Let's Be Real - Mental Health for Young Minds

Resources

Articles and guides for the three groups who shape a young person's mental health: young people themselves, the parents at home and the adults at school.

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Teen mental health

What young people are actually dealing with - identity, peer support, help-seeking and the research behind it.

Parent guides

Practical guidance on noticing early signs, holding hard conversations and supporting a teenager without taking over.

School wellbeing articles

For educators and leaders: strategy that changes behaviour, staff wellbeing, and mental health first aid in school settings.

Workshops and training

When reading is not enough, our workshops and training programmes turn these ideas into practised skills.

Free guides

Three short, practical downloads - one for each group who shapes a young person's mental health.

For school leaders
The International School Mental Health Readiness Checklist
Thirty questions across six areas. Score your school's provision in about twenty minutes.
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For parents
10 Questions That Help Teenagers Open Up
Questions that get past fine, plus what to say when your teenager shuts the conversation down.
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For teachers
Recognising Early Signs of Student Mental Health Challenges
What to look for, what to say in the first five minutes, and how to hand over without breaking trust.
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Latest articles

Neurodivergence
Neurodivergence and Mental Health: What Schools Miss
Neurodivergent students often experience distress in ways standard wellbeing guidance was never written for. This article looks at how anxiety and burnout show up differently, why the usual supportive conversation can misfire, and what schools can change so a shared mental health language includes every mind.
Jacqueline Klemke - 19/08/2026
Mental Health Literacy
Why Mental Health Literacy Matters in International Schools
Mobility, multilingual communities and staff turnover make shared understanding harder to sustain in international schools. This article explains what mental health literacy is, why it matters here in particular, and how schools can build a common language across students, staff and families.
Nick Praulins - 05/08/2026
Wellbeing and Mental Health
The Missing Link in Student Wellbeing: Connecting Schools and Families
Schools and families both work hard on student wellbeing, usually in parallel rather than together. This article looks at the gap young people fall into when home and school describe difficulty differently, and the practical steps that close it.
Jacqueline Klemke - 05/08/2026
Youth Mental Health Response
From Awareness to Action: Why Schools Need Mental Health Response Training
Awareness was the achievement of the last decade. The question now is what a teacher does in the next five minutes after noticing that something is wrong. This article sets out what response training adds and how to make it stick.
Nick Praulins - 05/08/2026
Mental Health Literacy
Mental Health First Aid vs Mental Health Literacy: What Schools Actually Need
The two terms are often used interchangeably, but they answer different questions. This article compares response training and community-wide literacy, and helps schools decide which to start with.
Nick Praulins - 05/08/2026
Wellbeing and Mental Health
Why most school wellbeing strategies do not change behaviour (and what can be done about it)
Why do so many international school wellbeing strategies fail to change what actually happens day to day? This article explores the gap between good intentions and lived behaviour, and explains what schools can do to design wellbeing systems that support staff and students in moments of uncertainty.
Nick Praulins - 04/02/2026