My baby’s brain If you work with expectant parents or parent/carers of young children in Hertfordshire, one-day practitioner training aims to equip you with an understanding of how brain development happens in babies and children, and how you can help parents, children and babies to form strong attachments that will encourage healthy development.
If you work with parents of young children in Hertfordshire, please book here.
My Teen Brain focuses on a key stage of brain development and shows how changes in the adolescent brain, in conjunction with experience and environment, can affect emotions, relationships, behaviours, sleep and attitudes to risk.
The initiative aims to raise awareness and provide practical information and strategies to both parents/carers and professionals. Through training and a range of resources, the initiative will enable them to support young people through this time of change.
Professionals working with either young adolescents (10-14) or their parents are invited to attend a free one-day multi-agency training which will look at changes to the adolescent brain, risks and behaviours and how the learning can help a strength based approach to practice.
You can book onto the free one-day training here.
Parenting support Parenting courses are offered across the county. You can search for courses in Hertfordshire County Council’s Parenting Directory at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/parentingsupport
The Ollie Foundation is a Hertfordshire charity funding suicide intervention skills training for adults working with young people. Training enables professionals to identify warning signs and provide a pathway to help combat suicidal thoughts. Find details here.
MindEd is a government-funded elearning portal which offers bite-size sessions on a range of mental health and emotional wellbeing topics. Professionals can create a profile so that all units completed are recorded and can count towards continuing professional development (CPD). MindEd offers free, simple advice to help adults identify, understand and support children and young people with mental health issues. Although it is aimed at professionals, parents and carers may also find the information helpful. MindEd Suicide and and Self Harm prevention modules can be accessed here (scroll down the left panel view to see the self harm resources on the left). You will see that there is a module available for young people too.There is also a portal to support school counsellors' CPD and MindEd for families, where parents and carers can find more information on how to support their child.
A free suicide prevention e-learning course has been produced by the Zero Suicide Alliance. You can find it here
Spot the Signs & Emotional Wellbeing is a fully-funded programme offering training and workshops to children and young people (CYP), CYP's parents/carers and professionals working with CYP. The programme provides psychoeducation, emotional resilience and signposting support to empower young people and the adults around them to feel confident enough to manage their mental and emotional health.
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