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.
- Kooth – online mental wellbeing community (free, safe and anonymous support)
Useful Information to Support Adults
- Wellbeing Support for Parents – NHS
- Wellbeing Pack 2021 – PoetsIN – click to download grounding, soothing, and distraction techniques to help you when things get a little overwhelming
- 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 programme – a free 6 month after-school programme which helps young people aged 9-12 years old improve mental wellbeing through physical activity. The session will be starting on Thursday 28 April 2022, 5-6:30pm.
– Empower Registration Form
– Empower_Poster St Albans
– Tri_Fold
- Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner Workshops (January – March 2023)
- Winter Mental Health Local Offer Leaflet – Jan 2023
- Supporting Links – Courses
- Family Lives
- Empower – free six month project that aims to improve young people’s mental health using physical activity.
