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Supporting a child through the teenage years can be both rewarding and challenging, and when a young person is neurodivergent or experiencing difficulties with their mental health, finding the right guidance becomes even more important. Today’s families are surrounded by an overwhelming amount of information online—and it’s not always easy to know where to turn or which resources are reliable.

This section brings together a carefully curated collection of trusted digital resources designed to help parents and carers of young people aged 11–16. These platforms offer clear, practical advice on everything from understanding neurodiversity and navigating school support, to promoting positive mental health, managing online life, and finding help in moments of crisis.

Whether you’re looking for neurodiversity‑affirming guidance, tools to support emotional wellbeing, or simply reassurance from organisations who understand the pressures young people face today, this collection offers a strong starting point. Each resource has been selected because it provides high‑quality, evidence‑based information and accessible support for families—helping you feel informed, empowered, and less alone as you navigate the journey with your child.

Barnardo’s Family Space – Digital Wellbeing (13–19)

Explains online risks, social media pressures, pornography exposure, digital balance, and how to support teens' emotional wellbeing online. Includes conversation starters and links to further tools.
Link: https://families.barnardos.org.uk/13-19-years/digital-wellbeing

Parentkind – Online Safety Toolkit

Practical guidance for parents on digital wellbeing, screen time limits, cyberbullying, online harm, social media safety, and digital role‑modelling.
Link: https://www.parentkind.org.uk/online-safety-toolkit

UK Government – Online Media Literacy Resources

Trusted government guidance on media literacy, misinformation, online privacy, cyberbullying, extremism, and online safety education. Includes the Online Safety Parent Hub.
Link: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/online-media-literacy-resources


Collins – Teen Digital Wellbeing Guidance

Seven practical tips from digital wellbeing experts to help families support healthy tech habits, screen balance, critical thinking, and online safety.
Link: https://collins.co.uk/blogs/collins4parents/7-ways-to-support-your-teens-digital-wellbeing

Teen Tips – The Wellbeing Hub

A multi‑award‑winning online platform offering webinars, workshops, expert‑led resources, and proactive mental‑health guidance for parents and teens.
Link: https://teentips.co.uk/

Ditox – Best Digital Wellbeing Resources (Free)

A global digital wellbeing directory including guides on online safety, cyberbullying, digital citizenship, gaming safety, and healthy online habits for teens.
Link: https://www.ditox.co/resources/best-digital-wellbeing-resources

Barnardo’s Family Space – Digital Wellbeing (13–19)

Explains online risks, social media pressures, pornography exposure, digital balance, and how to support teens' emotional wellbeing online. Includes conversation starters and links to further tools.
Link: https://families.barnardos.org.uk/13-19-years/digital-wellbeing

Parentkind – Online Safety Toolkit

Practical guidance for parents on digital wellbeing, screen time limits, cyberbullying, online harm, social media safety, and digital role‑modelling.
Link: https://www.parentkind.org.uk/online-safety-toolkit

UK Government – Online Media Literacy Resources

Trusted government guidance on media literacy, misinformation, online privacy, cyberbullying, extremism, and online safety education. Includes the Online Safety Parent Hub.
Link: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/online-media-literacy-resources


Collins – Teen Digital Wellbeing Guidance

Seven practical tips from digital wellbeing experts to help families support healthy tech habits, screen balance, critical thinking, and online safety.
Link: https://collins.co.uk/blogs/collins4parents/7-ways-to-support-your-teens-digital-wellbeing

Teen Tips – The Wellbeing Hub

A multi‑award‑winning online platform offering webinars, workshops, expert‑led resources, and proactive mental‑health guidance for parents and teens.
Link: https://teentips.co.uk/

Ditox – Best Digital Wellbeing Resources (Free)

A global digital wellbeing directory including guides on online safety, cyberbullying, digital citizenship, gaming safety, and healthy online habits for teens.
Link: https://www.ditox.co/resources/best-digital-wellbeing-resources

Young Minds - Parents’ Mental Health Support Hub – clear guides on mental health conditions, feelings, behaviours, life events, and how to navigate services like CAMHS.

