Support for young people during exam season

With the exam season now fully underway, this can at times feel overwhelming for some children and young people and those closest to them. There are practical things they can do before, during and after tests and exams to help them to prepare properly and manage their stress levels during the revision and exam season which is so important.

With Youth/Lumi Nova

Changes in routine alongside exam pressure can often lead to anxiety and worry.  Lumi Nova Tales of Courage, is a fun, safe, interactive mobile app with a range of missions to help children manage anxiety and build confidence and resilience. Designed for 7-12-year-olds, Lumi Nova is instantly accessible to children and young people in Hertfordshire through BFB Labs' partnership with Hertfordshire Mind Network’s With Youth Digital Wellbeing Service. 

The wider With Youth Digital Wellbeing Service has a team of trained mental health workers on hand every day except Bank Holidays to help young people via free emotional wellbeing resources, online live chats, one to one sessions and age-appropriate support in online groups. Online sessions can be used to support young people with a wide range of needs, including helping them with exam/revision stress:

• managing and balancing exam stress, revision, social life and self-care
• developing coping strategies for managing stress
• sharing resources and worksheets around wellbeing, revision timetables, exam stress
• goal setting and support in achieving goals (either exam related, or wellbeing related or next steps/transitions)
• flexible sessions to fit to the young person's schedule during the exam period
• further support through instant messaging so that the young person can access advice and help as and when needed
• a safe space to explore their feelings and goals.

Online emotional wellbeing groups

Alongside their age-appropriate online groups: Calm Minds; Creative Minds; Anger Avengers and more, With Youth also run Road to Transition online groups for Year Six children in the summer term. E: withyouth@hertfordshiremind.org. to find out more and register an interest.

Please let Hertfordshire’s young people, parents and carers you are working with about this helpful free service and find out more about With Youth here.

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