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The Kent Resilience Hub has pulled together a variety resources that will help parents and carers support their children and young people’s emotional growth and mental health. Understanding how your child is growing emotionally and preparing for the challenges they might face can help you make positive changes to promote resilience and respond in a helpful way if your child is struggling to bounce back when life gets challenging.

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ADHD and emotions. What you need to know

Understood.org have written this helpful article to assist in understanding the characteristics of ADHD, to recognise when a child with ADHD is experiencing difficulty with their emotions and how to respond appropriately in those moments. The article is from America and the language is reflective of this.
ADHD: child perspective film

A short animated film about what a child's experience of ADHD might be like.
Advice and information for parents about self-harm

For some tips on how to support your child with their mental health and wellbeing specifically concerning self-harm, and where to get help take a look at Young Minds parents support guide.
Back to school – top anxiety triggers for pupils

Back to school: Top anxiety triggers revealed by Barnardo's survey. BBC Newsround help to increase understanding of why young people might struggle when it's time to go back to school.
Barnardo’s back to school and transition resources

Two useful leaflets full of activities and resources to allow children to explore their feelings about returning to school after lockdown and transitioning from Year 6 to Year 7
Child Bereavement UK

We help children and young people (up to age 25), parents, and families, to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies.
Coronavirus: advice and guidance for parents and carers

The Kent Educational Psychology Service have put together this guidance leaflet around supporting children and young people's wellbeing during the coronavirus outbreak.
Cruse – a child’s understanding of death

A childs understanding of death and loss varies at different stages of development. Cruse have advice and support to help.
Cruse – death of a pupil

The death of a student can be traumatic for both school staff and pupils. A student’s death can unnerve other pupils and challenge any feelings of security they might have felt prior to the death.
Cruse – coping with trauma and loss

Someone close to you may have died in sudden and/or traumatic circumstances. You may have witnessed the death, or the deaths and injury of others. This leaflet explains some common reactions and sources of help.
Cruse – restoring hope

This leaflet is about what you can do to help yourself, how others can help you, how you can help other people who may be struggling to cope after the death of someone close and where you can get more advice and support.
Domestic abuse support

Information, advice and support for victims of domestic abuse, friends and family and perpetrators.
Education and your child’s emotional health

How does your child's experience of education impact on their resilience and emotional wellbeing
Exam results stress: advice for parents

Yound Minds’ Parents Helpline team have written an article to share key tips for how parents or carers can support young people around results day.
Feeling secure

Discover how important feeling secure is to your child's emotional wellbeing
Free mental health e-learning

With a continued rise in incidents of mental ill health and disorders in the UK, Mental Health Awareness has become an extremely important issue
Friendships and your child’s resilience

How friendships impact on a child's emotional resilience
Good Mental Health Matters

Developed by the NHS in Kent, Good Mental Health Matters is a free resource for Primary and Secondary school teachers, parents and young people.
Good Mental Health Matters resources

Good Mental Health Matters resources are now available to download at home by you and your children. The resources include videos, activities and information for primary and secondary school age children.
Gov.uk guidance: What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Information for parents and carers about going back to schools, nurseries and colleges in the autumn term.
Health and emotional resilience

Why looking after your own health and encouraging healthy daily behaviour in your child is important for a child's resilience
Helping your child to emotionally regulate

This article from parents.com helps parents to understand the emotional capabilities of children and provides helpful advice on how to respond to children appropriately when they are feeling overwhelmed and frustrated.
Helping your child with anxiety

Young Minds have produced this helpful article for parents who are wanting to help a child that is experiencing anxiety.
How to inspire your child to deal with school anxiety

Hey Sigmund explains where school anxiety may be coming from, the potential pitfalls of managing this difficult situation and provides evidence based approaches for managing a child that is experiencing school anxiety.
How to support your child’s mental health

16 helpful tips to help you support your child's mental health.
Information for families on autism and ADHD in children: a support handbook and films

This handbook is for Kent families who would like to know more about autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children.
Internet Matters

A one-stop shop resource featuring guides and apps about internet safety.
Kooth.com online support and counselling

Free online support and counselling for young people aged 10 - 16 in Kent
Live Well Kent

We can help you improve your mental and physical health and wellbeing. It is a free service for anyone aged 17 and over.
Make your kids emotionally smart

Emma Kenny, psychological therapist, gives some helpful guidance on growing emotionally smart children
Mental Health Matters

Resources and support to achieve good mental and physical wellbeing.
Mid-Kent Mind: free online mental health awareness training

This online training module is available for professionals, parents and anyone aged 16+ as a basic introduction to understanding young people's mental health.
MindEd for families

MindEd have a huge variety of resources to help you support your child
NHS information on children and young people’s mental health needs during Covid-19

Resources to help you support your child through COVID-19
One You Kent

One You Kent provides information and guidance for healthy lifestyle choices with a selection of free apps and support offered via telephone.
Online safety – internet matters

Get tools and tips to support your child’s digital wellbeing on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
Resilience Conversation Tools

It is important to have conversations with young people to find out their experiences and listen to their experiences, the resilience conversation tools can enable solutions to be found.
Rise Above

Guidance on mental health and wellbeing for young people and the for adults supporting them.
Self-care top tips for young parents and carers

This Anna Freud booklet booklet offers some simple self-care advice for young parents and carers about the importance of self-care and looking after their own mental health and wellbeing whilst raising children.
Seven things parents should know about adolescent behaviour

The moods, the inability to get out of bed in the morning, the embarrassment of being around parents. We’ll all recognise these common teenage behaviours. But why do adolescents act in these ways?
Suicide Prevention and Awareness Training from Mid-Kent Mind

Mid-Kent Mind are offering free Suicide Prevention and Awareness training sessions to anyone in Kent and Medway that wants to learn how to support other people when they are in crisis. These sessions will be delivered online via ZOOM.
Supporting a child that is being trolled online

Find out more about how to tackle hate online and online trolls with Internet Matters useful advice guide, what online hate is and to how to support your child.
The Mix: self-harm coping tips and distractions

For some information about self-harm coping tips and distraction techniques take a look at 'The Mix'
The psychology of play to regulate emotions and support wellbeing

The British Psychological Society has produced this video to provide advice for parents and carers on the psychology behind playtime and how it helps children and young people manage their emotions.
The Teenage Brain

BBC Bitesize tell us how recent discoveries in neuroscience have shown that our brains change rapidly during our teenage years and continue to develop until our mid-twenties.
Understanding emotions and behaviours

Understanding how emotions impact on behaviours
Understanding self esteem

Action for Children help us to understand self esteem. Learn how to recognise if a young person is experiencing low self-esteem and what responses can positively impact on a young person's self esteem.
Ways to calm an anxious child

Psychology today provide some helpful ways to calm an anxious child
What do young people worry about most

BBC Newsround tell us the top worries and stresses for young people today. This article also links to films and resources that will help to increase a parents understanding of young people's worries and how to best support them in difficult times.
What is resilience

Find out what Kent young people have to say about resilience
Why encouraging your child’s talents and interests is important

How can you help your child discover their talents and nurture their interests
YoungMinds parent helpline

Worried about a child or young person? Contact the YoungMinds Parents Helpline for free, confidential advice via the phone, email or webchat.