Mental Health

This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders and teaching staff with an understanding of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), the potential impacts of NSSI content online and how to identify, respond and support pupils who may experience NSSI.

This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, senior leaders and teaching staff with an understanding of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), the potential impacts of NSSI content online and how to identify, respond and support pupils who may experience NSSI.

This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, DSLs and teaching staff with an understanding of the impact of online sexual abuse and practical guidance on how schools can react and respond to online sexual abuse which fosters a whole-school approach.

This webinar will provide governors, headteachers, DSLs and teaching staff with an understanding of the impact of online sexual abuse and practical guidance on how schools can react and respond to online sexual abuse which fosters a whole-school approach.

This webinar will provide headteachers, school and college leaders, teachers and non-teaching staff with an understanding of and practical advice on the relationship between harmful content online and children’s mental health and how this may manifest into suicidal thoughts and self-harm.

This webinar will provide mental health leads, safeguarding leads and school leaders with expert guidance and support on embedding the role of the mental health lead into a whole school approach to online safety and safeguarding children and young people online.

This webinar will provide headteachers, senior leaders, teachers and teaching assistants with practical advice and guidance on how they can support children to re-establish and build relationships in real life following their period of enforced dependence on the online world.

This webinar will provide school leaders, headteachers, Mental Health Leads and all school and college staff with practical advice and guidance on how they can support the mental health and wellbeing of pupils during remote education.

The digital world can have an immense impact - both positive and negative - on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. Mum of three and online safety advocate Myleene Klass presents this short video on how we can protect youngsters psychologically and emotionally as they find their way around the online landscape.

Part of our Online Mental Health & Wellbeing Series 2020-21

From counting the calories we've burned to assessing our quality of sleep, fitness trackers are an increasingly popular way to monitor wellbeing. If, however, you're flummoxed by Fitbits or ambivalent about Apple Watches, our explainer video will quickly help you to catch up.

Connecting with the wider world online can expand a young person's social network and introduce them to whole communities of people who share their interests. Just like in offline life, however, membership of any group comes with certain pressures to fit it or to be popular. Our five-minute video explains some of the common social pressures that children can encounter in the digital world.

Part of our Online Mental Health & Wellbeing Series 2020-21

Part of our Online Mental Health & Wellbeing Series 2020-21

Part of our Online Mental Health & Wellbeing Series 2020-21

This webinar focuses on the impact that the online world can have on a child and young people's mental health and wellbeing. We explore effective ways in which schools and colleges can work with children and young people to improve their mental health and wellbeing when using the internet.

They’re back! Those loveable lads from Musicalternative have teamed up with us again to scatter a seasonal soupçon of sparkle.

Course Duration: 6 hours 40 minutes (approx.) This course provides senior mental health leads with a clear understanding of their role and supports them to develop a clear vision and strategic plan which effects change, helps enhance pupil outcomes and delivers greater emotional and physical wellbeing for all stakeholders.

Course Duration: 37 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to raise your awareness and develop strategies and guidance to support staff, colleagues or young people who have substance misuse problems.

Course Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes (approx.) This essential CPD course provides you with the core content you need to ensure you have the right tools in place to recognise the symptoms of stress, develop a level of self-awareness and build your own stress management techniques.

Our Essential CPD course on Mental Health provides you and your staff with the core content you need to ensure adherence with the latest mental health guidelines.

This free online safety guide has tips for looking after children’s wellbeing when they’re online – including going tech free before bed, avoiding comparisons with others and pausing before they post.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on 10 ways gaming can support positive outcomes. It highlights a number of potential benefits including a sense of achievement, learning about teamwork and encouraging creativity.

This free online safety guide looks at ways that trusted adults can encourage open conversations with children and young people about their digital lives. It outlines useful tips such as being as honest as possible, discussing how misleading the online world can be and creating a ‘family agreement’.

This free online safety guide focuses on social media and mental health. It highlights a number of tips such as how to hide content, setting daily limits and discussing what children have seen online.

This free guide focuses on supporting children in dealing with grief. It highlights how we can help children in processing grief healthily at this potentially upsetting time.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on 12 ways to champion equality online. It highlights a number of issues such as ‘pack mentality’, haters and discrimination.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on loneliness online. It highlights a number of tips such as taking breaks, play single player games and listening to your favourite audiobooks.

