Mental Health and Wellbeing
At Stoke Park Infant school we have two senior mental health leads (SMHL), Mrs Charles and Mrs Brennan. Our linked Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) is Joanna Moroney. Please see the flyer below for information about the MHST service. Although the service will very often work directly with parents, all referrals are made via the school. Please feel free to talk to your child's teacher in the first instance if you have a concern regarding your child's mental health.

Hampshire County Council has partnered with the Solihull Approach to provide free, evidence-based online courses with practical tips and advice to boost parents' and carers' confidence, help them navigate family life, and strengthen their relationships. Whether you are a mum, dad, foster parents or grandparent, there is a course for you. Once registered, families receive unlimited access to the courses and can go back to them as their children grow.
The interactive courses cover topics like:
Understanding your child with additional needs (0-19 years)
Understanding your child's mental health and wellbeing
Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your child/teenager
Developed by psychologists and professionals, they have been designed to help you understand your child's feelings, development and behaviour, as well as focus on your own feelings as you grow as a family.
External Support Agencies
CAMHS
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is an NHS service that aims to help young people up to the age of 18 who are finding it hard to manage their emotional and psychological health, and who are suffering with acute, chronic and severe mental health problems.
Hampshire Healthy Families
For all things Health and Families in Hampshire
https://www.hampshirehealthyfamilies.org.uk/
Family Lives
Focusses on advice around family life, wellbeing, parenting, online safety and finance
https://www.familylives.org.uk/
School Nursing Team
This team can talk through any concerns you may have about your child. For example: eating, sleeping, toileting or behaviour
School Nursing :: Healthier Together (what0-18.nhs.uk)
Schools Therapy Service
If you need to contact the Solent NHS Trust Children's Therapies Telephone Advice Line: 0300 300 2019. They are available Monday to Friday 8am – 5pm. Due to the very high demand on the NHS they are make appointments available for children with the highest therapy needs first.
