Pooky Knightsmith

Full of creative activities, this journal and colouring book aims to help young people aged 8-14 manage difficult thoughts, feelings and emotions such as anger and anxiety. It includes space to write and draw, colouring pages, inspirational quotes and poems, and provides a host of healthy coping strategies.

Creative Activities to Help Manage Stress, Anxiety and Other Big Feelings

The Healthy Coping Colouring Book and Journal

This clear, supportive guide explores the joys and challenges of parenting as an autistic person. Clearly-structured sections including self care, special interests, meltdowns and shutdowns, building relationships, avoiding burnout and more help you to navigate the tough parts of raising children and enjoy the rewards.

Tips on Being an Autistic Parent

An internationally respected campaigner, Pooky Knightsmith has worked tirelessly to promote good child and adolescent mental health. Her knowledge, ideas and advice come not just from years of research and study, but from hard earned experience with PTSD, anorexia, self-harm and depression. Part mental health guide, part memoir, this book contains 48 life lessons learned from everyday victories to life-changing events. Pooky shares tips on how to avoid burnout, how small acts of self-care can make a big difference, steps you can take to live with anxiety, and how to nurture key friendships and relationships, amongst many other things. Each lesson ends with space for the reader to reflect, and includes exercises to help take the first steps to incorporating these lessons into their own lives. Unflinching and utterly authentic, Pooky shares the things she got wrong so that you don't have to.

48 Lessons to Banish Burnout and Avoid Anxiety for Those Who Put Others First

Things I Got Wrong So You Don't Have To

Matthew Todd

Steve Haines

Angela Sweeney

Andy Bell

Sarah Clement

Rob McCabe

Peter Fonagy

Betsy de Thierry

Henry Jackson

Jan Cooper

Sarah Brennan

Marc Bush

Lord Victor Adebowale

Rebecca Adlington

Matilda Allen

Mario Alvarez-Jimenez

Agnes Aynsley

Dr Sarah Bendall

Lucy Bowes

Rick Bradley

Lindsay Buchanan

Naomi Burrows

Carmen Chan

Angela Donkin

Beth Filson

Corinne Harvey

Dawn Hewitt

Kristine Hickle

Nick Hindley

Russell Hurn

Angela Kennedy

Eóin Killackey

Almudena Lara

Warren Larkin

Georgie Lowry

Lisa McCrindle

Rosie Powell-Davies

Jo Prestidge

Kathryn Pugh

Claire Robson

Katharine Sacks-Jones

Lucas Shelemy

Graham Simpson-Adkins

Sophie Standing

Sanjana Verghese

Clare Wightman

An edited collection of papers published by YoungMinds and funded by Health Education England. With 1 in 3 adult mental health conditions related directly to adverse childhood experiences, it is vital that we understand the impact that adversity and trauma can have on the mental health and wellbeing of young people, and how we can strengthen resilience and support recovery. Addressing Adversity presents evidence, insight, direction and case studies for commissioners, providers and practitioners in order to stimulate further growth in adversity and trauma-informed care, and spark innovation and good practice across England. Section 1: Understanding adversity, trauma and resilience includes evidence and analysis of the impact that adverse childhood experiences and trauma have on children and young people’s mental health and wider outcomes across the lifecourse. Section 2: Addressing childhood adversity and trauma includes insights from the NHS in England, organisations and clinicians working with children and young people who have experienced forms of adversity and trauma. Section 3: Emerging good practice includes insight, case studies and working examples of adversity and trauma-informed service models being developed across England. The collection ends with an agenda for change, calling on all Directors of Public Health, commissioners and providers to make adversity and trauma-informed care a priority in their locality.

Prioritising adversity and trauma-informed care for children and young people in England.

Addressing Adversity

A Guidebook and Cards to Help You Stress Less

Cards Against Anxiety

Self-harm and eating disorders are present in almost every school and they frequently co-occur. This book provides the vital guidance that school staff need to spot early warning signs, understand triggers and support the students in their care effectively. This very practical guide helps educational professionals to gain a better understanding of self-harm and eating disorders by dispelling the myths and misconceptions that surround these behaviours. The book provides advice on whole-school policies and procedures as well as day-to-day strategies to implement in lessons, at mealtimes and in one-on-one sessions. It explains how to respond to disclosures, make referrals and work alongside parents to assist in the road to recovery.

A Guide to Whole-School Strategies and Practical Support

Self-Harm and Eating Disorders in Schools

Meet Asher - a teenager who self-harms to manage their feelings when it all feels like too much. The latest in the best-selling Can I Tell You About... series describes what self-harm is, along with the wide range of behaviours that qualify, why teens do it, and how to get help if you feel the need to self-harm. Reflecting on the different aspects of self-harming behaviour, including treatment of injuries and scars, this concise introduction dispels common myths and offers helpful resources to break the cycle of self-harm. By initiating the conversation around self-harm, this guide will offer alternative avenues for children and young adults to pursue when dealing with big feelings, such as professional counselling, distraction, and friends and family. This easy-to-read guide is suitable for readers 7+, along with their parents, teachers, and friends. All author royalties from the book will go towards the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust.

A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals

Can I Tell You About Self-Harm?

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