Useful Apps / Websites

These resources can be viewed to enhance your skills on how to communicate with children and young people about mental health issues or you could work through them with the child / young person.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

NHS Ayrshire and Arran offer a wide variety of training courses which are free of charge and are open to anyone interested in learning more about how to promote good mental health and wellbeing in a range of settings.

NHS A&A – Mental Health brochure

1. 1. ASIST
   2. Early brain development and attachment – infant mental health
   3. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
   4. Mental health and substance use
   5. Mental health improvement: a practical approach
   6. Mindfulness
   7. SafeTalk

For more information on these courses please log into GLOW and then click on this link.

Suicide Prevention Training Calendar August – December 2022

‘Informed Level Training’

• NES Animation Workshop 3 – Ask, Tell, Save a Life
• safeTALK

‘Skilled Level Training’ – ASIST

For more information on the content of the course please click on this link Suicide Prevention Training Guide

Apps

To access 33 apps designed to support young people, adults and families with their mental health and wellbeing please click on this link.

Comnined minds app – Home – Combined Minds App

Heids Together: Wellbeing resource

Clear Your Head

E-learning

Eating disorders

Current evidence indicates that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the prevalence and severity of eating disorders. The number of children under 18 admitted to a mental health or general/acute speciality, either as an inpatient or day case, with an eating disorder in Scotland increased by 47% between 2019 (125) and 2020 (184) and then again by 27% between 2020 (184) and 2021 (233). Beat e-learning provides you with the opportunity to learn more about eating disorders. You will find workspaces where you, as school professionals can discuss advice, support, resources and share experiences and forums where you can post questions to fellow forum users, as well as to the Clinical Advice Trainers.

Support and link	Overview	Provider
Mental Health  stage 1A	We all have mental health: An introduction.	SAMH
Understanding Mental Health Problems – Stage 1 B	A series of information leaflets on a number of mental health issues.	SAMH
Children and Young people’s Mental Health – stage 4 The resource takes a whole school approach centred around prevention and early intervention .	It aims to provide school staff with knowledge and understanding of mental health and wellbeing in schools.	The Mental Health Foundation Scotland and Children’s Health Scotland have created a Professional Learning Resource for Scottish Government
Self-harm Introduction	An introduction to self-harm. NHS Lanarkshire have advised that you download the SAMH Self-harm leaflet in conjunction with this	Lanarkshire Lifelines
Change and Loss Introduction – stage 1	Childhood Bereavement	Winston’s Wish
Change and Loss Introduction – stage 3	Supporting Children through Grief and Loss’ Professional learning activity	Education Scotland
Understanding Children and Young People’s Mental Health	The purpose of this qualification is to increase learner’s knowledge and awareness of children and young people’s mental health.	Fully-funded via the UK Government in the form of the Education and Skills Funding Agency

EAST Professional development sessions 2022- 2023 – The EAST team have a range of online CLPL opportunities including nurture, attachment theory, Massage in Schools Programme (MISP), growth mindset, change and loss and resilience. Please click on the EAST Team tab on this blog for further information.

Children and Young People’s Mental health and Wellbeing – The Mental Health Foundation Scotland, Digital Bricks Learning and Children’s Health Scotland have created a Professional Learning Resource for Scottish Government in Mental Health and Wellbeing. It has been designed for all staff working in schools across Scotland. It aims to provide school staff with knowledge and understanding of mental health and wellbeing in schools and a range of opportunities to learn about experiences and advice from practitioners and young people.

SAMH created ‘We all have mental health: an introduction for teachers’, to provide teachers with an introduction to mental health; equip them with the skills and knowledge to recognise and respond to a pupil who is experiencing a mental health problem; and lead a conversation about positive mental health.  Click here to register interest

Zero Suicide Alliance – If you are interested in e-learning around suicide, the NHS offer a short course – Suicide Let’s Talk.  This will offer you a useful approach to talking about suicide and signposting people to professional help.

Place2Be are currently offering a free 5 week online course developed from their work in schools to enhance professionals’ understanding of children’s mental health and introduce approaches that foster positive wellbeing in schools and communities. Click here for more information.

Place2Be Mental Health Champions – Foundation programme – This online children’s mental health training course enhances professionals’ understanding of children’s mental health and introduces approaches that foster positive wellbeing in schools and communities.

Health and Wellbeing CLPL from Education Scotland – A range of CLPL opportunities for anyone working in education including supporting children and young people through grief and loss, finding ways to wellbeing through coaching and self empowerment and compassionate and connected classroom.

National Trauma Training Programme Online Resources – This document summarises the key trauma training resources from the National Trauma Training Programme that are openly available to support all members of the Scottish workforce.

For a range of additional training opportunities, please visit the Anna Freud website. and Education Scotland’s Positive mental wellbeing – resources to support children and young people page.

Training Videos

Support and link	Overview	Provider
Mental Health stage 2 NES Turas Informed Level	After completing the stage 1 MH e-learning watch the 3 NES videos to learn more about talking about mental health and self-harm.	NES Turas Learn platform
Mental Health an Introduction – Stage 3 – Please log into GLOW prior to clicking on the link or see voiced presentation or clip:	View the voiced presentation to learn more about mental health and how to support young people.	EA HWB Team
Mental health stage 5 – NES Turas Skilled Level	After completing the stage 3 MH e-learning complete the 5 skilled level learning bytes.	NES Turas Learn platform
Change and Loss – Stage 2 – Universal teaching resources for all levels of BGE. Please log into GLOW prior to clicking on for the link for the voiced presentation  or see video clip below:	Staff support and introduction to the universal primary and secondary teaching resource. Evidenced based resources from North Ayrshire.	EA HWB Team

Professional Reading

Staff Guidance Supporting Wellbeing Children and Young People – Educational Psychology’s guidance document on supporting and promoting wellbeing.

Heads Up For Good Mental Health – For information leaflets and advice on how to talk about different mental health conditions.

SAMH Mental Health Guides

YOUNGMiMDs – 5 ways you can help someone struggling

Out now: New wellbeing resource for teachers and practitioners