Support for schools and colleges

School and colleges are having to work in new ways and develop new relationships in the lockdown. We have published a series of resources to help support staff and to provide them with information about how to work with children and young people, include those with SEN, and materials to share with parents and carers.

Our Schools in Mind team have compiled a range of guidance and advice to help those working in a school or college setting.  Please click on the booklets below to download.

Sharing good practice and looking to the future

Managing unexpected endings and transitions

Supporting staff wellbeing in schools

Supporting schools and colleges

Supporting the most vulnerable children and young people

This practical guide, developed by Pears Family School, founded by the Anna Freud Centre, is for Alternative Provisionwho are continuing to operate during the Coronavirus outbreak.

It offers an example of how to assess which students can be safely cared for at home; how to support vulnerable children and families; and how to work with families and deliver a balanced curriculum, structure and routine at home.

Many strategies have been suggested for helping with anxiety, including social support, apps, exercise, the arts, relaxation and mindfulness.

Evidence suggests that online courses (e.g. computerised CBT) and various kinds of physical exercise could help young people who are feeling anxious. However, many of the self-management strategies available to young people haven’t been evaluated, or where they have, often there isn’t strong enough evidence to help us understand their effectiveness. This doesn’t mean that these strategies aren’t useful for young people who are struggling with anxiety, it mostly means they haven’t been explored enough through research. Motivation is quite important in the success of interventions so young people being able to choose strategies they enjoy might help.