  • Parents’ A–Z Mental Health Guide – covers concerns such as anxiety, autism & mental health, self-esteem, bullying, exam stress, gender identity, school anxiety, gaming, depression, and more.
  • Parents Helpline (phone & online chat) – confidential advice for parents of children up to age 25.
  • Resource Library & Webinars – downloadable wellbeing activities, toolkits, and practical guides for supporting teens, including autistic young people.

Young Minds - Parents’ Mental Health Support Hub

Self-Harm Support Hub 

A dedicated digital space for anyone supporting a young person who is self-harming or at risk. Includes explainers, myths, and guidance for parents.

Self Harm Support Hub Hampshire

Solent Family Assist

Solent Family Assist provides a local neurodiversity resource library for families in the Solent area. The page you shared focuses specifically on mental health support and crisis help, with information relevant to neurodivergent children and young people and their families, alongside contact details for trusted organisations.

Solent Mind

General Mental Health Information for Young People & Families – advice, support lines, and resources that can be used by parents with teens aged 11+.

Solent Mind Charity

Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families

A leading centre for child and adolescent mental health with an extensive library of digital tools for families, young people, and educators.

Anna Freud

Family Toolbox

Self-Care Strategies for Young People (11–25) – co‑produced with teens; includes relaxation, healthy living, hobbies, digital balance, and mental health strategies. Includes the 24/7 AFC Crisis Text Messenger (text AFC to 85258).

Family Toolbox website

Online Mood Tracker App

Moodscope is an online, evidence‑based mood‑tracking tool and supportive community designed to help people better understand their emotional wellbeing over time. While it is not autism‑specific, it can be a valuable self‑reflection and communication tool for neurodivergent young people, parents and families managing anxiety, low mood or emotional regulation difficulties.

Mind, the Mental Health Charity

Mind is one of the UK’s largest and best‑known mental health charities. Its core aim is to ensure that no one has to face a mental health problem alone, by providing information, support, advocacy and campaigning for better services across England and Wales.

Mind Website

Kooth

Kooth is a UK‑wide free, online mental wellbeing service for children and young people. It provides anonymous, confidential emotional and mental health support, primarily aimed at young people aged 11–25.
The Mix - Peer Chat
Peer Chat provides free, confidential, one‑to‑one online chat sessions with a trained peer supporter for young people aged 16–25 living in the UK. It is designed to offer emotional support rather than therapy or crisis intervention.
Molehill Mountain
Molehill Mountain is a free app developed by Autistica in partnership with King’s College London. It is specifically designed to help autistic people understand and self‑manage anxiety using evidence‑based approaches grounded in research.

Young Minds - Parents’ Mental Health Support Hub – clear guides on mental health conditions, feelings, behaviours, life events, and how to navigate services like CAMHS.

  • Parents’ A–Z Mental Health Guide – covers concerns such as anxiety, autism & mental health, self-esteem, bullying, exam stress, gender identity, school anxiety, gaming, depression, and more.
  • Parents Helpline (phone & online chat) – confidential advice for parents of children up to age 25.
  • Resource Library & Webinars – downloadable wellbeing activities, toolkits, and practical guides for supporting teens, including autistic young people.

Young Minds - Parents’ Mental Health Support Hub

Self-Harm Support Hub 

A dedicated digital space for anyone supporting a young person who is self-harming or at risk. Includes explainers, myths, and guidance for parents.

Self Harm Support Hub Hampshire

Solent Family Assist

Solent Family Assist provides a local neurodiversity resource library for families in the Solent area. The page you shared focuses specifically on mental health support and crisis help, with information relevant to neurodivergent children and young people and their families, alongside contact details for trusted organisations.

Solent Mind

General Mental Health Information for Young People & Families – advice, support lines, and resources that can be used by parents with teens aged 11+.

Solent Mind Charity

Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families

A leading centre for child and adolescent mental health with an extensive library of digital tools for families, young people, and educators.

