The Healthy Minds team have been working on some resources to support your children and young people as well as parents/carers and professionals. Please see these below:
Online ‘Managing worries and anxious feelings’ workshop
On the link below you will find a recorded anxiety workshop that is appropriate for both Primary and Secondary aged pupils. We recommend that Primary aged children are supported by their Parents/carers/responsible adult to access this as they might need some help to understand or complete the activities. The workshop contains positive, supportive strategies that would be delivered to a group of children that are either experiencing some low level worries/anxieties or to provide education and support about some supportive strategies that are just good to know anyway on a day to day basis to help us to understand ourselves more and process our feelings.
On the link if you scroll to near the bottom of the page you will find the workshop. There are links to supporting workbooks for Primary and Secondary aged children to use alongside the workshop which are just about the video. There is also a parent pack to download under the video with advice and support for parents and carers. Please see the link below for the online anxiety workshop:
https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/young-people/lincolnshire/young-people/helping-you-help-yourself
Relaxation and Mindfulness
On the same link: https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/young-people/lincolnshire/young-people/helping-you-help-yourself if you scroll down you will see lots of helpful information. If you click on the relaxation and self-soothing tab you will find some short relaxation videos which are around two minutes long. These can be used by not only children and young people, but family/carers and professionals who may be struggling and need some support :
Coronavirus support page
On this link: https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/young-people/lincolnshire/young-people/coronavirus-informationresource-hub you will find resources to support emotional wellbeing in relation to Coronavirus. This is a growing resource with contributions from both CAMHS and Healthy Minds Lincolnshire. On here you will find some new helpful videos:
Of course as always if you have concerns about a child or young person’s emotional wellbeing please contact the Healthy Minds Team on 0800 234 6342. Alternatively, please visit https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/young-people/lincolnshire/home where you can find useful information and self-help advice.