APPS_WEBSITES_HELP MHW FINAL _OCTOBER 2019
Looking after your mental health
Some useful resources and videos to help you look after yourself, produced by the Mental Health Foundation.
How to look after your mental health | Mental Health Foundation
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Mind Yer Time!
Mind Yer Time! is a website designed by children and young people from the Children’s Parliament and the Scottish Youth Parliament. It has been created to support everyone who loves social media and screen time. They’ve got positive tips, stories and information for children and young people, to help them use their screen time positively!
_________________________________________________________________Free useful self-care apps
Action for Happiness gives you friendly ‘nudges’ with an action idea each day; sends you inspiring messages to give you a boost and helps you connect and share ideas with like-minded people.
Gratitude Garden
Get into the habit of cultivating gratitude everyday and create some art while you’re at it!
Gratitude Garden App | Izzy McRae
Hospichill (recommended for primary age)
HospiChill on the App Store (apple.com)
Smiling Mind (recommended for secondary age)
My Life Meditation (Stop Breathe Think)
Home | Start Your Mindfulness Journey with MyLife™
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Make it Count – Guide for parents and carers
It is important that children are encouraged and supported to look after their mental health every day. This guide offers suggestions for how you can help your child do this. The guide also offers advice for what you can do when things get tough and if you’re worried about your child’s mental health.
Make it Count: Guide for parents and carers | Mental Health Foundation
_________________________________________________________________Supporting Children’s Mental Health
Place2Be have some good resources for families that will help parents and carers to support their child and young person’s mental health and wellbeing.
How to support your child’s mental health – Place2Be
_________________________________________________________________MindEd for Families
A useful resource with lots of information about how to support children and young people’s mental health looking at development, communication and how to build confidence and harvest resilience.
_________________________________________________________________Gaming and Mental Health – it isn’t all bad!
Get more information about the positive impact gaming can have on children and young people’s mental health and explore how to have better time online.
https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/looking-after-yourself/gaming-and-mental-health/
_________________________________________________________________Parentline have developed an online course on The Wellbeing Toolkit which parents may wish to sign up for.
Wellbeing Toolkit2021 – Parent network Scotland
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Opening up about mental health
A good resource for young people that will give them information and advice about talking to others about mental health.
Talking to friends and family | Mind
