Coping with self-harm: advice for parents and carers
This guide is aimed at helping parents, carers, other family members and friends cope when a young person is self-harming.
This resource belongs to the resource hub for classroom and wellbeing support.
This brochure was developed from talking to parents and carers of young people.
It includes information on the nature and causes of self-harm, how to support a young person when facing this problem and what help is available.
It covers topics including:
- what makes young people vulnerable to self-harm
- reasons for self-harm
- supporting your child
Using this resource
This resource is designed for:
- use by parents and carers
Schools will need to think carefully about how they share this with parents/carers and carers to avoid stigmatising or upsetting individuals.
This resource belongs to the resource hub for classroom and wellbeing support.
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