Returning to School – We have prepared a Coronavirus Parents Guide to Returning Back to Primary School and an Advice sheet for Secondary School pupils, to help support you in managing your children’s return to school. Also included are additional useful resources, click here
Our dramatherapist Steph has written about safety resources for children, click here
Betsy de Thierry (Psychotherapist) offers some video support for the family during lockdown, click here
Mental wellbeing audio guides from the NHS click here
Improving your family’s calmness and mindfulness from Barnardo’s, click here
The importance of playing with your children and types of play are outlined, click here
This article is particularly about fathers’ play and its impact on resilience, click here
Beacon House offers training to parents on how to promote your child’s self-esteem, click here
and from Future Learn, training on helping young people with low mood, click here and for further support for parents, click here
Guidance on explaining Black Lives Matter to children and young people, click here
Redesigning a new curriculum for to address the lack of Black British history in the UK Curriculum, click here
Information on health habits that promote good mental health for children, click here
Understanding anxiety in children from Barnardo’s click here
The value of a Worry Box to calm an anxious child is explained, click here
For tips and factsheet for managing anxiety at the return to school, click here
An explanation of why so many parents are feeling numb right now, click here
Advice for children from Barnardo’s on understanding our mood and how to establish if we might need support, and what type of support it is we need. click here
Protecting mental health for children and adolescents, click here
Tips for parents working from home from Barnardo’s staff click here
