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Understand how to work with children and young people to support their safety and wellbeing.

This video on self-esteem, low self-esteem and coping strategies was produced by Headspace, who are the national youth mental health foundation in Australia. Watch the video and make notes of how you can use what you see with the children and young people that you work with.

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Click this icon and read this article from The Guardian’s Penny Gregory about encouraging children’s choices. Includes suggestions for activities.
Click this icon and read 'Building self-esteem: children 1-8 years’ webpage on the Raising Children website. Click on the icon to the left to read this article.
Visit the Child Development Institute’s webpage for parents about encouraging children’s self-esteem:
Try to obtain and read pages 248- 249 of ‘Understanding Child Development: Linking Theory and Practice’ by Jennie Lindon, published by Hodder Arnold. The pages are about vulnerability and resilience. Your setting may have a copy of this book or you might like to look for it at your local library.
Click to read 'DfE and ACPO drug advice for schools' by the Department for Education.
Click to read 'A whole school approach to healthy relationships’ that looks the work of Tender, a London-based arts charity working with young people to prevent domestic abuse and sexual violence by promoting healthy relationships based on equality and respect.
'New guide for parents who are coping with their child’s self-harm: ‘You are not alone’' by The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. Click on the icon to read guidance which you may find useful for your role.
Visit the UK Government's page on 'School-aged years high impact area 1: Supporting resilience and wellbeing'.
The Raising Children website also have an article on ‘Resilience in pre-teens and teenagers’ You may wish to search the website to read ‘Resilience: how to build it in children 3-8 years’.

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