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.

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...

This section contains useful information for families and young people seeking to avail of various EA services.

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…

Talk to your Young Person about Gambling.

Learn more about gambling, how it can impact a young persons life and where to get help.

What Parents can do to support their young person with Gambling. Learn more about gambling, how it can impact a young persons life and where to get help

How to Talk to a young person about gambling...

Get the facts: Social Gaming, eSports & Skins Betting

‘Hidden harm’ is a term from the drug and alcohol field, and refers to the impact of the gambling of an adult on a young person who is dependent on them. Hidden harm is an emerging area of research in the field of gambling-related harm.

Harmful Gambling - Risk factors, signs and symptoms to watch out for...

GamCare’s Young People’s Service can support anyone aged 18 and under across the UK (including Northern Ireland) who is either ‘at risk’ of or experiencing harms because of gambling. This can be if they are gambling themselves, or if they are affected by someone else’s gambling.

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

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

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…

Gender Identity Guide. A guide to supporting children and young people with their gender identity.

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

Free online parenting courses 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…

Parenting Focus is a leading organisation for parent support in Northern Ireland. Offering a freephone helpline service, counselling and parenting programmes.

We’re on hand to support parents, when they need us. Browse parenting advice articles or speak to one of our parenting coaches for tailored support.

We have some amazing Videos / Podcasts available which are great to share with young people that help explain issues simply

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,…

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.

Tailored activities to support positive mental health and emotional wellbeing.

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.

Is a child or young person you know having thoughts of suicide? Talking about suicide with a young person can feel really daunting. Whether you suspect that a young person you know is having thoughts of suicide or if you’re already supporting a young person who has told you that they are having thoughts of suicide – knowing what to say and what not to say can feel like a minefield.

This guide has been created following discussions with parents who have experience of supporting a young person struggling with their mental health. The aim of this guide is to provide information and guidance and to help parents cope with a young person who is struggling with thoughts of suicide. To reassure them that they are not alone.

An empathic communication toolkit to support families, communities, agencies and representatives in what to do and say at a time of heightened suicide concern.

The Family Wellness Project is an early intervention mental health project for children aged 5 - 12 and their families. It has been awarded five years fundin...

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 2023-24

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.

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.

In this section you will find information for Schools in relation to the Bullying in Schools Act.

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.

This toolkit is designed to help leaders, workforces, services and organisations on their journey to implement a trauma informed approach across policy and practice.

This toolkit includes assets and key messages to support the new campaign launched on 29 January 2025 by the PSNI, the Department of Justice, and the Executive Office to address gender-based violence.

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.

Cognition and learning A resource for schools to support children who have or may have Special Educational Needs Social, behavioural, emotional and

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