You can read Suffolk County Council's statement on our website.
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You can read Suffolk County Council's statement on our website.
If you missed out Mental Health Lead Network event on Thursday 9th May, then you can now catch up on all the presentation talks from the event on our Mental Health Lead Network event page
Please read this important update on the Suffolk Local Offer Website.
The parent/carer and professional Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pathway referral forms have been updated to reflect the new changes to the referral process and are available on the Suffolk Local Offer website.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has launched an updated referral form and referral criteria guidance for GPs and professionals - which includes school staff who need to refer a child or young person to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) via the Emotional Wellbeing Hub Service.
For more details go to: Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing Support in Suffolk
The Psychology in Schools Team and the Under 18s Wellbeing Team have free virtual workshops to support parents and carers with managing their child's emotions, anxiety, self-harm behaviours. There are also workshops which explores supporting neurodiverse children with behaviours of distress. Find out more and book a place.
Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEE ICB) have made enhancements to the Children and Young People’s Neurodevelopmental Disorder (NDD) Pathway referral process for for an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) child diagnosis.
For more details, go to: www.suffolklocaloffer.org.uk
See Your Life offer workshops, mostly to schools, and a range of services to young people aged 10-30, including:
Find out more about 'See Your Life' at: www.seeyourlife.org.uk Email: hello@seeyourlife.org.uk
'The Source' website for young people in Suffolk aged 11-19, provides information, advice, and sources of support on everyday issues that impact youngsters, and features an ‘Ask the Expert’ and ‘Find help now! Emotional Wellbeing Directory’ to help navigate young people to support services. See the video below to find out more and visit: www.thesource.me.uk/wellbeing
Take a look at our series of '5 Tips for Families' back to school leaflets with advice for helping children who are worried or anxious about going back to school:
View all of our '5 Tips for families' resources.
The Children's Commissioner also have a number of resources available to help prepare children and young people going back into school.
Find workshops and resources to help you talk to children and young people about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and cope with the news. Go to our page: Resources to help children understand war and conflict and address their worries.
The Emotional Wellbeing Hub, which provides access to CAMHS for children and young people aged 0-25, are now working with Barnardo's. A Barnardo's phoneline has been created as an additional option for families when contacting the Emotional Wellbeing Hub Helpline. The Barnardo's phoneline helps to guide families to general emotional wellbeing information and guidance. For more details go to the Emotional Wellbeing Gateway website.
Parents, carers and educational settings can now find a range of useful Self-harm information and advice resources available to help them support a young person whose self-harming, from our children and young people's wellbeing page.
Anna Freud launches a new resource to support the mental health of LGBTQI+ young people which includes advice and guidance around a range of topics which might impact on their mental health. The resource includes sign-posting to a range of support.
The latest episode of our Wellbeing in Education podcast focuses on Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA). Go to our Podcast page for more details.
Crisis Tools learning guides developed with Health Education England (HEE)
Go to the EBSA Emotionally Based School Avoidance section for advice to support children who are anxious about going to school.
Leading on from the successful Keys to Inclusion training, the Psychology and Therapeutic Service are now offering Restorative Justice training to education setting staff across Suffolk.
Young people in Suffolk have faced different pressures, uncertainties and challenges over the past year. This Support for young people's mental wellbeing document includes useful websites, organisations, helplines and apps that offer a range of support services.
Teachers, health and social workers, volunteers, carers and parents who care/work with children and young people aged up to 25, can now access new online Psychological First Aid (PFA) training course (This course is free to complete. Please ignore the option to buy the course certificate).