Parent Support
Useful Websites / Information for Children
- Just Talk – Emotional wellbeing information and resources to help young people in Hertfordshire
– Just Talk poster (click to download)
- Child Line – a free, private and confidential service where you can talk about anything. We’re here for you online, on the phone, anytime.
Useful Information to Support Adults
- Wellbeing Support for Parents – NHS
- ESMA Teaching Service – Education Support for Medical Absence
- EBSA Parent guidance Nov 21 – Emotionally Based School Avoidance, a guide for parents
- Young Minds – provide a one-off Parents Helpline conversation with a trained helpline adviser.
- Place2Be – works with schools to help parents support their child’s mental health and improve their emotional wellbeing.
- NSPCC – Help and advice for parents and families dealing with mental health problems in everyday life and during the coronavirus pandemic.
- Families in Focus – Siblings First is a therapeutic programme for primary aged brothers, sisters and parents of children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
- First Steps ED – a leading eating disorder charity providing hope, opportunities, and choices to lives affected by eating difficulties and disorders.
- Hertfordshire’s Local Offer – Educational Psychology Service – use psychology to support the learning, development and emotional wellbeing of children and young people.
- Herts Parent Carers Involvement (HPCI) – have a range of webinars for parents on their website which aim to increase parental knowledge, understanding and confidence on a range of SEND topics. Webinars are available on the stages of the EHCP process, SEN Support, Tribunals, choosing schools, legal protections and Home Education.
- St Albans Empower – Empower is a free six-month project that aims to improve young people’s mental health using physical activity. Each session is 90 minutes in length and consists of 60 minutes of physical activity, typically in the form of a sport session such as dodgeball, football, basketball, badminton, or dance. Following the physical activity, we complete a 30-minute wellbeing workshop, which is a facilitated conversation between participants, Watford FC Community Sports and Education Trust Coaches and a NESSie psychotherapist. Sessions are run locally at a venue in St Albans.
- Supporting Links – Courses
- Family Lives
- Empower – free six month project that aims to improve young people’s mental health using physical activity.
- Online mental health support for children and young people-The Sandbox
- NESSie workshops:-
