The Emotional Wellbeing Teams in schools introduce their resources.
Whether you’re a student, parent, or school staff member, you’ll discover practical tools and activities designed to support emotional health and wellbeing. Come explore these valuable resources and learn how they can make a positive difference in your daily life. Let’s work together to create a happier, healthier school community!
Welcome to EWTs
EWTS is a programme of support for post primary schools. The main focus of the Framework is to provide overarching guidelines to support those working in educational settings to help them promote emotional wellbeing and strengthen self-esteem and resilience in children and young people. Includes contact details for each HSCT area.
EWT A4 Poster for Schools
Poster for Schools providing information about teams, getting involved and emotional wellbeing champions
EWTS Information Leaflet
The Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools (EWTS) programme is part of the implementation of the Children and Young People's Emotional Health and Wellbeing in Education Framework.
EWTS RESOURCES (in alphabetical order)
Anxiety and Stress
Take a Beat Booklet for Staff
To better help young people in distress, we first need to understand the basics of how the brain works and what happens when the body’s nervous system gets triggered. This booklet is a resource for staff on Take a Beat to calm the body to help empower young people to take ownership of their own bodies.
Understanding Anxious Feelings
Leaflet available in a number of languages for Parents and Carers for understanding Anxious feelings, what happens to the body and what might help
Stress Awareness Month Video - April 2025
Emotional Wellbeing in Schools Assembly recording - promoting Stress Awareness Month that takes place every April - Learning about Stress can improve your mental health
Stress Awareness Month - Is your capacity cup at risk of bubbling over?
This leaflet sets out information to support you with stress and provides information on how to identify signs of stress, problem solving and healthy ways to manage stress
Building Healthy Relationships
Building Healthy Relationships - Your Relationship with You
Self-esteem is how we think, see and feel about ourselves. Good self-esteem
means that we feel good about ourselves and confident in who we are and
what we can do.
means that we feel good about ourselves and confident in who we are and
what we can do.
Building Healthy Relationships - Friends
The quantity of friends that you have is not as important as the quality of friendships that you have. The better the quality of friendship, the closer of friends you are likely to be...
Building Healthy Relationships - Healthy Vs Unhealthy
People with healthy, positive and supportive relationships are more likely to be happier and
healthier. Creating and maintaining good connections with others can also help to combat loneliness and improve mental health issues, such as stress and anxiety.
healthier. Creating and maintaining good connections with others can also help to combat loneliness and improve mental health issues, such as stress and anxiety.
Building Healthy Relationships - Social Media (English)
Poster provides information on the pros and cons of social media, questions to consider before posting and tips and advice about your emotional wellbeing
Building Healthy Relationships - Social Media (Translated)
Poster provides information on the pros and cons of social media, questions to consider before posting and tips and advice about your emotional wellbeing
CALM Cards
Calm Cards
This resource has been designed for those who work with young people in post primary schools. The proposed use is to print this document double sided onto card, making wallet sized visual prompts re: wellbeing strategies for both staff and pupils.
Calm Cards - Individual Print
This resource has been designed for those who work with young people in post primary schools. This format can be used to print in poster size for school notice boards, calm rooms, staff rooms, nurses office, pastoral office etc.
CAMHS
CAMHS
SHSCT Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) have launched an information sharing video for professionals/young people/parents and carers to detail what a journey to support for emotional health would look like for children and young people living in this area-from considering the need to access support through to CAMHS assessment/intervention. Please take the time to watch.
CAMHS Referral Process Poster
The Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools (EWTS) is a Step 1 CAMHS service focused on health prevention & promotion. EWTS work in schools to help create a whole school approach for emotional health and wellbeing. This poster sets out the referral pathway for CAMHS
Emotional based school non-attendance EBSNA
Emotional Based School Non-attendance (EBSNA) and School Based Anxiety
Parental Guidance and support on what is EBSNA, reasons for non-attendance, signs to look out for, caring and coping strategies and support. Rather than using terms like ‘school refusal’, or thinking of nonattendance as a deliberate act of defiance, the term EBSNA recognises that this avoidance is a complex issue inseparably linked with emotional, mental health and wellbeing issues
Eating Disorders
EWTS Digital Resource Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2025
The EWTS has created a webinar for Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2025 to explore how anyone—regardless of age, background, or appearance—can be affected by…
Eating Disorder Awareness Week: 24 Feb-2 Mar 2025
Eating disorder information poster.
