Ways to Wellbeing Resources
This collection of resources has been compiled by our Ways to Wellbeing team, who provide support to parents and carers of children and young people who have concerns about their mental health and wellbeing. It signposts practical advice and tips on supporting your child or teen, from speaking to your child or teen about difficult feelings to mental health services.
Adolescent Brain Development
- Video: How does the teenage brain work from Sam.K Parenting
- Video: The Teenage Brain from BBC Bitesize
- Video: The Adolescent Brain from Dan Siegel
- Podcast: Bitesize Study Support from BBC Sounds
Inclusion
- Video: Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race from Peter D
Anxiety
- Video: Clear Fear Promo from Clear Fear
Reducing parental conflict
- Support organisation: Relate
- Support organisation: Action for Children
- Support programme: DARE (Domestic Abuse Recovery Education)
Eating disorders
- Video: Anorexia and Bulimia, My Mental Health in VR
- Support organisation: Anorexia and Bulimia Care, Association of Mental Health Providers
- Support organisation: Beat
Mental Health and stigma
- Video: We all have Mental Health from Anna Freud
- Video: Your Words Matter from YMCA England and Wales
- Video: Parenting with a mental health problem from Mind
- Advice: For parents and guardians from Mental Health UK
Depression
- Video: I had a black dog, his name was depression from World Health Organisation
- Video: Empathy vs Sympathy from Brené Brown
- Support organisations: Mind
- Support organisation: Childline
- Support organisation: Students Against Depression
School Avoidance
- Our guide to School Avoidance
- Video: Fight Flight Freeze, Anxiety Explained for Teens from Anxiety Canada
- Video: The Hand Model of the Brain from Emotion Coaching UK
- Video: CBT for School Refusal from Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
- Video: Understanding School Refusal from Kids Matter
- Video: Brain & amygdala hand model explains how thoughts & emotions fuel anxiety from EmpowerU
- Information: Facts, guidance and resources from Schools Avoidance Alliance
- Support organisation: YoungMinds (includes parent helpline service)
Self harm and suicidal thoughts
- Video: Turning to Self-harm from BBC Teach
- Video: Why I started to cut myself from BBC Newsbeat
- Video: Three Dads Walking from BBC Breakfast
- Video: I jumped off Golden Gate Bridge from Samaritans
- Support organisation: Papyrus UK Suicide Prevention
- Support organisation: Alumina
- Support organisation: Samaritans
- Support organisation: Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
Wellbeing and Self-Care
- Video: The Five Ways to Wellbeing from Sanctuary
- Support directory: Newcastle Support Directory
