Worried?
This webpage is here for you to use if you or someone you know is feeling worried.
Below are some links to sites that can help you.
Click on the links, images or copy from the link column into your search bar.
Pupils:
If you are a pupil at Upton who is worried and you want to send a message to someone at school, you can press the ‘CLICK HERE’ button below and type a message. When we get your message, we will try our best to understand and help you.
You can also scroll further down the page for lots of useful website links.
Parent support:
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Guidance and advice
Guidance for parents and carers on supporting young people's mental health and wellbeing after the Coronavirus pandemic
Advice to parents and carers on keeping children safe from abuse or harm
Mindfulness and mental health in children: 5 Top Tips for Parents
Kent School Health
The Kent School Health Team works with schools, parents and carers as well as other professionals like health visitors or community paediatricians to prevent ill health in children, families and the wider community, support safeguarding of children and young people and address any health needs to make sure every child reaches their potential. Link to website above including how to get in touch/refer.
Children and Young People Mental Health Service
See this link for support with concerns about a young person's thoughts, feelings or behaviours via the Single Point of Access (SPA) NHS Service.
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Supporting a child with anxiety
Click on the link below to find a booklet to help understand anxiety more clearly and begin to address it:
Charlie Waller.org : Supporting a child with anxiety resource
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Resilience
When we experience sudden or unsettling change, one thing that can help us cope is resilience. Resilience helps us deal with the emotions a new situation may cause, and helps us bounce back from difficulties we might encounter.
Being resilient is an emotional skill and is something we can develop and build, both as children and as adults. The resources in this toolkit are all about resilience and coping with change, which we hope will be useful for children, school staff and parents and carers alike.
Coronavirus Toolkit for Parents to help build and nurture resilience
There are also a range of videos on the site below to support children in good health, developing positive friendships and hobbies/interests, emotional regulation and use of language - all with the aim of building resilience in children and the adults that support them:
KENT RESILIENCE HUB
Please scroll down the page for more useful webpages and parent webinars.
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Emotional RegulationCLICK THIS BOX FOR EVALUATION FOR PARENTS TO COMPLETE FOR THE WEBINAR ON Emotional Regulation. |
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BoundariesCLICK THIS BOX FOR EVALUATION FOR PARENTS TO COMPLETE FOR THE WEBINAR ON BOUNDARIES. |
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AnxietyCLICK THIS BOX FOR EVALUATION FOR PARENTS TO COMPLETE FOR THE WEBINAR ON ANXIETY.EXTRA RESOURCES FOR ANXIETY |
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Websites for young people seeking help |
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Barnardo's wants to speak to children and young people, directly over the phone; to listen to you, understand your situation and make a plan with you about how they can help you. |
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/see-hear-respond/self-referral |
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Kooth. A website which offers free, confidential support and advice. |
https://www.kooth.com/ |
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Childline. A website offering free, confidential support and advice to children. |
https://www.childline.org.uk/ |
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Young Minds. A website that offers free, confidential support and advice about mental health and wellbeing. |
https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/get-urgent-help/#are-you-a-young-person-in-crisis |
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The Mix. This site offers a helpline, email, live chat, telephone counselling service and crisis text line for anyone under 25 years old wanting support. |
https://www.themix.org.uk/ |
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Barnardo's wants to speak to parents and carers, directly over the phone; to listen to you, understand your situation and make a plan with you about how they can help you. |
https://www.barnardos.org.uk/see-hear-respond/carer-referral |
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BBC SEND Parents’ Toolkit. A website with videos and clips to help parents to support children’s mental health and wellbeing. |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zh9v382 |
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NSPCC. A website to help keep children safe. |
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/our-services/nspcc-helpline/ |
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Young Minds. A website to support young people’s wellbeing and mental health. There is a parent helpline. |
https://youngminds.org.uk/contact-us/ |
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Samaritans. A website, with phone number, for those who need support. |
https://www.samaritans.org/ |
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Kent School Health |
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/school-health/ |
Coronavirus Support |
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Covibook. For children aged seven and under to explain and draw the emotions they might be experiencing during the pandemic. |
www.mindheart.co/descargables |
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Nanogirl. Videos explaining Covid-19 and why it is important to wash our hands/ sneeze and cough into our elbows. |
www.nanogirllive.co.nz/coronavirus-soap-experiment |
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NPR. A comic strip to help children understand what the coronavirus is and respond to some common questions and worries they may have. |
www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus?t=1584358951699&t=1584454700885 |
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Anna Freud. Advice for young people about managing their mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus situation. |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME5IZn4-BAk&feature=youtu.be |
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Anna Freud. Clear, simple advice to all those who are supporting children and young people - including to young people themselves. |
www.annafreud.org/coronavirus |
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BBC Newsbeat. Advice to cope with self-isolation. |
www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51960752 |
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The British Psychological Society. Coping with life in isolation and confinement. |
www.thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/coping-life-isolation-and-confinement-during-covid-19-pandemic |
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Psychology Today. Toolbox for families during coronavirus. |
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/pulling-through/202004/the-pandemic-toolkit-parents-need?eml |
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NHS. Mental health helplines. |
www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines |
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Porchlight Be You Project. Support for 8-25 year olds from the LGBT+ community and parents and carers. |
www.thebeyouproject.co.uk |
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Shout. Crisis support. |
Text ‘Kent’ to 85258 |
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Fegans. Free ‘parenting in a pandemic’ resources. |
www.fegans.org.uk/family-hub |
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Kent County Council. Coronavirus service updates. |
www.kent.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-service-updates |
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Porchlight. Find help and advice today if you face losing your job or home, or you're struggling to feed your family. |
https://www.porchlight.org.uk/information-support/information-on-coronavirus |
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Kent County Council. Local SEND support. |
www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/special-educational-needs |
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National Autistic Society. Resources and advice for ASC. |
www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/coronavirus/resources.aspx |
