You're not alone

At any one moment, at least 10% of children and teenagers are having serious problems with worries, fears, sadness, behaviour or concentration. These problems are very upsetting and can really mess up a young person's life - and can sometimes make things harder for classmates and teachers too.

The figure is more like 25% at any given moment if you add in all the young people who:

have less serious problems of the same sort
are being severely bullied
are going through a really rough patch with their friendships

This means that nearly all teachers have a number of students who are going through these sorts of problems. Knowing what to do to help them is not always straightforward.

youthinmind is here to make things easier for you. Filling in a questionnaire about a student can help you see what, if anything, to be concerned about. Then if you want more information, we can show you websites and books that could be useful.