ITV Britain Get Talking - Mental Health Homework
What is it?
ITV launched ‘Britain Get Talking’ a mental health initiative launched to get families talking about their mental wellbeing. They enlisted Dr Lucy Maddox, a consultant clinical psychologist, to provide some additional visual tools to help navigate those tricky conversations and encourage young people to open up. If you can’t print these, don't worry, they can also be used as verbal cues to help young people express what’s on their minds.
How did this help you or the person you’re supporting?
“I was looking for ways to speak to teenagers about their mental health and came across ITV’s ‘Get Britain Talking’ initiative online which is a really good site including videos and downloadable activities. Although the activity sheets are quite child-like you could definitely repurpose them for adults who might need this type of support. It might not be for everyone, but I did like the activity format as an alternative way to open up”
