Guidance

COVID-19: guidance on supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing

Advice for parents and carers on looking after the mental health and wellbeing of children or young people during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 29 March 2020
• Last updated: 19 May 2021
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  1. 19 May 2021

     Removed references to shielding and removed links to a service that has closed.

  2. 16 March 2021

     Updated translations.

  3. 3 March 2021

     Amended weblinks under Guidance for parents and carers.

  4. 18 February 2021

     Added section on support for students. Restructured and updated other information.

  5. 16 October 2020

     Removed reference to how many people are allowed to meet. Temporarily removed translations.

  6. 14 September 2020

     Updated guidance on number of people allowed to meet.

  7. 4 August 2020

     Added translated documents in: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese CN, Chinese HK, French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu.

  8. 25 June 2020

     Updated guidance to reflect the latest social distancing measures.

  9. 16 June 2020

     Added guidance on support bubbles.

  10. 21 April 2020

      Updated guidance.

  11. 30 March 2020

      Added easy-read guide.

  12. 29 March 2020

      First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 19 July 2021

The information in this guidance has been superseded. For up to date information please see Every Mind Matters

Documents

[Withdrawn] Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

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Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (French)

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Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (Gujarati)

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Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (Polish)

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Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (Portuguese)

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Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (Punjabi)

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Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (Traditional Chinese)

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Guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (Urdu)

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Details

This advice is to help adults with caring responsibilities look after the mental health and wellbeing of children or young people, including those with additional needs and disabilities, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Guidance for looking after your own mental health and wellbeing is also available.

For wider information on how to protect yourself and others, please see Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to do.

This guidance will be updated in line with the changing situation. Translated versions have been temporarily removed while being updated.

A new COVID-19 variant is spreading in some parts of England. There may be additional advice for your area. Find out what you need to do.