Well-being Resources
We hope these well-being resources are helpful for some students and their families.
General help for parents
Tunbridge Wells Early Help: click for Monday–Friday Advice Line
Current pandemic concerns
The website links and documents below provide some well-being/mental health resources you may find useful to share with your son/daughter during this unprecedented period of change, uncertainty and anxiety.
InsightTimer and Headspace offer links to guided meditations, talks and music tracks to help calm the mind and relax the body, while Turner Contemporary offers creative mindfulness.
The School Health Team provide some short videos with easy-to-understand messages on helping parents to support their children with resilience.
Other useful sites include the following:
- youngminds.org.uk/blog/what-to-do-if-you-re-anxious-about-coronavirus/
- CAMHS Resources
- Coronavirus: Tips for routine, exercise and diet during the lockdown
Gaming
As a staff team we are aware that many of our students enjoy gaming and that it is an important way for them to stay connected with their peers. However, we are also aware that an unhealthy obsession or focus on gaming can have a negative impact on a student and on their family. Below are two links that look at screen time, gaming and the challenge of gaming addiction, which we hope will be helpful:
Support for survivors of sexual violence/coercion
Click for details.