Self-Harm
Classroom Resources
This range of resources provide support for lesson delivery.
- Harmless: have some downloadable information, flyers and workbooks that can be purchased.
Websites
This range of websites provide further advice for teachers on self-harm.
- NHS: This resources for schools will help support children and young people who self-harm, and provides a wide range of support including explaining more about self-harm, providing information sheets for young people, parents and carers, and additional resources on self-harm.
- Anna Freud Centre: This webpage provides a range of information on identifying the signs, risky behaviour, and top tips.
- University of Oxford: In 2018 this resource was created for school staff. It provides more information about self-harm, which young people are more vulnerable to self-harm, why young people self-harm and more.
Videos
This range of videos provide further advice for teachers on self-harm.
- Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service: A bitesize video lasting 8 minutes providing an introductory understanding of self-harm in children and young people. It aims to provide information on why children or young people may self-harm and ways of supporting self-harm behaviour through finding 'safer' alternatives.
Guidance Documents
- NICE Guidance: This guidance on self-harm in over 8s provides short term management strategies alongside information for prevention reoccurrence.
- NICE Guidance: This guidance offers long term management suggestions for self-harm in over 8s.
- Turning the Tide: This practical guidance and toolkit on managing self-harm was produced for schools in Cornwall, but it brings together a variety of information on self-harm including the signs, assessing risk and signposting to more advice. Find it look below.
- Young people who self harm - A guide for school staff can be found below.