Support guide for children and young people

This support guide for children and young people, or for parents/carers who need some guidance on supporting dependents, takes you through some of the most common concerns. It also suggests some easy ways to meet emotional needs, with the help of support systems around them, to bring them back into wellbeing.

If you feel you need further support for your wellbeing, there are many organisations local and national who can support you.

Children and Young People Signposting Guide

I am having mood swings – I am irritable and cross and impatient – I have low moods 

If you or your young people are feeling this way, why don’t you try to meet physical needs to improve wellbeing?

Read our guide to meeting your physical needs.

I am lonely – I feel like I’m not part of anything – I am needing lots of attention – I am doing things for a reaction 

If you or your young people are feeling this way, we have some tips to meet needs to help your interaction with others.

Read our guide to meeting your need for interaction.

I am finding it hard to settle away from my grown ups – I find change difficult – I feel upset by other people’s actions – I feel unsettled, worried or anxious

If you or your young people are feeling this way, why don’t you try to meet needs to help you to feel more safe and secure?

Read our guide to meeting your need for safety and security.

I feel I can’t do things – I feel like I have no motivation and low moods – No one listens to me – I don’t want to be here anymore

If you or your young people are feeling this way, why don’t you try to meet needs to help you to feel as though you are achieving?

Read our guide to meeting your need for recognition.

Resources for Children & Young People

• How you can stay well by moving
• Meet your family’s need for Movement outdoors – for free!
• Goodnight, sweet dreams!
• Feeling capable – meeting your need for recognition
• Feeling calm – meeting your need for safety and security