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Children's Mental Health Week 2025

Resilience, self-esteem and good mental health are shaped by a child's early interactions and attachments.

By giving deaf children the tools and language they need to recognise and express their feelings, we can lay the groundwork for strong emotional and mental health, both now and in the future.

We're taking part in Children's Mental Health Week (3 to 9 February 2025) because we believe that supporting deaf children's mental health right from the start can set them up for life.

Get professional mental health support

Support for families

Information and activities to help you and your child build positive mental health.

Emotional health and wellbeing

Learn British Sign Language (BSL) signs for feelings.

Feelings and emotions playlist

Find out how you can help your child to develop a strong deaf identity.

Developing a deaf identity

Support for deaf young people

Tips for managing your emotional wellbeing.

Info and advice

How Skye learned to embrace her deafness.

Elliot's experience of living with a mental health condition.

Elliot's experiences

Resources for families and professionals

Order or download our free range of resources to use with your child, or share with them with your child's teachers to use at school or nursery.

A guide to help deaf children understand and identify their emotions.

What are you feeling?

A resource for hearing siblings aged five and under.

Me and my deaf brother or sister

A toolkit for early years practitioners, in collaboration with Anna Freud.

Deafness and me