Mearns Castle High School is committed to supporting pupils in all aspects of their development and progress through school. With this in mind, the Positive Mental Health Improvement Team have created a booklet to help young people manage periods of stress and anxiety in a healthy and effective way.
We hope you and our pupils will find this to be a helpful resource and one that supports them to feel empowered to take steps in looking after their mental health. The booklet is aimed at helping them and us to remember the “simple stuff” that we can sometimes forget to incorporate into our daily lives, yet can have a big impact on improving how we feel.
https://www.flipsnack.com/9AAED9F6AED/be-kind-to-your-mind-ftjlv02lc.html
Good luck to all of our senior pupils about to start prelims! We created a guide to help support you during this time. Check it out here:
https://www.flipsnack.com/EBFAC788B7A/mchs-looking-after-yourself-during-exams.html
East Renfrewshire’s Psychological Services Department have developed a range of resources for supporting the mental wellbeing of children and young people. Resources can be found on the Healthier Minds website.
The following courses are available free for parents/carers in Scotland via the link below.
The courses highlighted in yellow are specifically targeted to teenagers and/or their parents.
- 1. Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
- 2. Understanding your baby
- 3a. Understanding your child
- 3b. Understanding your child with additional needs
- 4. Understanding your teenager’s brain
- 5. Understanding your brain (for teenagers only!)
- 6. Understanding your child’s feelings (a taster course)
- 7. Understanding your child’s mental health and wellbeing (accompanies 3a and/or 3b)
To access these courses for free, families need to use the access code TARTAN.
