www.minded.org.uk/families – online support for mental health problems/concerns
www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule – NSPCC site with help for teaching about prevention of abuse
www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers – focuses on online safety
www.net-aware.org.uk – a site that gives reviews of online games that children use
Mental health resources
Easy read guides
- Steps to Deal With Stress Easy Read Format – A simple guide to stressing less and enjoying life more, published by NHS Health Scotland
- Anxiety – easy read – What is anxiety and ways to feel better, published by the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Depression – easy read – What is depression and ways to feel better, published by the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Bipolar disorder – easy read – What is Bipolar disorder and ways to feel better, published by the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) – easy read – What is Obsessive compulsive disorder and ways to feel better, published by the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Schizophrenia – easy read – What is Schizophrenia and ways to feel better, published by the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
General guides
- How to look after your mental health, published by The Mental Health Foundation
- How to look after your mental health using exercise, published by The Mental Health Foundation
- How to look after your mental health using mindfulness, published by The Mental Health Foundation
- How to manage and reduce stress – what is stress and ways to deal with it, published by The Mental Health Foundation
- The truth about self-harm – for young people and their friends and families, published by The Mental Health Foundation
- Coping with Self-harm – a Guide for Parents and Carers, developed by researchers at the University of Oxford
- A parent’s guide to depression – a parent’s guide to warning signs and what you can do, published by the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
- Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools, published by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
- Supporting mental health and wellbeing in secondary schools, published by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
- I Gotta Feeling – designed by Help4Pupils to help children (aimed at secondary school children) when they are feeling sad, worried or troubled
- Get up and go – designed by Help4Pupils to help children (aimed at primary school children) when they are feeling sad, worried or troubled
- Talking mental health with young people at secondary school – some advice for parent and carers, published by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
- Tips for parents – talking about mental health – tips for parent and carers, video published by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Toolkits
- Talking Mental Health Animation & Teacher Toolkit – Teachers resources for supporting mental health in the classroom, published by the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
- Mental health toolkit for schools – a toolkit to help Measure and monitor children and young people’s mental wellbeing, published by EBPU Evidence Based Practice Unit
- Islington Mental Health and Resilience in Schools (iMHARS) – A framework for Mental Health and Resilience in Schools
- Wellbeing Measurement Framework – separate toolkits for primary, secondary and college settings, published by EBPU Evidence Based Practice Unit
- Teen Mental Health (Canadian website) – resources for parents and professionals
- Mentally Healthy Schools – quality-assured information, advice and resources to help primary schools understand and promote children’s mental health and wellbeing
- Fixers – Mind videos – videos by young people talking about Mental Health issues
- Shelf Help – Reading Well Books on Prescription helps people to understand and manage their health and wellbeing using helpful reading available from public libraries
- YoungMinds – Resources and materials for teachers and school staff to build their skills and make mental health and wellbeing a core, rewarding part of their job