As a parent or caregiver, you recognize that your child is experiencing mental health issues. You're also supporting them as much as you can. However, you're not a mental health professional. So you cannot carry out a mental assessment. You cannot deliver mental health treatment. So it's important that you do seek out external support and this can be done by seeking professional help from your family doctor from school.
It's also crucial that you contact the school and let them know that the child is experiencing mental issues if they have not picked up anything yet. also involve the community support organizations, charitable organizations, and if your child is participating in any of the local groups, then do inform them as well if your child goes to after school Activity clubs that let them know as well, so that you can collectively be able to support this child. Another thing that you could do is to talk to other parents who are not alone. There's so many parents out there who are supporting children with mental issues, talk to them, you know, let them you know, advise you on how they're supporting their child, the teachers would know the social workers would know of this parents and if this parents are happy to share their experiences with you, then connect with them and let them support you.
And you learn from them. Allow yourself to learn from them. And then think that you could do as well is to educate yourself very important. There are so many self help materials out there that you can source that can help your child learn new skills, you know, that you can be able to share with your child and support them you know, at classes are very, very good. You can learn, you know, to help improve your child's confidence through art. You can also learn, you know, techniques of how to control things like anxiety like panic attacks, things like improving mood, you can learn to do that.
And that's by educating yourself and gaining that psycho education. So you can do so much to support your child. And three things that you can do, just to recap, is to seek professional help, contact your family GP, contact the school, support groups and organizations within your locality. also talk to other parents, you're not alone. There are other parents out there going through the same