Anna Freud

Family Toolbox

Self-Care Strategies for Young People (11–25) – co‑produced with teens; includes relaxation, healthy living, hobbies, digital balance, and mental health strategies. Includes the 24/7 AFC Crisis Text Messenger (text AFC to 85258).

Family Toolbox website

Online Mood Tracker App

Moodscope is an online, evidence‑based mood‑tracking tool and supportive community designed to help people better understand their emotional wellbeing over time. While it is not autism‑specific, it can be a valuable self‑reflection and communication tool for neurodivergent young people, parents and families managing anxiety, low mood or emotional regulation difficulties.

Mind, the Mental Health Charity

Mind is one of the UK’s largest and best‑known mental health charities. Its core aim is to ensure that no one has to face a mental health problem alone, by providing information, support, advocacy and campaigning for better services across England and Wales.

Mind Website

Kooth

Kooth is a UK‑wide free, online mental wellbeing service for children and young people. It provides anonymous, confidential emotional and mental health support, primarily aimed at young people aged 11–25.
The Mix - Peer Chat
Peer Chat provides free, confidential, one‑to‑one online chat sessions with a trained peer supporter for young people aged 16–25 living in the UK. It is designed to offer emotional support rather than therapy or crisis intervention.
Molehill Mountain
Molehill Mountain is a free app developed by Autistica in partnership with King’s College London. It is specifically designed to help autistic people understand and self‑manage anxiety using evidence‑based approaches grounded in research.

The Neurodiversity Hub – Free Resource Library

A broad range of neuroaffirming, downloadable tools to support autistic, ADHD and neurodivergent children and young people across all stages of life. Includes sensory profiles, emotional regulation tools and burnout resources suitable for teens.

Access the Neurodiversity Hub

NHS Dorset – Neurodiversity Digital Tools & Resources

A practical hub for families, including curated neurodiversity apps (via ORCHA), sensory resources, communication tools, and condition‑specific supports for autism and ADHD. Helpful for parents supporting organisation, focus, emotional regulation and daily living.

Neurodiversity Support Resources - NHS Dorset

Neurodiversity at Home (UK)

A reflective, parent‑focused blog offering real‑life strategies for supporting autistic, ADHD, dyslexic and dyspraxic young people in education and at home. Especially useful for parents navigating SEN support in secondary school.

Neurodiversity at Home website

Understanding Neurodivergent Teens – A Parent’s Guide (Help for Psychology)

A digital guide exploring how autistic and ADHD teens experience the world, manage risks, build resilience and access support. Includes a directory of UK helplines and organisations.

Help4Psychology - Parents' Guide to Finding Support

Open University – Supporting Neurodivergent Children & Teens

A comprehensive directory of UK‑wide services, charities and resources for families of neurodivergent children, including autism and ADHD support, disability grants, neurodiversity education, and book recommendations.

Open University - Neurodiversity Toolkit

Sirona Care & Health – Neurodiversity Advice & Signposting

A well‑structured digital hub with guidance on behaviour, emotional regulation, sensory processing, motor skills, attention, flexibility, and transitions to adulthood. Includes a “behaviour questions tool” and downloadable personalised guidance.

Sirona website

UK-Wide Neurodiversity Support (NeurodiversitySupport.co.uk)

Provides practical online guidance including:

  • ADHD, dyslexia & dyspraxia neuroprofile assessments
  • Coaching for teens on executive functioning, emotional regulation & learning support
  • EHCP and school support guidance
  • Right to Choose pathway information

Neurodiversity Support website

The Girl With the Curly Hair Project

The Curly Hair Project is an award‑winning UK‑based organisation founded by autistic author Alis Rowe. Its core aim is to help autistic and neurodivergent children – and the adults around them – better understand autism through accessible, visual and experience‑based resources.

