Parenting and Child Mental Health Support
As a school, we are support by the NHS Mental Health Support Team, which includes a clinical psychologist and Education Wellbeing Practitioners .
The friendly team offers to parents:
- Workshops and webinars on child mental health and parenting (lunchtime and evening)
- Coffee mornings
- Signposting to appropriate services
- Early intervention: Free (NHS funded) one-to-one, parent-led guided self-help for parents who are starting to struggle with challenging behaviour and childhood anxiety
Parenting can often feel hectic, without enough time to think about what you’re doing to get the best out of your child. It is easy to become stuck in a cycle of reacting to children’s emotions and behaviour in the moment without having the space to think proactively about how you’re managing them and setting them up to do well. We work with parents to help them to understand their children’s feelings and behaviour patterns and put in place effective strategies so that family life can feel calmer and happier.
If you are interested in 1:1 parent sessions with our in-school NHS Wellbeing Practitioners to help your child’s worries or anxieties, or support their challenging or tricky behaviour, you can pick up an application form from reception, contact Esther Bird at the school or the NHS team directly by email: Wave6MertonMHST@swlstg.nhs.uk
Visit their YouTube channel for a great selection of mental health and wellbeing videos for parents and young people:
Look on Eventbrite to see their menu of free online webinars and workshops for Primary school parents:
The following suite of webinars are planned for the Autumn term 2025 - please scan the QR code to sign up for any that look useful for you:
