By far, the best resource we have found for Coping with panic attacks | Childline
We HIGHLY recommend parents/carers and their children watch this video: https://youtu.be/zTuX_ShUrw0
Games to help with finding strategies and achieving calm: https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/balloon/ https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/games/boost-your-mood/
Revision, Exams, Results and Wellbeing.
Please click here for useful information and link to help you with Wellbeing during your school assessments and revision.
Free Apps
| Smiling Mind: Practice your daily meditation and mindfulness exercises from any device. | https://www.smilingmind.com.au/smiling-mind-app |
| Learn how to manage feelings like anxiety and depression with Catch It. | https://www.nhs.uk/apps-library/catch-it/ |
| Mindful Gnats is an app designed to teach young people simple mindfulness and relaxation skills. | https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mindful-gnats/id973919092 |
| Create music to capture your mood and express how you feel with the Cove app. Instead of words, create music to reflect emotions like joy, sadness, calm and anger. | https://www.nhs.uk/apps-library/cove/ |
| MindShift™ CBT uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety. | https://www.anxietycanada.com/resources/mindshift-cbt/ |
| MoodTracker.com is a simple web app that lets you track important health measurements like depression and anxiety levels, sleep, water intake, and many others - each recorded on a vibrant chart. | https://www.moodtracker.com/ |
| Moodgym is like an interactive self-help book which helps you to learn and practise skills which can help to prevent and manage symptoms of depression and anxiety. | https://moodgym.com.au/ |
| Gamefully® method, a framework that brings the psychological strengths and mindset of gameplay to real life. | https://www.superbetter.com/how_it_works |
Websites and Helplines
| BBC Bitesize ideas: Video explains anxiety + tips | https://youtu.be/R8srJcF65Mc |
| Starving the Anxiety Gremlin: A workbook for teens | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Starving-Anxiety-Gremlin-Behavioural-Management/dp/1849053413 |
| Childline There are lots of different ways to speak to a Childline counsellor or get support from other young people. |
https://www.childline.org.uk/get-support/ |
| Kooth Your online mental wellbeing community Free, safe and anonymous support |
https://www.kooth.com/
How it works: https://youtu.be/xbYQOLeGDbQ |
| Healthy Young Minds Worried About Your Child? Many children and young people experience emotional and behavioural problems from time to time. They may be stressed about exams, unhappy about friendship problems, confused about changes to their body, anxious about the future. They may experience worries and sadness. There is lots of advice and information online about how to help. |
https://healthyyoungmindspennine.nhs.uk/im-a-parent-or-carer/ |
| NSPCC Advice and support for parents and carers |
https://www.nspcc.org.uk |
| Young Minds Advice and support for parents and carers |
https://youngminds.org.uk/ |
| Anxiety UK Whether you have anxiety, stress, anxiety-based depression or a phobia that’s affecting your daily life, we’re here to help you. And we’re fully supported by an expert team of medical advisors. |
https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/ |
| 42nd Street We provide free online support to young people aged 13-25 in a growing number of areas around Greater Manchester. |
https://onlinesupport.42ndstreet.org.uk |
| The Mix for KS4+ students From mental health to money, from homelessness to finding a job, from break-ups to drugs – talk to us via our online community, on social, through our free, confidential helpline or our counselling service. |
https://www.themix.org.uk/ |
| Minded Safe and reliable advice about young people’s mental health, created by experts and parents together. |
https://mindedforfamilies.org.uk/young-people |
| Colouring pages (mindful and relaxing activity) | https://themecreative.co.uk/kids/colouring/ |
| Papyrus (Young people support – suicidal feelings) Young suicide prevention society. |
https://papyrus-uk.org/ HOPELINEUK 0800 068 4141 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 10pm, and 2pm to 10pm on weekends and bank holidays) |
Bereavement Support
| Once Upon a Smile | https://www.onceuponasmile.org.uk/what-we-do/childrens-bereavement-support-groups/ |
| Child Bereavement UK | https://www.childbereavementuk.org/Pages/Category/child-bereavement-uk-support-services |
| Winston's Wish | https://www.winstonswish.org/ |
| Oldham Bereavement | https://oldhambereavement.webs.com/ |
