Mental Health

Anxiety

• Education Support. 7 strategies to manage anxiety
• The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust. Managing stress in today’s world– an explanation of what stress is, what can cause stress and the potential impact on mental wellbeing.

Exams

• The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust. Cancelled exams – there’s no right or wrong way to feel. This has been a difficult year for many, especially young people who were due to have taken GCSEs or A-Levels over the last couple of months. The uncertainty of the current situation will be affecting many young people’s mental health.

Mental health and wellbeing

Anna Freud

• Self care summer – primary
• Self care summer – secondary 
• Supporting mental health & wellbeing in schools: Engaging with all parents and carers

Anna Freud have also produced three short films:

• Supporting schools and colleges through disruption
• Supporting parents and carers through disruption
• Supporting young people through disruption

Place2Be

• Free online children’s mental health training course developed from their work in schools, enhances professionals’ understanding of children’s mental health and introduces approaches that foster positive wellbeing in schools and communities.  There are versions for teachers, student teachers and youth workers.

The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust

Short videos

• Being Kind to Yourself– students (and staff) are guided through a range of ways of self-care.
• Developing a Wellness Action Plan– how to use wellbeing action plan to manage mental wellbeing and signposts several other resources and support.
• Mindfulness and staying present– explores how to use mindfulness in a practical day to day way, to stem the anxiety and reduce the tendency to become lost in a spiral of ‘what if’ scenarios that ramp up anxiety and impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing.
• Self care for students with eating disorders