IN THIS THEME

Drawing helps me calm down

Watch the video

Listen to the voices of the young people

"Drawing helps me calm down"
"I like listening to music"

  • "Drawing helps me calm down"

    “I like listening to music”

Hear

What are the young people saying to you here?

Make a note of what they are telling you, or asking you to do, in your own words.

Reflect

Young people are already managing their own mental health a lot of the time, often with simple, everyday activities

Coping strategies are individual and every one of us finds our own

Respond

  • Develop the confidence for young people to manage their own mental health

  • Explore different coping strategies – current and new

  • Explore who they can reach out to with a wide choice of contacts and services

Before you leave this page

We have shown you some clips of the “Ask Me How I Am” film, and shared the five themes the young filmmakers wanted you to think about.

Before you go, please take a moment to think about how you will embed this into your work with young people:

Finding time to hear from young people about their own experiences of self-harm, avoiding a rush to fix or react

Noticing your own assumptions or reactions to self-harm and how they affect your work with young people

Responding to young people holistically and see the needs that sit behind the self-harm

What other learning do you need? Exploring suicide risk? Mental health awareness?

Think about your ongoing professional development. What can you and colleagues do to keep learning from young people and from each other