A parents’ guide to supporting children and young people: ADHD and Autism

A useful resource from Oxfordshire Health Foundation Trust, of a series videos for parents and carers supporting children and young people with ADHD and Autism.

Action for Children: Parent Talk

Action for children offer a free and confidential live chat with a qualified parenting coach. They can talk about anything that supports family life, caring for children or managing their own wellbeing.

Anna Freud: Engaging with Parents and Carers Around Mental Health and Wellbeing

A booklet exploring a range of innovative ways that schools can successfully engage with parents and carers around young people's mental health and wellbeing.

Anna Freud: Schools in Mind

Schools in Mind is a free network for school staff providing accessible information and resources that school staff can use to support the mental health and wellbeing of young people.

Anna Freud: Talking Mental Health with Primary School Aged Children for Parents and Carers.

Simple advice and guidance to parents and carers of primary aged children about how to make conversations about their child's feelings part of everyday conversations.

Anti-bullying Training Booklet – Created by KYCC

This session will give you the basic knowledge on how to support someone if they are being bullied.

Charlie Waller Memorial Trust: Resources for Schools, Youth Settings and Families

Evidence-based presentations and training for schools,youth settings and families, as well as a variety of resources on mental health and wellbeing.

Child behaviour has got worse, say 1 in 5 parents – Place2Be survey

Parents highlight how some children are more likely to refuse to do homework since the start of Covid pandemic

Depression: a guide for parents and carers

Depression is a mental health condition that results in persistent feelings of sadness and/or hopelessness. Anyone can be diagnosed with depression. The symptoms are the same for anyone regardless of whether they are autistic or not. Research however suggests that autistic people may be more likely to experience depression than the general population.

Every Mind Matters Kent

Mind Plan and supporting information and signposting to local services to support you

Exclusion from Education: Turning Things Around

Alongside parents and carers The Anna Freud Centre have created the ‘Turning Things Around’ resource to capture the lived experience of families who have faced exclusion, with the hope that it may support other parents and carers through what can be a challenging process.

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.

Grant opportunities for training, employment and education

Development awards are cash grants to help overcome financial barriers to training, education and employment for those aged 16-30.

Hope Again – Bereavement Support for Young People

Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support. It is a safe place where young people can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone. Here you will find information about our services, a listening ear from other young people and advice for any young person dealing with the loss of a loved one.

Internet Matters

A one-stop shop resource featuring guides and apps about internet safety.

Mental Health Matters

Resources and support to achieve good mental and physical wellbeing.

Mentally Healthy Schools: A Whole School Approach

Information, guidance and resources for schools and settings to develop their whole school approach, including young people's voice, staff wellbeing and parent/carer engagement.

Mentally Healthy Schools: Parent/carer engagement

Parent/carer engagement is important because working together (with mothers, fathers and carers) has been shown to have a promising impact on the wellbeing, attendance, behaviour, sense of school belonging, intellectual development and attainment of children across a range of social and economic backgrounds.

Mermaids: Information and resources for parents

Mermaids offer lots of information, resources and support for parents of children and young people who may be struggling with their gender identity.

NHS: Coping with your teenager

Many parents find their teenager's behaviour challenging. It can be baffling, stressful, hurtful and often worrying. But in most cases it does not mean there is anything more serious going on than the natural process of becoming an adult. The NHS website has some really useful information and support for parents/carers about how to cope with their teenager's challenging behaviour.

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.

Parent Online Resilience Tools from HeadStart Kernow

A suite of resources to help parents and carers put online behaviour into age related context and also help them open up meaningful conversations

Parenting Smart

Place2Be has launched Parenting Smart a new website resource for parents and carers of 4-11 year olds, to help support children’s mental health, and manage their behaviour.

Regulating emotions and supporting wellbeing through play

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.

Resilience Tool for Online Behaivour from HeadStart Kernow

The Online Resilience Tool is a practical way to assess young people's online behaviour and help you make a decision about whether that behaviour represents risk of harm.

See It Differently

Some short video's from 'Good Things Foundation' to remind us how our children may see situations and conversations we have as adults.

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.

SEND Information HUB – Kent’s Local Offer

A local offer gives children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities and their families information about what support services are available in their area.

Traumatic Bereavement: Free Evidence Based Resources

Traumatic bereavement can be easily missed or misunderstood by parents, teachers and even bereavement practitioners, meaning that children’s difficulties are not recognised. These resources will give school staff and practitioners the knowledge and tools they need to identify, help and support children and young people experiencing a traumatic bereavement.

Understanding Your Brain

Find out what happens to the brain as a child hits adolescence. See how this explains some of the changes in the way you feel and behave that you may have noticed.

Understanding Your Child: Free online parenting support

These free online courses are available in 15 to 20 minute chunks, perfect for busy parents and carers. There are five separate courses starting during pregnancy and continuing up until a child’s 19th birthday.

YoungMinds

Mental health advice, support, resources and training for young people, their families, schools and communities.