Our Minds Matter

The emotional wellbeing of our young people matters.

It’s normal for young people to face emotional challenges growing up and their mental health is as important as their general physical health and wellbeing.

We recognise that everyone has a role to play in supporting young people to keep emotionally well and thinking about what might help when someone needs additional support with their mental health. We think it’s important to think about what we do in a flexible way, with different layers of support and action from different people and services.

You can find out more by clicking here.

There are five key ways of keeping emotionally well. Click here to find out more about some simple things we can all do to make a difference.

HandsOn

The HandsOn website (below) provides help and practical advice for supporting children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. This website is for parents, carers and people who work with children and young people in Fife.

https://www.handsonscotland.co.uk/

Fife’s Educational Psychology Service (EPS)

Fife’s Educational Psychology Service (EPS) provide assessment, consultation and advice to schools and parents about children’s wellbeing, learning and behaviour. Click here for more details.

Your Child’s Wellbeing

Parents and Carers wishing to find out more about their child’s wellbeing can access information on alcohol, drugs and smoking on a number of information rich websites.

In particular,

• ParentZonehas a Health and Wellbeing section covering Alcohol, Bullying, Drugs, Sexual Relationships, Smoking and other issues
• Childlinecovers a wide range of advice

To help support your child’s education there are websites offering Homework Help and ideas on how to foster Study Skills.

The school itself has a number of initiatives cover your child’s health and safety such as Promoting Positive Behaviour and Health Promoting schools.