The Girl With The Curly Hair - Autism Training, Animations, and Books

Autistic Girls Network

Autistic Girls Network (AGN) is a UK‑registered charity founded to address the under‑recognition and misunderstanding of autism in girls and others who present in more internalised ways. The organisation focuses on support, education and systems change, with a strong emphasis on lived experience and neuroaffirmative practice.

The Autistic Girls Network

Mustard Seed Autism Trust

Mustard Seed Autism Trust is a registered UK charity that provides direct, practical support to autistic children and their families. Its core mission is to equip children, empower parents and educate society, with a strong focus on early, accessible help that does not rely on having a diagnosis.

Mustard Seed Autism Support

Different Thinkers

Different Thinkers is a UK‑registered charity that supports neurodivergent young adults, particularly those with learning disabilities or learning differences, as they move toward adulthood, employment and independence. Its work centres on early adult support, employment guidance and community connection.

The Neurodiversity Hub – Free Resource Library

A broad range of neuroaffirming, downloadable tools to support autistic, ADHD and neurodivergent children and young people across all stages of life. Includes sensory profiles, emotional regulation tools and burnout resources suitable for teens.

Access the Neurodiversity Hub

NHS Dorset – Neurodiversity Digital Tools & Resources

A practical hub for families, including curated neurodiversity apps (via ORCHA), sensory resources, communication tools, and condition‑specific supports for autism and ADHD. Helpful for parents supporting organisation, focus, emotional regulation and daily living.

Neurodiversity Support Resources - NHS Dorset

Neurodiversity at Home (UK)

A reflective, parent‑focused blog offering real‑life strategies for supporting autistic, ADHD, dyslexic and dyspraxic young people in education and at home. Especially useful for parents navigating SEN support in secondary school.

Neurodiversity at Home website

Understanding Neurodivergent Teens – A Parent’s Guide (Help for Psychology)

A digital guide exploring how autistic and ADHD teens experience the world, manage risks, build resilience and access support. Includes a directory of UK helplines and organisations.

Help4Psychology - Parents' Guide to Finding Support

Open University – Supporting Neurodivergent Children & Teens

A comprehensive directory of UK‑wide services, charities and resources for families of neurodivergent children, including autism and ADHD support, disability grants, neurodiversity education, and book recommendations.

Open University - Neurodiversity Toolkit

Sirona Care & Health – Neurodiversity Advice & Signposting

A well‑structured digital hub with guidance on behaviour, emotional regulation, sensory processing, motor skills, attention, flexibility, and transitions to adulthood. Includes a “behaviour questions tool” and downloadable personalised guidance.

Sirona website

UK-Wide Neurodiversity Support (NeurodiversitySupport.co.uk)

Provides practical online guidance including:

  • ADHD, dyslexia & dyspraxia neuroprofile assessments
  • Coaching for teens on executive functioning, emotional regulation & learning support
  • EHCP and school support guidance
  • Right to Choose pathway information

Neurodiversity Support website

The Girl With the Curly Hair Project

The Curly Hair Project is an award‑winning UK‑based organisation founded by autistic author Alis Rowe. Its core aim is to help autistic and neurodivergent children – and the adults around them – better understand autism through accessible, visual and experience‑based resources.

The Girl With The Curly Hair - Autism Training, Animations, and Books

Autistic Girls Network

Autistic Girls Network (AGN) is a UK‑registered charity founded to address the under‑recognition and misunderstanding of autism in girls and others who present in more internalised ways. The organisation focuses on support, education and systems change, with a strong emphasis on lived experience and neuroaffirmative practice.

The Autistic Girls Network

Mustard Seed Autism Trust

Mustard Seed Autism Trust is a registered UK charity that provides direct, practical support to autistic children and their families. Its core mission is to equip children, empower parents and educate society, with a strong focus on early, accessible help that does not rely on having a diagnosis.

Mustard Seed Autism Support

Different Thinkers

Different Thinkers is a UK‑registered charity that supports neurodivergent young adults, particularly those with learning disabilities or learning differences, as they move toward adulthood, employment and independence. Its work centres on early adult support, employment guidance and community connection.