What is the Roar Response Programme?

Childhood should be a carefree, fun time, but sometimes children and young people face emotional and even traumatic experiences that may be related to school and educational situations. Being expected to deal with problems and challenges life presents can become quite overwhelming for some, leading to anxiety, stress and even depression. We can’t control life’s situations, but being able to thrive despite these challenges comes from having strong skills of resilience.

The ROAR Response to Mental Health in Primary Schools is a tool which aims to help staff recognise and address the signs of mental health problems in children. It is a first line response aimed at equipping front line professionals with the tools to provide early intervention, and support to children experiencing mental distress.

The ROAR response also recognises the importance of building resilience in children.

What does ROAR stand for?

R - Recognise the signs and symptoms

O - Ask Open questions (try to spot the BIG thought)

A - Access Support, Services and Self-care

R - Build Resilience

ROAR helps the children in our school to talk about their mental health and feelings.

The importance of sleep.

Quality sleep is essential for children’s growth and development. A decent night’s sleep will help them to do better at school, allow them to react more quickly to situations, have a more developed memory, learn more effectively and solve problems, plus it will make them less susceptible to colds and other minor ailments, less irritable and better behaved. 

More information can be found at Children - The Sleep Charity

The Liverpool ASD Training Team are providing a series of virtual drop-in advisory sessions via zoom. They are for parent/carers wishing to talk in a private one to one setting about any questions or concerns they may have about their child.

To book your place please email asdtrainingteam@liverpool.gov.uk With a choice of your date and time and you will be emailed a zoom link. 

For more information about the sessions or the service please view the Liverpool Local offer Page / Liverpool ASD training team for future training and workshops.

Liverpool ASD Training Team | Liverpool Family Information & SEND Directory

Please find below upcoming events (fully funded or donation based events) run by Beautiful New beginnings.

All events must be booked. To book visit www.beautifulnewbeginnings.co.uk/events

Full information and future dates for all events can be found on the Beautiful New Beginnings website. Please note that most events are limited in numbers.

We are aware that mental health difficulties can be extremely hard to talk about but urge you to speak to someone if you or your child need any support.

Useful websites to support your child with mental health and wellbeing:

https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/

https://www.annafreud.org/parents-and-carers/

https://parentingsmart.place2be.org.uk/

https://www.liverpoolcamhs.com/

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/

https://parents.actionforchildren.org.uk/

https://www.childline.org.uk/