What you should know.
What you should know.
Friendship
International Day of Friendship
The United Nations came up with 'International Day of Friendship' to build connections between people, cultures, countries and communities
International Day of Friendship - print version
The United Nations came up with 'International Day of Friendship' to build connections between people, cultures, countries and communities
Mental Health
EWTS Childrens Mental Health Week Snr How well do we really know ourselves
Place2Be Children’s Mental Health Week Senior Assembly (14-18) recorded by the ‘Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools’ (EWTS).
EWTS Childrens Mental Health Week Snr How well do we really know ourselves
Place2Be Children’s Mental Health Week Senior Assembly (14-18) recorded by the ‘Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools’ (EWTS).
Men's Mental Health
Check out Emotional Wellbeing in Schools video on men's mental health co-produced with Student Council of Belfast Boy's Model School
Parental Mental Health Day
Check out our Parental Mental Health Poster signposting to lots of great resources
Power of Language Mental Health Poster(English)
Inclusive language advice about Racism, LGBTQIA+, Disability and Mental Health - The language you use to describe yourself and other people can have a big impact on your emotional wellbeing or someone elses.
The Power of Language Mental Health Posters Translated
The Power of Language Mental Health Posters translated into top 10 languages
OCD
OCD awareness week video
Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools have developed a new video for OCD awareness week - to promote understanding of OCD and aiming to break the stigma around mental health
Safer Internet
Self Harm and Suicide
Discussing Self Harm
A webinar for parents recorded by Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools to provide advice and support for parents whose children may be self harming.
International Suicide Prevention Assembly
Marking World Suicide Prevention Day 2025, this video shares messages of awareness, hope, support and the importance of coming together to prevent suicide.
School
Dealing with Feelings - Staff Resource
Education is a demanding profession that offers substantial rewards while simultaneously posing physical and emotional challenges. Staff are a school’s most valuable asset and therefore it is imperative to provide robust
support for their emotional and overall well-being. This resource pack is designed to assist school staff to support their own emotional wellbeing and that of their students.
support for their emotional and overall well-being. This resource pack is designed to assist school staff to support their own emotional wellbeing and that of their students.
Exam Stress
E-Posters for Students providing tips for exam prep and lots of tips for self care, Posters available in 9 languages
Revision Advice for Parents
To effectively support your child's revision, consider the following techniques to help encourage healthy revision routines and help them to feel calm and supported.
TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD SETTLE INTO SECONDARY SCHOOL
Webinar produced by Emotional Wellbeing in Schools Team providing Top Tips for parents to help your child settle into secondary school
Heading back to school can feel like a mix of things — maybe exciting, maybe a little overwhelming, sometimes both at once. These resources are here to give you space to think, breathe and settle back in at your own pace.
They are not about being perfect or having all the answers. More about small steps, helpful ideas, and reminders that it’s okay to ask for support if you need it. Parents and carers might also find them useful to spark gentle conversations at home as you get back into the swing of things.
Helping a Young Person Break the Cycle of Anxiety (Secondary School Age)
Supportive, confidence-building sentences designed to help validate feelings without reinforcing avoidance, encourage
bravery & support gradual exposure.
bravery & support gradual exposure.
Connecting with Calm Regulating Strategies for Parents/Carers
A parent’s guide to supporting emotional balance.
Regulate, Relate and Reason Strategies
A parent’s guide to calmer, stronger connections through co-regulation and communication.
Easing the Return
Easing back-to-school worries together.
Supporting your child’s return to school with confidence.
Supporting your child’s return to school with confidence.