Sources of Support
Worries about COVID-19 and Schools reopening
We appreciate that this is a worrying time for students and their families. If you or your child are worried about COVID-19, you can speak you your childs Tutor or Head of House. Further support can be found at links below:
Managing feelings around the Ukraine invasion
- How to Talk About War and Conflict with Kids
- Advice if you are upset by the news
- Help for teachers and families to talk to pupils about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
- Webinar - Talking about War and Conflict with Your Child - 28 March 4pm
There are so many great sources of support for looking after your child's mental health, please see list below:
- What to do when you feel stressed
- Sleep Hygiene Tips
- Dorset Mental Health Support Team presentation
- For guidance from Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust click HERE.
- For further guidance from the Government, click HERE.
- For Advice from MindEd, click HERE.
- For further guidance from CAMHS, click HERE or to visit the CAMHS website, click HERE.
- For further guidance from Charlie Waller Memorial Trust, click HERE and advice to get children talking about their feelings click HERE.
- For further advice from Mental Health Org, click HERE.
- For advice from the NSPCC, click HERE.
- For advice from My Mind, Click HERE.
- For further guidance from The Children's Society, click HERE.
- Kooth COVID19 statistics.
- Head Space
- School Nursing Team
- Parenting a Teen advice
- Support for parents & carers of YP with a diagnosis of ASD
- Dove Self-Esteem Project for teenage girls
Mental Health Awareness Week 2022
Please see below a free online course for parents “Parental Awareness of Self Harm” and a free course for all about recognising and managing anxiety in others “Spot and Support: Anxiety”.
Webinars:
Resources from Dorset Mind:
Safeguarding
The Fuse Project
For more info click here.
Sendiass
Information, advice and support for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disability and their parents or carers.
Phone 01202 128181 email: help@sendiass4bcp.org
To Learn more about Sendiass please click here
If your child has any Special Educational Needs please click here for more information
Please also take a look at the Sendiass informative flyer
ParentLine 5-19
The School Nursing team in Dorset offer a confidential text messaging service to the parents and carers of children and young people aged between 5 and 19.
This text messaging service is called ParentLine 5-19 and parents will be able to gain advice from a member of the School Nursing team via text message for topics such as development, healthy eating, weight management, behaviour management, emotional health and wellbeing, toileting, sleep and more.
How it will work:
- Parent/carer sends a text message to the ParentLine 5-19 number – 07312263131
- An automated reply confirms the message has been received.
- A trained healthcare professional from the School Nursing team will respond to the message between 9am and 4pm Monday to Friday (excluding weekends, bank holidays and school holidays) within 24 working hours.
Please note that ParentLine 5-19 will initially only be available during School Term times and will be closed during School Holidays and this should not be used as an emergency service - urgent help should be sought from an NHS walk-in centre or call NHS 111, or in an emergency, dial 999 or go to A&E.
