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Essex Education, Health and Social Care Service Partners have collaborated to create a suite of resources. These are called 'Let's Talk Social, Emotional and Mental Health'. They provide an introduction to a range of themes that may impact a child or young person's emotional wellbeing and mental health. They may be part of a child or young persons (CYP) presentation if they are experiencing mental ill health.

• Self-harm to​olkit​
  
• Essex Provision Guidance
• and Essex Early Years Provision Guidance: The purpose of these guidance documents are to support school/setting staff and schools/settings in responding to pupils' needs. It provides clarity and consistency when deciding the level and type of support a child needs.
• Let's Talk: A common language and understanding of Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health
• Guidance for Practitioners
  
• Guidance for Families
• Poster
• Flyer
• SEMH Best Practice Audit Tool​​
  
• SEMH Best Practice Questionnaires
  
• Early Years Phase
• Primary Phase
• Secondary/College Phase
• Let's Talk: Maximising School Attendance - Coming soon. In the meantime, please talk to your EP/IP about this.
• Let's Talk: Reducing the Risk of Suicide - Promoting positive emotional wellbeing and reducing the risk of suicidal thoughts and actions in Children and Young People
• Appendices
• Introductory Webinar
• Let's Talk: Best Practice for Supporting Engagement
• Understanding and Supporting Behaviour Safe Practice for Schools
• Appendices
• Let's Talk Emotional Wellbeing posters for schools
• Let's Talk: Working Together
• Model Behaviour and Relationships Policy​​
  
• ​Model Behaviour and Relationships Policy - Early Years
  
• Let's Talk: Disordered Eating
  
• Introductory Webinar​ - YouTube Video
  

*Under Construction*

• Let's Talk: Harmful Sexual Behaviour
  

Other resources

• Essex Provision Guidance Toolkit
• Essex Early Years Provision Guidance Toolkit
• Educational Psychology Parent helpline
• Educational Psychology EWMH EP telephone helpline for educational staff
• Southend Learning Network  
• Southend Information Point​