In Episode 4 of the Wellbeing in Schools podcast Sam Miller talks to Ceri Jones, Manager of the Torfaen Young People's Counselling Service, about how best to respond to distress. Whilst the advice is universally applicable to distress, the conversation focuses on the specific context of pupils returning to school for the first time following lockdown.

Useful links and websites:

www.mind.org

https://www.educationsupport.org.uk/

YoungMinds report on the impact of coronavirus on youth mental health:

https://youngminds.org.uk/about-us/reports/coronavirus-impact-on-young-people-with-mental-health-needs/

Oxford University CO-SPACE study:

http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-06-16-children-show-increase-mental-health-difficulties-over-covid-19-lockdown