With useful tips and advice for parents to help their teens overcome body image issues, academic anxiety, peer pressure and cyberbullying, as well as links to other important mental health resources. 

You can find the full guide here: https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/educational-advice/teen-mental-health-a-guide-for-parents/

• TEEN BODY IMAGE AND SELF ESTEEM - A practical guide for parents.

            It has plenty of valuable information such as:

• Important teen body image and self-esteem topics, social media influences, and cyberbullying.
• Advice for parents on how to talk to their teens about body image issues, setting a positive example, and looking out for warning signs of teen body dissatisfaction.
• Tips and advice on diet, healthy sleep, hygiene, exercise, and mental well-being that helps contribute to developing a positive body image.
• Information for seeking professional help (if needed) and links to other trusted sources.

• CORONAVIRUS - Dealing with anxiety & mental health during a pandemic!

• WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW guidance for the public on mental health/ COVID19

• MANAGING ANXIETY IN CHILDREN - Young minds Parents Lounge

• WE ALL HAVE MENTAL HEALTH - Anna Freud NCCF

• TALKING MENTAL HEALTH - Anna Freud NCCF 

• 5 WAYS TO WELLBEING

• WHY DO WE HAVE FEELINGS?

• TRINITY WELLBEING AMBASSADORS 

• SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION 21/09/20

• CLOUD MEDITATION

• MINDFULNESS MEDITATION FOR KIDS

• SESAME STREET MONSTER MEDITATION WITH HEADSPACE

• ALL AGES MINDFULNESS ARTICLE

• LOTS OF ADVICE FOR LESSONS & ACTIVITIES

• HOME LEARNING DURING COVID 19

• OPEN DIALOGUE WITH PUPILS COULD BE AIDED BY THIS VIDEO - FIND YOUR FEET TRANSITIONING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL 

• 10 WAYS FOR PARENTS TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN COPE WITH CHANGE

• GUIDANCE FOR THE PUBLIC ON MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING

Mental Well-being & Parenting Support & Information

• Compass @ The Hub : Support for the emotional wellbeing of children and young people

• KOOTH – How has COVID-19 affected the mental health of children and young people in the United Kingdom? (data release)

• South London & Maudsley NHS Trust : Families Under Pressure – animated parenting tips for struggling households launch

• Lewisham Youth Offending Service Tech Group – Social Media & Mental Health

• Public Health England : Advice for Parents when a child is unwell (delayed presentation at hospitals)
• Public Health England – Mindful Mums & Being Dad online support sessions
• NSPCC : Mental Health & Parenting
• Anti-Bullying Alliance Free CPD Online Training

Domestic Abuse & Online Safety Support & Information

• VAWG Newsletter (has it arrived this week?)
• VAWG Forum: Webinars
• National Counter-Terrorism Police’s Let’s Talk About It  – Staying Safe Online

Local Service Updates

• Citizens Advice Lewisham : Services available during COVID-19

  Mental Well-being & Parenting Support & Information

• Compass @ The Hub Lewisham : Support for the emotional wellbeing of children and young people. 
• KOOTH – How has COVID-19 affected the mental health of children and young people in the United Kingdom? (data release)

• You can access an interactive version of the COVID insights data on our website.  On this interactive version you can click each statistic to see some further information about each area.  T first statistic about increased demand does show that the data comes from 22k log-ins during the six week period in 2019 and 31k log-ins during the same six week period in 2020.

• South London & Maudsley NHS Trust : Families Under Pressure – animated parenting tips for struggling households

• An animated website for Parents and Carers offering simple tips and tricks to cope during the pandemic.

• Lewisham Youth Offending Service Tech Group – promoting What Trusted Adults Need to Know About Social Media & Mental Health (document 1 attached)
• Public Health England : Advice for Parents when a child is unwell (delayed presentation at hospitals) (document 2 attached) 

• There are concerns parents may be delaying presentation of sick or injured children to the hospital.  Please display this poster where parents may see it and discuss with when you see them.

• Public Health England – Mindful Mums & Being Dad online support sessions (document 3 attached)
• Mindful Mums are continuing their 5 week, peer-led programmes for expectant and new mums via zoom. These have proved very successful and show good improvements in mental health and wellbeing for those women attending. In addition, the Mindful Mums team are running twice weekly zoom drop-ins, also proving popular. 
• Lewisham dads can also use the dads zoom drop-in sessions-The poster says Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich but Lewisham dads can use it too.
• NSPCC : Mental Health & Parenting -  This page offers tips and coping strategies for good mental health and a support via the NSPCC Helpline 0808 800 5000 or help@nspcc.org.uk
• Anti-Bullying Alliance – Fee CPD Online Training  - As part of our All Together programme we developed a suite of free online training for anyone that works with children and young people. The programme was particularly developed to reduce levels of bullying of disabled children and those with special educational needs (SEN) but applies to all children

  Domestic Abuse & Online Safety Support & Information

• Violence Against Women & Girls Bulletin Issue 5 (attached document 4)

• Violence Against Women & Girls Webinars

• Domestic violence e-learning programme

• Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) has been working with the Institute of Health Visiting to add new content to the Domestic Violence and Abuse e-learning programme. The planned updates to the existing e-learning programme are particularly timely due to the expected rise in domestic violence and abuse cases as a result of the considerable social and economic challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A leading domestic abuse charity in the UK has already reported a 25% increase in contacts after the start of the COVID-19 lockdown.
  The Domestic Violence and Abuse e-learning package aims to equip health visitors and nurses with the skills and knowledge to enable them to provide a proactive, responsive and safe service to families experiencing domestic violence and abuse.

  The new content covers four new introductory modules to complement the existing sessions. The e-learning has been developed following a refresh of the evidence, policy and legislation on domestic violence and abuse. Each of the four e-learning modules last around 30-45 minutes. The following sessions are now available:

• Understanding domestic violence and abuse
• Identification of domestic violence and abuse
• Risk assessment for victims of domestic violence and abuse
• Safety planning and support for families

• For more information about the Domestic Violence and Abuse programme, including details of how to access, please visit:

  https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/domestic-violence-and-abuse-e-learning-for-health-visitors-and-nurses/

   

  Series of webinars relating to DV&A below. Some are recorded, and some are webinars that are happening this week and over the coming weeks:

• Free webinar series - supporting DV&A survivors during COVID-19 https://www.solacewomensaid.org/news/free-webinar-series-supporting-survivors-during-covid-19
• SCIE Webinar recording: Asking about and responding to domestic violence and abuse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL5ehPZzMgE
• Webinars & Seminars from the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health https://vawnet.org/material/webinars-seminars-national-center-domestic-violence-trauma-mental-health
• 2019 Domestic Abuse Draft Bill webinar https://www.lexiswebinars.co.uk/legal/family-law/domestic-abuse-update-2020
• The Princes Responsible Business Network: meet your duty of care to employees affected by domestic abuse https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-domestic-abuse-london/
• Against Violence and Abuse https://avaproject.org.uk/switchto-online/