STOP & PIT-STOP

Video Links

• Ted talks
• Ted Talks Brain
• This animation video gives the viewer a glimpse into sensory overload, and how often our sensory experiences intertwine in everyday life. Sensory Overload – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2P4Ed6G3gw

Recommended Books

• The kids guide to staying awesome and in control
  Books for teens- ADHD1
• Suffolk-Libraries-books-on-parenting-Understanding-teenagers-Mental-heal…
• 2 Suffolk-Libraries-books-on-parenting-Understanding-teenagers-Sex-gender-and-LGBT-awareness
• 3 Suffolk-Libraries-books-on-parenting-Understanding-teenagers-Support-for-parents-and-carers
• 4 Suffolk-Libraries-books-on-parenting-Understanding-teenagers-Wellbeing-and-resilience

Nicola Morgan website & blog links

Nicola Morgan – We advocate the work of Nicola Morgan. Nicola, the teenage brain woman, is an internationally-acclaimed author and speaker who has been invited all over the world to speak about her work. She was a multi-award-winning teenage novelist before writing the best-selling Blame My Brain – the Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed, which has been a best-seller for nearly twenty years, translated into many languages, and reprinted countless times. As well as her novels and books for younger children, including Thomas the Tank Engine books, she has written on stress, peer pressure and friendships, screen time and social media, body image, sleep, resilience, brain health, anxiety, all aspects of wellbeing and looking after one’s brain, and the science of reading. In 2018, she was awarded the SLA’s prestigious award for Outstanding Contribution to Information Books.

Nicola Morgan website: https://nicolamorgan.com

Nicola Morgan Blog  https://nicolamorgan.com/all-articles/

Link to all the amazing  books written by Nicola Morgan Books – Nicola Morgan

The links below are key blog posts we strongly recommend reading.

• Teenage social brain: In 2023, there was a new edition of the book, Blame My Brain – The amazing teenage brain revealed. This blog introduces a whole new chapter on screens, social media and the social brain. Blog link: Teenage social brain – Nicola Morgan
• Empathy: This blog has articles about the role of books, and particularly the discussion about reading fiction or nonfiction plus links to Nicola’s reflections on empathy. Blog link: The Teenage Brain Woman On: Empathy – Nicola Morgan  
• Anxiety: In this blog Nicola uses the metaphor as “You are the cabin crew” to explain how you can make a huge difference to the mental state of the young people around you. Blog link: Adults are the cabin crew for young people’s anxiety – Nicola Morgan

Articles handouts and links relating to teens with ADHD

• A very good downable leaflet called “a young persons guide to thriving with ADHD  https://adhdandyou.co.uk/young-person/downloads-young-people 
• Glossary-of-ADHD-Terms
• Foods-to-avoid
• ADHD fact sheet 
• Conduct-disorders fact sheet 
• 30-good-things-about-having-ADHD
• ADHD-Great-Ormond-St-Hospital-information-sheet https://media.gosh.nhs.uk/documents/ADHD_F1282_A4_bw_FINAL_Dec16.pdf 

Articles and links relating to teens with additional needs

• TicTips – Strategies to Manage Your Tourette Syndrome https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/storage/downloads/1374586633_Tic-tips—managing-your-TS.pdf
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Articles and links relating to screen and social media

• NSPCC – Keeping our young people safe and the popularity of gaming https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/online-safety-blog/understand-the-benefits-and-risks-of-online-gaming/
• Family Lives – Parents Guide to the latest Social Media and Instant Messaging Appshttps://www.familylives.org.uk/advice/your-family/online-safety/parents-guide-to-the-latest-social-media-and-instant-messaging-apps
• Screen time.. what as parents are we modeling
• Screen Time Log https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/downloads/screen-time-log.pdf

Communication with Teens links & articles

• UNICEF- How to communicate with and listen to your teen – https://www.unicef.org/parenting/child-care/11-tips-communicating-your-teen
• Jon Coleman – My teen brain https://jcoleman.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/JohnColeman_MyTeenBrain.pdf 

Raising Teens self esteem links & articles

• Queer-Futures-Summary-Report- https://www.queerfutures.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Queer-Futures-Summary-Report.pdf

Parent issues links & articles

• • When Emotions Run High by Shelly Steel
  • Young Minds Eating Problems – https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/parents-a-z-mental-health-guide/eating-disorders/
  • Young Minds Depression https://www.youngminds.org.uk/media/xl2nf0df/young-minds-depression.pdf
    Anxiety Basics (by Child Mind Institute) https://childmind.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CMI_2018CMHR.pdf

Limit Setting with teens links & articles

• Healthy eating what adolescents need- https://www.nutrition.org.uk/nutrition-for/teenagers/

Consequences links & articles

• Mind – Information for young people that explains what anger means, what it feels like and where to go for support– https://www.mind.org.uk/for-young-people/feelings-and-experiences/dealing-with-anger/
• Young Minds Anger Issues https://www.youngminds.org.uk/media/jvxpsv0s/young-minds-anger-issues.pdf

Articles & links relating to drugs, alcohol and relationships

• STOP-unit-guide 2019
• Drug facts-cocaine- https://www.drugfreeactionalliance.org/sites/default/files/drugfacts_cocaine.pdf
• FRANK, The Truth About Drugs – https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/260604/truth_about_drugs_v3_October_2013.pdf

Articles & links relating to parents taking care of themselves

• TNHS, Insomnia- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/insomnia/
• Advice for crisis support
• 5 Ways to Unwind After a Hard Day of Being a Mom – https://childdevelopmentinfo.com/mom-mother/unwind-hard-day-mom/#:~:text=5%20Ways%20to%20Unwind%20After%20a%20Hard%20Day,brief%20escape%20from%20reality.%20…%205%20Self-Massage%20