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Queer Families: Support and Advice for Services working with LGBTQ Families
[322KB]Published 2020. This resource was developed with our Queer Families group. We hope that this resource will help to inform services responses to LGBTQ families, so that they can provide inclusive support for everyone.
Creating Inclusive Communities Topic: Children and Young People, Communities, Equalities, Families, Participation | Format: Hints & Tips
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Grandparents’ top tips
[269.7KB]Published 2018. These tips were put together after we had discussions with grandparents as we know many grandparents now spend a lot of time caring for their grandchildren. These tips were created as a part of our Families Project.
People Having More Choice in their Lives Topic: Children and Young People, Equalities, Families, Older People | Format: Hints & Tips
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Hints and Tips for Parents supporting Teenagers with Poor Mental Health
[262.7KB]Published 2018. When your child is struggling with poor mental health it can be a confusing and difficult time for the whole family. We’ve spoken to families around Scotland and put together some tips that we hope will help make it easier to support your teenager and to give you some ideas for how you can help them.
Having Different Conversations Topic: Children and Young People, Families, Mental Health | Format: Hints & Tips
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Tips for Teenagers
[255.4KB]Published 2018. When you’re a teenager life can feel overwhelming – lots of changes are happening, you’re making decisions about your future, and it can feel like there’s a lot of pressure on you. We hope that these tips can help you through some of these bad times and give you some ideas and tools to help you improve your mental health or to make things easier when you’re struggling.
Having Different Conversations Topic: Children and Young People, Families, Mental Health | Format: Hints & Tips
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Hints and Tips for Parents experiencing Poor Mental Health
[225.8KB]Published 2018. We spoke to different groups of parents across Scotland and put together some hints and tips that we hope will help people in a parenting role who may be struggling with poor mental health. We hope these will help you and make it easier to know where to start when it comes to looking after your health and wellbeing.
Having Different Conversations Topic: Carers, Children and Young People, Families, Mental Health | Format: Hints & Tips
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Moving on to Adult Life – A Guide for Staff
[714.6KB]Published 2012. This is a guide for staff who work in support services with children and young adults, or with adults who have a disability. In this guide there are suggestions of things you can do to support young people and their families over this period of moving on in their lives, and to encourage them to make choices. It also has suggestions on what you can do to help them make those choices happen. It is from the Moving On to Adult Life project. Published in 2005.
People Having More Choice in their Lives Topic: Carers, Children and Young People, Disabled People, Transitions | Format: Hints & Tips