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Anxiety
Free guides that can help with this. Each one is free to download, print and share.
For parents and carers
Guides to help you understand your child and find the right support.
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ADHD in girls
Noticing difficulties that can be easy to miss, and how to begin a useful conversation.
What's inside
Noticing difficulties that can be easy to miss. A girl can be doing well in some areas and still need considerable help in others. This guide looks at what adults might miss and how to begin a useful conversation.
- What you might notice
- Finding the right support
- A page to complete together
- The figures, with their sources
- Further support in Scotland
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Supporting big feelings
Helping your child through distress while looking after yourself too.
What's inside
You may have tried to help, chosen your words carefully and still found yourself in another upsetting situation. This guide offers ways to understand what is happening, keep people safe and work out what support is needed.
- Before difficult moments
- During difficult moments
- Afterwards
- Asking for help
- A plan to make together
- Research and further reading
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Supporting the overwhelm toolkits
How to offer activities, respond to concerns and follow up.
What's inside
A parent, carer and practitioner guide to the child and teen overwhelm toolkits. A companion to real conversations and in-person support.
- Using the two versions
- Safeguarding and urgent help
- Offering and adapting activities
- Following up in person
- Sources for all three booklets
For young people
Guides written for you, to read on your own or with someone you trust.
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When things get difficult
Understanding your reactions and finding the support you need.
What's inside
A difficult moment can leave you upset, angry, quiet or unsure what to do next. You can use these pages on your own or with someone you trust. There is no score, and you can leave anything blank.
- You can ask for help with this
- Eight parts of wellbeing
- If my feelings were weather
- Build your support menu
- What could help here?
- My plan for a difficult moment
- Help and further reading
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My overwhelm toolkit: child version
Things to try when everything feels a bit too much.
What's inside
Use these pages with support from people you trust. Choose one idea or leave it for another time. You can ask someone to stay with you. You never have to finish an activity to get help.
- You can ask for help now
- Pick what suits you
- Gentle breathing, only if you want to
- Give your attention a little job
- Make something without a plan
- Try a small change
- One thought, one next step
- A help card to show or point to
- My people and choices
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My overwhelm toolkit: teen version
Practical choices when stress or anxiety feels hard to manage.
What's inside
Use these pages with support from people you trust. Choose one idea or leave it for another time. You can ask someone to stay with you. You never have to finish an activity to get help.
- You can ask for help now
- Pick what suits you
- Gentle breathing, only if you want to
- Give your attention a little job
- Make something without a plan
- Try a small change
- One thought, one next step
- A help card to show or point to
- My people and choices
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Starting college
A guide for school leavers in Scotland, from your first visit to your first day and beyond.
What's inside
You can arrive with questions. Helping you settle in is part of the college team's job. Use one page at a time and skip anything.
- You can take your time
- Get to know the place
- Tell someone what helps you
- Know the next few steps on your first day
- Things that can happen
- Get help with what is in the way
- When I need help
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College help card for your phone
Save it to your phone and show a line when words are hard.
What's inside
A one-page card to keep on your phone at college, with lines you can show, space for your contacts and what to do if you feel unsafe. It goes with the Starting college guide.
- Lines to show when you need help
- My contacts
- If you feel unsafe
