best support they can be to the young people in their lives
Young Minds has a Parent/Carers Guide with A – Z list of lots of common mental health difficulties such as Exam Stress, Self-Harm, Low mood, Panic and Anxiety, sleep and Low self Esteem and other difficulties.
