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Children’s Mental Health in Today’s World

Understand the pressures on children's mental health today, and simple ways to help your child cope with them.

  • 18 minutes
  • 6 modules
  • Certificate

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What you'll learn

  • Understand why everyday upsets can feel much bigger to a child
  • Spot changes in mood, sleep, eating or interests that may signal a problem
  • Help your child name their feelings using an emotions wheel
  • Explain upsetting news to a child in a way that suits their age
  • Keep an eye on how much news and social media your child sees

About this course

A falling-out with a friend can feel as big to a seven-year-old as a break-up does to an adult. Add worries about money at home, frightening news, climate change and what they see on social media, and it's no surprise more children are struggling. Around one in six children aged 8 to 16 now has a probable mental health problem.

This course helps you notice the changes that can mean a child is finding things hard: trouble sleeping, going off their food, losing interest in a hobby they loved, or tummy aches with no obvious cause. It also gives you ways to help. Check in with them regularly, help them put a name to what they feel with an emotions wheel ("name it to tame it"), and explain upsetting news in words that suit their age.

6 modules

Open in order

  1. Introduction

    1 min

  2. Understand the Key Challenges Faced by Children

    8 min

  3. How Mental Health Concerns May Present in the Classroom

    4 min

  4. How Mental Health Concerns May Present at Home

    3 min

  5. Identify some Practical Strategies to Support Children

    5 min

  6. What Next?

    1 min