Our frameworks
Three tiers of Youth Mental Health Response, so every adult around a young person is trained for the part they actually play.
A parent, a form tutor and a deputy head meet the same young person at different moments and with different authority. Training them identically wastes everyone's time. These three tiers share one framework, ANCHOR, and split by role.
For parents who want to be useful when their own child is shifting, struggling or pulling away: reading early signs, opening a conversation that does not close in thirty seconds, and knowing when to involve the school.
For the adults who see young people every week: spotting early signs in a busy timetable, staying present in a supportive conversation, and handing a student on with continuity of care rather than a dropped thread.
For heads of pastoral care, deputy heads, counsellors and directors: referral pathways, documentation, parent communication, supervising responders, and building the environment that makes the other two tiers work.
Each tier teaches the same ANCHOR steps, so a student who is met by a parent at home and a tutor at school gets one response rather than three improvised ones. Escalation between tiers is rehearsed, not assumed.
Youth Mental Health Response is our school-specific framework, inspired by Mental Health First Aid principles and adapted for the roles and realities of international schools. The curriculum and the ANCHOR model are authored by Let's Be Real and shaped for the needs of each role.
A common pattern is HOLD for staff early in the autumn term, a NOTICE parent evening in the same term, and LEAD for the pastoral leadership team before policy review. English and German cohorts run separately.
Tell us a little about your school or family and we will reply with dates, formats and pricing - usually within one working day.
Send us your staff numbers, parent community and term dates, and we will propose a sequence and a written quote.