{"id":41,"date":"2021-05-26T11:34:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T10:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:25:27","slug":"supporting-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/parents-carers\/supporting-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Our Minds Matter<\/h3>\n<p>The emotional wellbeing of our young people matters.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s normal for young people to face emotional challenges growing up and their mental health is as important as their general physical health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s important to think about what we do in a flexible way, with different layers of support and action from different people and services.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/kb\/docs\/articles\/health-and-social-care2\/help-for-young-people\/emotional-wellbeing\/adults-supporting-young-people\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are five key ways of keeping emotionally well.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/social-care\/help-for-young-people\/emotional-wellbeing\/five-ways-to-look-after-your-wellbeing\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to find out more about some simple things we can all do to make a difference.<\/p>\n<h3>Fife\u2019s Educational Psychology Service (EPS)<\/h3>\n<p>Fife\u2019s Educational Psychology Service (EPS) provide assessment, consultation and advice to schools and parents about children\u2019s wellbeing, learning and behaviour.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fife.gov.uk\/education\/supporting-children-in-school\/educational-psychology-service\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for more details.<\/p>\n<h3>Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families<\/h3>\n<p>You may find these leaflets from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families useful when talking about mental health with your child.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.annafreud.org\/resources\/schools-and-colleges\/advice-for-parents-and-carers-talking-mental-health-with-children-at-primary-school\/\">Talking mental health with children at primary school<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.annafreud.org\/resources\/schools-and-colleges\/advice-for-parents-and-carers-talking-mental-health-with-young-people-at-secondary-school\/\">Talking mental health with young people in secondary school<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Solihull Approach Parenting Courses<\/h3>\n<p>Solihull Approach Parenting Courses are for all to access online. The Solihull Approach aims to improve emotional health and wellbeing by supporting relationships and helping us to understand young people\u2019s behaviours in a non-judgemental way \u2013 developing the most appropriate responses.<\/p>\n<p>You can access the course at: <a href=\"https:\/\/togetherness.co.uk\/pathway-library\/\">Pathways library &#8211; Togetherness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Type in the code TARTAN.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Sources of further information<\/h3>\n<p>Parents and Carers wishing to find out more about their child\u2019s wellbeing can access information on alcohol, drugs and smoking on a number of information rich websites.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/parentzone\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ParentZone<\/a>\u00a0has a Health and Wellbeing section covering Alcohol, Bullying, Drugs, Sexual Relationships, Smoking and other issues<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childline.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Childline<\/a>\u00a0covers a wide range of advice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Minds Matter The emotional wellbeing of our young people matters. It\u2019s 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/parents-carers\/supporting-wellbeing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Supporting Wellbeing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21850,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":877,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/877"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/pitlessieps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}