Renfrewshire Educational Psychology Service
Applying Psychology to Nurture Relationships, Learning, Mental Health, and Wellbeing
We are pleased to share our leaflet created to support parents and carers with sleep. These difficult times have affected our sleep for a number of reasons but there are things you can do to help yourself and your child. Please click the link below to download the PDF.
Over the summer break, we are accepting referrals to our Coping During Covid Helpline directly from parents and carers. If you are worried about your own or your child’s wellbeing due to the impact of COVID-19, please get in touch.
Email us at reps@renfrewshire.gov.uk and someone will get in touch for further information so we can put you in touch with the right person.
We know that there is a lot of uncertainty at this time about nurseries and schools returning after the summer break, but unfortunately we are unable to provide any additional information or advice about this. Please continue to check Renfrewshire Council’s website, social media, and your child’s establishment’s communications for recent updates.
The Renfrewshire’s Inclusive Communication Environments (RICE) group have created resources based on ‘My Incredible 5 Point Scale’ by Kari Dunn Buron to support children’s wellbeing. These resources are easy for children and young people to understand and can be used with whole classes (e.g. during a morning check-in) or individually to create a plan for a pupil. We have provided example cards of strategies that children might use at each point of the scale but feel free to create your own.
If you would like more information on this or RICE, please contact Catriona May (catriona.may@renfrewshire.gov.uk).
Widgit Symbols have created some great visual resources to help children with washing their hands.
These can be found at: https://www.widgit.com/resources/popular-topics/wash-hands/washing-your-hands.pdf
The social stories ‘Staying Safe from Germs’ can be read to or with children to help them understand why washing their hands is so important and when they should do this.
