Wellbeing and Mental Health Resources
The following are links to websites and agencies parents may consider to help their children understand the Coronavirus and the current situation we all find ourselves in. Thank you to the Essex Local Offer team for sourcing the majority of these websites. We will add more as we come across them:
UNICEF gives six ways parents can support their children: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/6-ways-parents-can-support-their-kids-through-coronavirus-covid-19
Zero to Three includes at home activity guides:
Zero to Three gives five tips to make the most of video chats:
Young Minds gives advice for young people and parents on the impact of Coronavirus on mental health:
Cosmic Kids Yoga for yoga and mindfulness activities:
MIND give advice on the Coronavirus and wellbeing:
Anna Freud support young people during periods of disruption:
Home Start give ideas of activities for families during self-isolation:
Relate is a parent helpline and offers online counselling:
The National College has released a free webinar ‘Self-Isolation and Mental Health: Practical Strategies for Managing and Supporting Staff and Pupil Wellbeing’:
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