Ask the Expert Series: Supporting your children’s mental health

Observations of your child’s behaviour, or through feedback from their Teachers could be a good ways to help you see if your child is coping. Signs of a child who is coping well would usually be things like a child who’s meeting their developmental, emotional and learning milestones, have healthy social skills and demonstrate an ability to cope with problems. An example of a child who’s coping well could be a 9 year old child who feels safe to approach his/her parent for help when he/she is having difficulties with a subject in school.