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Support for Parents from Action For Children

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Parent Talk - down-to-earth parenting advice you can trust

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We're on hand to support parents, when they need us. Find answers to your questions in our advice articles, or speak to one of our parenting coaches.

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Healthy Young Minds

Meet Alex*. 17 years old and living in Cornwall, Alex found himself leaving school without sitting his GCSEs. School wasn't a good place for him. He was dyslexic, dyspraxic, black and gay. He was chronically bullied. All this, on top of struggles in his home life, made him angry. He came to Zebs youth club in Truro after being [...]

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Meet Alex*. 17 years old and living in Cornwall, Alex found himself leaving school without sitting his GCSEs. School wasn't a good place for him. He was dyslexic, dyspraxic, black and gay. He was chronically bullied. All this, on top of struggles in his home life, made him angry.

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Mental health issues are common. Epic Friends is all about helping you to help your friends who might be struggling to cope emotionally.

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Kooth is your online mental wellbeing community. Access free, safe and anonymous

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Samaritans works to make sure there's always someone there for anyone who needs someone. Read more.

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Welcome to Cornwall Mind - Cornwall Mind

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How can we help? What we doTaking those first steps to better mental healthOur ServicesSupport usWe're a charity and we couldn't continue our work without your helpGet involvedGet involvedDo good feel greatFind out moreAbout usYour local mental health charityFind out moreGet in touchContact us Previous Next The fight for mental health For 1 in 4 ...

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Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child's language skills. Explore our simple activities and play ideas and find out about babies and toddlers' amazing early development.

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Children’s language development and parenting advice - BBC Tiny Happy People

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A chatty child is a happy child, so Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child’s communication skills through simple interaction and play.

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Chat, play, read!

Here are some tips and activities to help your child develop their speech skills:

use things your child is interested in for play, follow their lead and make sure you're physically at their level while playing

if you notice your child looking or pointing at something, talk to them about it before they lose interest in it

picture books introduce your child to new things they haven't seen yet in real life - ask them to tell you the story, or talk about what the characters might be thinking and feeling

make reading, singing and playing even more fun by using lots of actions and different voices

take turns to make noises or speak - your child will be able to hold longer conversations, so slow down your speech, give them plenty of time to respond and listen carefully to what they have to say

talk to your child in short, simple sentences, as it's easier for them to understand you and have a go at copying when they are ready

try to use the same book or sing the same song, as young children learn a lot from repetition

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Find out how you can help your child with their speech & language development. If you have any concerns, talk to your doctor or health visitor.

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Welcome

The period of the coronavirus lockdown throughout April and May 2020 has been unprecedented in any of our lifetimes, and the closure of schools to the vast majority of children during that time has presented new challenges. The response from hundreds of professionals from a wide range of settings has been to come together to share ideas, resources, and expertise in supporting our young people and their families across Cornwall. We have seen genuine multi-agency, inter-professional collaboration where every conversation and meeting has had one sole focus - supporting the young people and families of Cornwall during this extraordinary time.

The need to follow the latest guidance on 'staying alert and safe (social distancing)' means that we are all living and working in unusual ways. Many of us are operating without certainty and, often, without access to our usual support networks - whether that's through work or at home through friends and family.

This can create feelings of stress and anxiety; during what is already an unpredictable time. You may experience feelings of fear, irritability, insecurity or being unsettled. You may also feel like you have a lack of control, experience trouble sleeping or eating, and are excessively checking for symptoms. Social distancing and/or shielding may also make you feel bored, frustrated or lonely, which can heighten these feelings further.

Remember that it's OK not to feel OK at the moment and there may be ideas to support you in these pages.

This 'Virtual Ring Binder' draws together the fruits of that collaborative labour so that the inter professional expertise is available to all workers in their support of young people, wherever they may work as lockdown starts to be eased and we move into the next phase.
Most of these resources are freely available but some organisations encourage a voluntary donation to help continue their work.
We hope this resource provides useful and supportive information. However, please note that signposting to some of these organisations is not an endorsement of them by Cornwall Council. This is a live document and will be updated as we go along.

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Welcome The period of the coronavirus lockdown throughout April and May 2020 has been unprecedented in any of our lifetimes, and the closure of schools to the vast majority of children during that time has presented new challenges.

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Family Information Service

On this site you will find information, advice and support available to families in Cornwall and the professionals working alongside them. Select a category or use the search boxes to find services on offer. Need some further information or can't find anything suitable? Please contact us.

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Family Information Service | Care and Support in Cornwall

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On this site you will find information, advice and support available to families in Cornwall and the professionals working alongside them. Select a category or use the search boxes to find services on offer. Need some further information or can't find anything suitable? Please contact us.

