A Training Manual on Skills to Help Practice in Building Children's Developing Brains. Also includes tips for the 'Bend Don't Break' Booklet.

Compassion is the ability to show empathy, love, and concern to people who are in difficulty. Many people are able to extend compassion toward others but find it difficult to extend the same compassion toward themselves. Self-compassion is about turning the kindness and care you show to others inwards.

RESOURCE HUB: Bend Don’t Break – Building Resilience
Bend Don’t Break is a self-help workbook to help build resilience. You can use the Bend Don’t Break workbook and the skills pack which are downloadable here to support your wellbeing.

The effects of an eating disorder are often felt not only by the person experiencing it, but also by their family and support network.

The HOPE Service provides school counselling or therapy for pupils in post primary mainstream, special schools and EOTAS provisions. View Video for Parents/Carers - This video provides information which will give parents/carers a better understanding of the HOPE Service, including ways in which referrals can be made and how they can support their child if they wish to access the service.

Read Yourself Well is an initiative developed in partnership with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Health and Social Care Board, The Public Health Agency and Libraries NI. It is based on a scheme called Read Well Books on Prescription developed by the Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians. The trust has funded the purchase of health books with the aim to help people understand and manage their health and wellbeing using self-help reading.

Information for parents, guardians, carers, children and young people on admissions, types of schools, free school meals and much more...

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 resources and contact details for each HSCT area.

Visit the EWTS webpage where you will find lots of FREE resources for Teachers, Parents and young people on emotional mental health and wellbeing

This guide aims to help answer your questions and provide you with advice and tips on:
• how to revise;
• looking after your mental health and wellbeing; and
• knowing and understanding exam guidelines.

We’ve created three tipsheets to help young people, schools and families navigate exam season, with tips and practical advice on managing exam stress.

Reading Well for children recommends reading to help children understand their feelings and worries and cope with tough times. The books have been chosen by children, carers, health experts and librarians. They are endorsed by leading health organisations such as NHS England, Mind and the Royal Coll…

We know that gambling can be a concern for parent, we’re here to support you. Find advice around how to support your child.

If you are under 18 and worried about your gambling, or have concerns about someone you care about, we can help.

Develop a deeper understanding of young people’s digital lives, spot warning signs, and create safer gaming spaces to confidently guide your children.

Ygam is the UK’s leading charity dedicated to preventing gaming and gambling harms among young people through awareness raising, education, and research.

Through a portfolio of evidence-based programmes, they develop and deliver training and resources for a range of groups who have influence over children and young people.

Keeping Young People Safe Online - Choose from a range of topics you would like to know more about with lots of helpful advice and resources to keep you and young people safer online

Short mini webinars offering practical support to help parents and carers recognise and respond to key online harms.

Resource from Safeguarding Board NI and PSNI to educate youth people and their parents and carers about the risks of online predators

The CEOP Education programme from the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Education Team aims to protect children and young people aged 4-18 from online child sexual abuse.

Information, guidance and resources to help support digital wellbeing in children and young people. In recent years, digital wellbeing has played an important part within the wider reach of mental and physical health. It relates to how the use of digital technology including personal devices, social media and other apps can impact on an individual’s life.

Where to find Information on keeping children and young people safe online - just click on logos to visit the site and resources

Bedtime Stories Chapter Two is PAPYRUS’s campaign helping protect children from the nightmare of cyberbullying and harmful online content.

Use Report Remove to remove a nude image shared online - Report Remove is here to help young people under 18 in the UK to confidentially report sexual images and videos of themselves and remove them from the internet.

Develop a deeper understanding of young people’s digital lives, spot warning signs, and create safer gaming spaces to confidently guide your children.

A Parent and Carer’s Resource: Caring for your LGBTQ+ Child is a guide designed to empower parents and carers to support and guide children or young people in their care around the specific issues of LGBTQ+ identities. By raising their own awareness, parents and carers can effectively respond to the…

Everyone’s Welcome - A guide to supporting children and young people with their gender identity

A series of self help guides covering a wide range of topics such as depression, anxiety and stress which offer users the opportunity to find out more about the causes of mental health issues and provide tools to work through feelings and emotions.

A series of self help guides covering a wide range of topics such as depression, anxiety and stress which offer users the opportunity to find out more about the causes of mental health issues and provide tools to work through feelings and emotions.

A series of self help guides covering a wide range of topics such as depression, anxiety and stress which offer users the opportunity to find out more about the causes of mental health issues and provide tools to work through feelings and emotions.

This webpage is designed for Parents and it also provides a calendar of current Parenting Programmes available and you can register for in NI

The Parent Participation Team gathered valuable feedback from The Collaborative School Avoidance Event: Moving on Together hosted in March 2025

Free online parenting course available to residents of Northern Ireland - visit now to check out what is available and how to access the courses

Parenting Smart offers practical advice for parents and carers of children aged 5-11. All of our content is created by Place2Be’s parenting experts. It’s based on evidence and their experiences working with children, young people and their families.

Parents, carers, family members...if you need us we're here. Call Parentline NI today for advice, support or guidance. Freephone 0808 8020 400

To raise thriving children parents need better support. Parentline NI is here for all parents offering support, guidance or advice wherever you are on the parenting journey. We are a helpline for parents operated by Children in Northern Ireland. T…

Access online parenting support on Parent Talk or find a local service

A selection of podcasts for parents, carers and young people on a range of youth mental health issues. Provided by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland, generously supported by funding from NHS Charities Together (https://nhscharitiestogether.co.uk/).

