Supporting Good Mental Health
In the current Public Health Crisis it is important that we all have access to support with our mental health.
Please find a list of resources below that can be used to support you and your families mental health during these unprecedented and unusual times.
Please do not hesitate to contact the school team should you need any further support.
Resource List
Looking after your child’s wellbeing:
Young Minds
Anna Freud Centre – advice for parents and carers
https://www.annafreud.org/what-we-do/anna-freud-learning-network/coronavirus/
Barnados
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/blog/how-help-your-teenager-staying-home-during-lockdown
Place2be – Answering questions from children
https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/2020/march/coronavirus-information-for-children/
NSPCC – advice and support for parents and carers
Public Health – supporting parents and carers to support children
Resources for Students:
Young Minds – advice for young people
https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/looking-after-yourself/coronavirus-and-mental-health/
Kooth – online counseling and emotional wellbeing platform for young people
Anna Freud Centre – advice for young people
https://www.annafreud.org/what-we-do/anna-freud-learning-network/coronavirus/
Information for Improving Sleep:
NHS – Sleep information for teenagers
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/sleep-and-tiredness/sleep-tips-for-teenagers/
Every Mind Matters – Sleep
Mental Health Foundation – How to Sleep Better
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/how-sleep-better
Information for Managing Anxiety:
Mind – Self-care for anxiety
Anna Freud Centre – Managing Anxiety
https://www.annafreud.org/media/11465/helping-cyp-manage-anxiety-apr2020-v3.pdf
Looking after your own wellbeing:
Mind
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing/#collapse262e7
Every Mind Matters
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-staying-at-home-tips/
Rethink Mental Illness
Samaritans
https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/
SANE
Information for Practicing Mindfulness:
Mindfulness is a form of meditation practice, which can be useful in helping us to stay in the present moment particularly when our minds feel overwhelmed with fretting about the future or worrying about the past.
NHS – Mindfulness
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mindfulness/
Mind – Mindfulness
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/mindfulness/about-mindfulness/
Positive Psychology – Mindfulness
Mindful – What is mindfulness?
Apps to Support Mindfulness:
There are a number of apps available which can support the practice of mindfulness some of which have free resources and others which require a paid subscription.
Headspace is currently offering some free meditations called “Weathering the storm”:
https://www.headspace.com/covid-19
Calm has a number of free mindfulness resources available:
https://www.calm.com/blog/take-a-deep-breath
Insight Timer has mindfulness resources for sleep, anxiety and stress:
Contacts in School:
If anyone needs to contact the MAC team over this period in relation to the well-being of a child or to support a family who needs help, our safeguarding team is contactable at the following addresses.
Kfielder@wrotham.kent.sch.uk (Safeguarding and Pastoral)
Sgroves@wrotham.kent.sch.uk (Safeguarding and Pastoral)
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