Parent Resources
Pastoral Care Resources for Parents
GCSE Years Information Evening
E-safety
Part 1 E-safety Presentation for Parents
Part 2 E-safety Presentation for Parents
Mental Well-being
Useful Resources
Communicating with your teenager
Mental health and depression in young people
Self-Esteem Team www.selfesteemteam.org
Natasha Devon’s book ‘Fundamentals: A Guide for Parents & Teachers on Mental Health & Self-Esteem’ is published in January 2015 – ‘The Self-Esteem Team’s Guide to Sex, Drugs & WTFs’ was published in August 2015 – Details of both below.
Natasha has a weekly column in the Times Educational Supplement commenting on a number of issues affecting young people and how teachers can tackle them. See the archive here.
The team work alongside mental health charity Young Minds – and positive body image charity Body Gossip
The team also support the work of Mental Health First Aid England (all members of the team are MHFA trained)
The Following Videos Were Used During The Presentations
Optical Illusions with Einstein Mask
Body Image
Mental Health
Other Useful Videos
Self-Esteem Team’s New Years ReVolution (celeb backed campaign to resolve to do one thing to improve our mental health for New Year)
Jean Kilbourne ‘Killing us Softly’ – Short documentary on advertising and its portrayal of women
Dove Campaign video on male airbrushing
Dove Campaign video on female airbrushing
Body Gossip ‘This One is For You’ (a poem about eating disorder recovery performed by celebrities)
This Girl Can – Sport England video encouraging women to enjoy sport regardless of body type
‘Pretty’ – Poetry slam by Kate Makkai (contains swearing)
Recommended Reading
‘Teenagers’ by David Bainbridge
‘Curvology’ by David Bainbridge
‘Hope with Eating Disorders’ by Lynn Crilly
‘How to Disappear Completely’ by Kelsey Osgood
‘Fat is A Feminist issue’ by Susie Orbach
‘Fundamentals: A Guide for Parents & Teachers on Mental Health & Self-Esteem’ by Natasha Devon and Lynn Crilly
‘The Self-Esteem Team’s Guide to Sex, Drugs & WTFs?!!’ by Natasha Devon