In this video Ed Sipler, Health Development Specialist with SEHSCT talks about how stress and trauma affect us what we can do to manage it and be resilient.A…

This video presents some ideas of looking after ourselves by Ed Sipler, Health Development Specialist in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust in No…

Many people are dealing with worry in these difficult times. This video is an overview of a self-help booklet developed to help you manage your worry. The bo…

Making changes in your life can take a lot of effort. Whether its improving your mental or physical wellbeing, reducing your alcohol intake, exercise, diet,…

Tools and resources to improve wellbeing.

The Being Well Doing Well (BWDW) programme is part of The Children & Young People’s Emotional Health & Wellbeing in Education Framework. The programme aims to support schools (nursery, primary, post primary, special and EOTAS) to develop a Whole School Approach to Emotional Health and Wellbeing

There are a range of services and resources available to help support the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people in education.

Click on the links for more information.

Are you having thoughts of suicide or are concerned for someone who feels suicidal? Then contact HOPELINE247 for free confidential support on 0800 068 4141.

A HOPEBOX goes by a lot of names: crisis box, emergency box, self-soothe box, happy box. You can call it anything that makes you feel comfortable. The idea behind this box is that it is filled with things that can help you to feel better. When you're feeling upset, anxious, or experiencing thoughts of suicide then you can use the box as a way to feel better.

Whatever you’re going through, there’s something here to help. Our support resources are free, written with care, and designed for anyone who needs them. Whether you’re struggling yourself, worried about someone, or looking for practical tools to stay safe, take what’s useful and come back whenever you need to.

ComKit is an empathetic communications toolkit to support families, communities, organisations, reporters and political representatives in what to do and say at a time of heightened suicide concern.

PEACE IV funded project that provides a unique opportunity for communities, north and south of the Border, to work together to halt the intergenerational impact of trauma and to build emotional resilience and peace for generations to come. This three-year project will run to December 2022 and be delivered in education, youth and community settings and in the Urban Village Areas of Northern Ireland and the Border Region of Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Place2Be’s Regional Clinical Lead for Scotland and Wales, Rebecca Wilkinson-Quinn, offers some practical ways in which parents and carers can support a child who may be self-harming.

The most comprehensive public directory of registered childcare and family support services in Northern Ireland.

These five directories list the names, numbers and web addresses (where applicable) of organisations that offer services to help improve mental health and emotional wellbeing. Where possible, additional information has also been provided, such as email addresses and contact details within each Healt…

A range of Emotional Health & Wellbeing Services available across the Southern Health & Social Care Trust Area for Children & Young People.

Critical Incident/Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service

This digital roadmap is a one-stop guide for school staff supporting children, young people and families through palliative care, end-of-life care, and bereavement. It is a centralised hub that connects staff to advice, training, and good practice examples, helping them to find the right information at the right time. It also includes resources for teachers, parents, carers, children, and young people, along with links to useful support organisations and helplines.

Helpful resources for parents/guardians and professionals supporting bereaved children and young people

Child Bereavement UK’s mission is to ensure the accessibility of high-quality child bereavement support and information.

Empowering teachers and professionals in education to support bereaved pupils. This comprehensive, free-to-access training tool has been developed for staff in schools, to help develop their understanding, skills and confidence to support pupils and their families when they experience a bereavement.

Information and support if you are experiencing grief and bereavement or helping other people who are bereaved

All children and young people, regardless of their circumstances, have a right to have their grief recognised, hear the truth and to be given opportunities to express their feelings and emotions. It is often assumed that young people with learning difficulties need protection from death and dying, or that they do not have the capacity to understand. However, it is important not to underestimate a pupil’s ability to cope with difficult life events.

Information to support schools with pupils experiencing and/or displaying bullying type behaviour.

Free evidence based resources to help children and young people affected by war, migration and asylum as well as the professionals supporting them in both educational and community settings. The resources have been co-produced with young people with lived experience of seeking asylum and those who support them.

Help Kids Talk is a community-wide partnership project that supports the speech, language and communication development of babies, children and young people aged 0-18 in Northern Ireland

The Daily Mile™ is a free and simple initiative where children can walk, jog or run for 15 minutes per day. The aim of Daily Mile is to improve the health and wellbeing of children regardless of their age or ability. Register your School as a Daily Mile Setting

Find out more on The Daily Mile by watching this video link which profiles St Patricks Primary School, Aghagallon and the huge impact of the Daily Mile on their pupils

A series of webinars to strengthen resilience, coping and relationships in our families. Helping our children deal with their big feelings...

A full guide for parents/ carers of children of any age on strengthening the different parts of a child's brain to work together.

A summary version guide for parents/ carers of children of any age on strengthening the different parts of a child's brain to work together.

A Training Manual on Skills to Help Practice in Building Children's Developing Brains. Also includes tips for the 'Bend Don't Break' Booklet.

This resource is by parents for parents and its development has been parent led from the onset and addresses the whole life journey for parents of children with disability and additional needs. Also within this document, is the ‘All About ME’ booklet/passport co-designed by Barnardo’s PosAbility Young Peoples’ Group

The Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register and Queen’s University Belfast resource for Teachers & classroom assistants for pupils with CP who may also have difficulties with sleep