This week’s free online safety guide celebrates Red Nose Day 2022. It suggests simple ways to brighten someone’s day online – including video calling, posting a kind comment or sharing a feelgood playlist.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on supporting children to deal with upsetting content. It highlights a number of tips such as encouraging your child to ask questions, setting limits and to emphasis hope.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on supporting children to deal with upsetting content. It highlights a number of tips such as encouraging your child to ask questions, setting limits and to emphasis hope.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on checking in with your friends, it takes a look at a number of tips such as sending nice messages, asking how you can help someone and being a good listener.

This free online safety guide focuses on the AI chatbot companion Replika. It highlights a number of risks such as possible addiction, inappropriate content and in-app purchases.

This free online safety guide focuses on the AI chatbot companion Replika. It highlights a number of risks such as possible addiction, inappropriate content and in-app purchases.

By now you’ll have seen our collaboration with Musicalternative for this year’s National Online Safety Christmas song. If you feel like joining in – perhaps with your family or with your class – we’ve reproduced the lyrics here for you!

This week's free online safety guide focuses on sharing kindness online, it takes a look at a number of tips such as reaching out, thinking before commenting and recommending fun things.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on sharing kindness online, it takes a look at a number of tips such as reaching out, thinking before commenting and recommending fun things.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on 12 Top Tips to Supporting Mental Wellbeing Through Nature. ‘Nature’ is a superb choice as the theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, as there’s clear evidence that getting access to nature is excellent for our mental health. The guide takes a look at a range of tips such as giving Geocaching a go, ditching your phone and playing sports

To mark the start of Stress Awareness Month, we’re joining in with the Stress Management Society’s 30-day challenge. Below, we’ve given you 30 tips to get you started.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on Chatroulette. In the words of its creator, Chatroulette “pairs random users for webcam-based conversations”. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as adult content, hacking and blackmailing scams.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on Comic Relief 2021: Share a Smile Online. It’s Red Nose Day! The theme of this year’s charity fundraiser is ‘Share a Smile’, so we’ve produced a special edition of our regular guides to help you do precisely that. The guide takes a look at tips such as making a playlist for someone you love, sharing a funny video with someone you know will love it and posting about something that makes you happy.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on supporting children to express themselves safely online. The past year has left many children feeling uncertain and worried. So this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week has adopted the theme of ‘express yourself’. The guide takes a look at a range of tips such as celebrating their identity, supporting their interests and enabling emotional expression.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on fitness trackers. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as unhealthy obsessions, unrealistic expectations and data leaks.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on age ratings. A game’s age rating can be used by adults to make an informed choice as to whether or not a game is suitable for their child. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as inappropriate content, peer pressure and online spending.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on conversation starters for parents and carers: online content. Trying to start a conversation about online safety with children can be a daunting task. The guide takes a look at a number of tips such as cultivating a blame free culture, asking them to be the teacher and ask about the risks.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on 14 ways to be kind online. Showing kindness online can mean so much to someone else. The guide takes a look at a range of tips such as offering to help others, share positive posts and thinking before you comment.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on how to maintain good mental wellbeing during isolation. Wellbeing is about being able to experience good health, happiness and high life satisfaction, including managing your stress. The guide takes a look at a few tips such as staying connected with loved ones, doing good things does you good and changing your mindset.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on little reminders of how to be kind online. Online abuse can have a severe impact on people’s lives and is often targeted at the most vulnerable. The guide takes a look at some tips such as understanding the impact of your actions, disassociating from pack mentality and developing self-empathy.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on supporting children’s mental health: 10 conversation starters for parents. Talking about mental health to children is sometimes hard. The guide takes a look at a number of tips such as talking about mental health naturally, being open and honest and asking twice.

This free online safety guide focuses on sadfishing. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as oversharing, cyberbullying and online grooming.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on Video Games and whether they cause violent behaviour. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as violent and mature themes, screen time and mental wellbeing.

This free online safety guide focuses on social pressures linked to appearance. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as filters, 'airbrushing' and damage to self-esteem.

This free online safety guide focuses on the positive and negative impacts of social Media on mental health. It looks at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as damage to mental wellbeing, addiction and cyberbullying.

This free online safety guide focuses on screen addiction. The guide looks at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as possible damage to health and wellbeing, app addiction and a lack of sleep.

This week's free online safety guide focuses on Online bullying. Online bullying – also known as cyberbullying – is bullying that takes place ON THE INTERNET (online) or via electronic devices and mobile phones. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as mental wellbeing, distress and sadness.

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