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The summer holidays; a time to relax, chill out and look back on the last year. It's been an unusual year and we've all crawled towards the break, whether you have been home schooling or you've been in school, it';s not the usual end of term. And for some young people, especially those starting school in September for the first time, or those making that move from primary to secondary or secondary to college, the transition can bring about extra worries.

This podcast is about the help and support available for those young people and their families.

Download here or listen above by pressing on the play button.

06/07/2020 - Ep. 3 The summer holidays; a time to relax, chill out and look back on the last year. It's been an unusual year and we've all crawled towards the break, whether you have been homeschooling or you've been in school, it's not the usual end of the term. And for some young people, especially those starting school in September for the first time, or those making that move from primary to secondary or secondary to college, the transition can bring about extra worries. This podcast is about the help and support available for those young people and their families.

Download here or listen above by pressing on the play button.

In this podcast we are going to talk about the importance of routines, we learn about 14/09/2020 - Ep. 5 ADHD and the importance of keeping active.

Download here or listen above by pressing on the play button.

28/10/2020 - Ep. 7 Welcome back to another Parenting Podcast from Together for Families. This week we talk about good ways of keeping calm, we learn more about the teenage brain and we also talk about the 'C word' - CHRISTMAS!!

Download here or listen above by pressing on the play button.

09/11/2020 - Ep. 8
Hello and welcome back to the parenting podcast from Together for Families, part of Cornwall Council. This week we talk about the problems that a sensory overload can cause, we find out more about the #CETHESIGNS campaign about exploitation and we learn more about adoption and hear form some parents that have gone through the process.

For more information on the #CETHESIGNS campaign, please visit: https://ciossafeguarding.org.uk/cethesigns

Download here or listen above by pressing on the play button.

How are you getting on with those new year resolutions?

If smoking is one thing you want to kick to the curb, we will hear from Gareth from Public Health about breaking the habit, Hannah from Headstart Kernow will remind us to be kind to ourselves and Jack and Craig from Healthy Cornwall talk about looking after our waistlines

Download here or listen above by pressing on the play button.

Hello and welcome to the latest podcast from Together for Families, part of Cornwall Council.

This week we continue looking at the teenage brain, we find out more about dealing with tantrums, but first Karen and Caroline talk about becoming the Owl or the Crocodile.

Download here or listen above by pressing on the play button.

Hello and welcome to the latest podcast from Together for Families, part of Cornwall Council.

On this episode we talk about how to support your pre-schooler with their learning and development, how to plan celebrations for children with learning disabilities and we explain what a family conference is.

Download here or listen above by pressing on the play button.

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Parenting Podcasts - Together for Families

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The summer holidays; a time to relax, chill out and look back on the last year. It's been an unusual year and we've all crawled towards the break, whether you have been home schooling or you've been in school, it';s not the usual end of term.

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How to support your child’s mental health – Place2Be

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Place2Be works with schools to help parents support their child’s mental health and improve their emotional wellbeing.

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YoungMinds | Mental Health Charity For Children And Young People

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YoungMinds are a mental health charity for children, young people and their parents, making sure all young people can get the mental health support they need.

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Children’s mental health - Every Mind Matters

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See tips and advice for parents and carers on how to support children and young people’s mental wellbeing, and give them the best chance to stay healthy.

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Professional triage, and processing hub for all service requests for Children’s Early Help Services led by Cornwall Council and the Cornwall NHS Partnership Foundation Trust (CFT)

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Welcome to MindEd for Families, Children and Young People. We hope you like our new design. If you are a regular user you might find that some of the topics have moved, or the titles have been changed slightly. But we still have all the same great content, and we hope it will be easy to find what yo…

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https://www.childline.org.uk/

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MARU Multi Agency Referral Unit Cornwall

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MARU Multi Agency Referral Unit Cornwall

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Understanding mental health can be tricky but The Mix is here to make sure you don't have to do it alone. Whether you're worried about your mental health, or someone else's, we have everything you need to know about mental health, from anxiety and depression to self care and counselling.

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Mental Health Support | Self Harm, Anxiety, Depression | The Mix

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Worried about your mental health, or a friend's? Get support with everything from hating life, to depression, anxiety & self harm here.

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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Mental Health Crisis Cornwall

Get advice from 111 or ask for an urgent GP appointment if you need help urgently for your mental health, but it's not an emergency or you're not sure what to do. You may be able to speak to a nurse, or mental health nurse, over the phone.

111 will tell you the right place to get help if you need to see someone. Use the  NHS 111 online service, or call 111.

A GP can advise you about helpful treatments and help you  access mental health services

You may be able to refer yourself to some services

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Mental Health Crisis Cornwall - call free 24/7 on 0800 038 5300