Advice & guidance for parents & carers
Baby & Child First Aid App – FREE from British Red Cross – useful videos, animations and tips, with simple and easy advice.
ParentInfo – provides high quality information to parents and carers about their children’s wellbeing and resilience. Schools can host the content on their own website and use it in any other ways (in letters to parents etc) that they want.
Right Click – An online programme for parents and carers to provide information and support to further understand autism.
Talking Point – FREE factsheets & booklets which give parents the information they need to check their child is developing, with tips for supporting children’s speech and language.
Pregnancy – booking early with your midwife – Advice & video showing the benefits of making an early appointment with your midwife.
Infant Sleep Information Source – This website is for a) parents who wish to make informed choices about infant sleep and night-time care, b) health professionals who wish to share evidence-based information with parents about infant sleep.
Common sleep problems in children – NHS Choices – Lots of guidance, including a short video, on what to do if your child has sleep problems.
Pregnancy and Baby Guide (NHS Choices) – More than 200 easy-to-read pages, detailed week-by-week guides and lots of expert videos, parents’ tips and interactive tools to explore.
First Steps Nutrition Trust – An independent, expert public health nutrition charity that provides resources to support eating well from pre-conception to five years. Their mission is to ensure that everyone working across health and social care to support families has access to simple, practical, free eating well resources that have no commercial links.
CPAG Financial Help in Early Years – This leaflet outlines what financial help may be available from pregnancy to school age, how tax credits can help you qualify and what other conditions you must meet.
New Childcare Entitlement – The Scottish Government is making changes to childcare provision that will benefit children, parents and carers. The number of hours of free early learning and childcare for children aged three and four will increase from 12.5 to almost 16 hours a week from the start of August 2014. And for the first time some two year olds will also receive this free entitlement. Find out more from The Scottish Family Information Service.
Food Standards Agency – Advice on cooking raw chicken
If you’re on benefits or a low income, and struggling to cope, you could get help from the Scottish Welfare Fund
Womens Aid Leaflet for Professionals – Domestic Abuse Support Services for Children & Young People, covering Inverness, Rural Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
The Underwear Rule – The Underwear Rule is a simple way that parents can help keep children safe from abuse – without using scary words or mentioning sex. NSPCC have developed a simple guide for parents, and a child-friendly version, to help you talk PANTS with your child. You can access all these resources on their website.
Accidents to Children -Those most at risk from a home accident are the 0-4 years age group. This page on the ROSPA site lists everything you need to know – types of accident, where they happen, when they happen, how to prevent them, etc.
How to help children to flourish – Designed for parents, carers, and anyone who works with infants, childen & young people, this resource gives information, ideas and activities to help promote positive mental health. Find out more.
Healthy Start – Free vouchers every week to spend on milk, plain fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables, and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins. Find out more.
NHS Information Service – Get regular info and advice tailored to your baby’s age. Find out more.
UK Safer Internet Centre – Here you can find a wide range of advice and resources for parents to help children stay safe online. Find out more.
Think U Know – Great site for the latest information on the sites you like to visit, mobiles and new technology. Find out what’s good, what’s not, and what you can do about it. There’s also a place which anyone can use to report if they feel uncomfortable or worried about someone they are chatting to online. Find out more.