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Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity with over 25 years’ experience working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools.
Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity with over 25 years’ experience working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools.
We provide mental health support in schools through one-to-one and group counselling using tried and tested methods backed by research. In addition, we also offer expert training and professional qualifications.
Young Minds
Young Minds
We want to see a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health, and gets the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what.
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Parents guide to support A-Z
Parents guide to support A-Z
Our A-Z gives you advice on how to help your child with specific mental health conditions, and life events which might be negatively affecting their wellbeing. We'll also show you where you can get help.
Who we are and what we do
Who we are and what we do
Prevention is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is good mental health for all. Our mission is to help people understand, protect and sustain their mental health.
Make it Count: Guide for parents and carers
Make it Count: Guide for parents and carers
This guide is for parents and carers to help children understand, protect and sustain their mental health.
It is important that children are encouraged and supported to look after their mental health every day. This guide offers suggestions for how you can help your child do this. The guide also offers advice for what you can do when things get tough and if you're worried about your child's mental health.
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Top tips for how you can support your child's mental health
Top tips for how you can support your child's mental health
Below are some ideas for how you can support your child, as well as some suggestions for where you can get further information.
Day to day
Day to day
Our everyday habits are important to our mental health, just as they are to our physical health. Here are a few suggestions to help your child develop good habits.
Think about the five ways to wellbeing
Think about the five ways to wellbeing
Are there things you can encourage them to do, or do together, each day?
Talk openly about mental health
Talk openly about mental health
Just as you might encourage them to eat fruit and veg to keep their bodies healthy (and model this behaviour yourself), talk openly about, for example, staying connected with others or being physically active in order to take care of our minds.
Model good habits
Model good habits
Children often learn from copying what they see around them. If you are taking care of your own mental health, it's easier for them to see what good habits look like.
Think about phone usage – both theirs and yours
Think about phone usage – both theirs and yours
We don't fully understand the impact of social media on our mental health but using phones and laptops can impact on our sleep, which is important to our mental health.
We're also more likely to listen to one another if we're not distracted by technology.
Notice any changes in your child's behaviour
Notice any changes in your child's behaviour
Young people tell us how they're feeling in many ways, not always verbally.
Learning what is normal for your child makes it easier to notice when things change, and if this might be a sign that they're struggling.
Resilience
Resilience
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5 steps for Healthy Snxiety Management - Downloadable workbook
5 steps for Healthy Snxiety Management - Downloadable workbook
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5 Steps for Healthy Anxiety Management (1).pdf
Anna Freud - Self care for teenagers
Anna Freud - Self care for teenagers
Young people told us that when they are struggling they are usually told to see a professional. They don’t often get much advice about how they could help themselves.
So, we spoke to professionals and looked at academic research. Then we drew up a list of strategies young people use (you can see the process in this self-care infographic). We also published a report following a consultation with young people and their families online.
We're sharing these strategies with you to help you to manage your wellbeing. It’s up to you to decide what helps. If it works, keep doing it. If it doesn’t, stop and try something else.
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