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Leicestershire County Council does not currently have its own Trans inclusive guidance for schools, however, we are proud to have been involved in the review of and to share this updated version of the Trans Inclusion Schools Toolkit, agreed by Brighton & Hove City Council's Children, Young People...

Leicestershire County Council are proud to be members of Stonewall's CYPS Champions programme. The CYPS Programme is a recognition of the support we, as a Local Authority offer to LGBTQ+ young people across the county and we currently hold gold status.

There is a range of information and guidance on how...

Following a pilot with a number of Leicestershire secondary schools, Leicestershire County Council have produced an anti-racist audit tool for secondary schools to use in order to identify where they might have existing good practice and/or gaps in how they can work to become an anti-racist school.

• A guide for school staff to use to spot distressing signs in a child's behaviour.

• Addressing trauma and adversity resources to support children and young people.

• Please see information and guidance for all CYP on how to stay safe, services available to them and general support for maintaining positive health and wellbeing

• Trauma Informed Relationships and Behaviour Policy template from the Violence Reduction Network (VRN). Find it below.

• Trauma Informed Guidance for schools to support children return to school after a trauma.

• A guide for school staff to use to spot distressing signs in a child's behaviour.

• Addressing trauma and adversity resources to support children and young people.

YEF Toolkit an overview of existing research on approaches to preventing serious youth violence

• Supporting Transitions: How To Weather The Transition Storm

Using PACE in School

Becoming a Trauma Sensitive School!

Transition Cards

Moving From Behavioural to Relational Responses

• Helen Oakwater: Why Are These Children Any Different?

Attachment Strategies In The Classroom: What Can You See? What Does It Mean

• This simple worksheet may help your pupils to express their feelings and understand what may have triggered them.

Public Health England: Guidance on supporting resilience and wellbeing for children and young people which can be used for policy planning.

Improve your confidence, knowledge and skills in supporting young people in crisis. Created by young people working in partnership with mental health experts. Short, accessible video guides and text resources. All for free.

Start a Conversation aims to raise awareness of suicide and signpost to support that is available.

This website provides resources on young people's mental health for parents and professionals, including guidance on supporting student mental health during GCSE exams and a wellbeing Action Plan for use with students.

A factsheet from Barnardos to help parents, carers and their children to understand and process grief.

Information, resources and guides to support schools with primary aged children who have experienced bereavement.

Resources to engage in conversations with children designed to open up thinking and discussion around the topics of death, grief and bereavement.

Elephant's tea party provides fun resources to help equip children with coping skills for bereavement.

A PowerPoint presentation about sharing good practice from a trauma informed school perspective.

How to use emotion coaching to support children and young people.

Trauma Informed Relationships and Behaviour Policy template from the Violence Reduction Network (VRN).