Familylives.org.uk is a charity which publishes articles and offers some free online courses, including one entitled ‘Coping with teens’ and another on ‘Co-parenting’ (following separation or divorce). There's an article on Parental Alienation and an article and videos about bullying.

MindEd https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/minded is a free online resource provided by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Much of it was written for people working or volunteering with children (including teachers), but it's free and available for anyone to access. Funding has come from the Department of Health and the Department of Education. For some of the modules, you don’t have to register, while for others, you do need to register, but can still access the content free of charge. It provides links to training sessions of about 30-40 minutes’ duration on a range of topics including Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention. There is a module called MindEd for Families, specifically aimed at parents and carers, written by Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists. (There is also a module for relatives of older people experiencing mental health difficulties.) The MindEd for Families resource is extremely comprehensive, including sessions called Should I Be Concerned?, Support Available for Parents, Self-harm, Aggression, Running Away, Suicidal Threats, Eating Disorders, Family Relationship Problems, Drug or Alcohol Use, Mood Swings & Muddled Thinking and Autism Spectrum Disorders. There is even a module on Dealing with Professionals. I cried when I found this website, because of the contrast between the authoritative, compassionate material here and my experience of contact with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services locally.

Free Courses in England is a website which provides a range of courses, several with a mental health focus, with funding from the Department for Education. Most of the courses lead to a qualification accredited by NCFE, an educational charity and one of the biggest awarding bodies for post-16 technical and vocational courses in the UK. Some of the courses are also recognized as continuing professional development in certain careers. Online courses available include Children’s Mental Health, Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences, Mental Health First Aid, Understanding Autism and Counselling Skills. The Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Children and Young People’s Mental Health course, for example, has a duration of 6-12 weeks, with a time commitment of 5-10 hours per week. This course is rated 4.5 (out of 5) on TrustPilot. For all courses, you have to prove residency/eligibility (upload passport image or similar) and not currently be enrolled on a different UK Government-funded training scheme.​​

The Centre for Emotional Health is a charity based in Oxford, which offers training to people who work for local authorities, schools, prisons and faith organisations, among others. Their mission is to equip these organisations to promote emotional health in individuals, families and communities. The charity has a resources for families section on their website, with free single-page downloadable guides about empathy, giving praise effectively, negotiation and problem-solving within the family, among other themes.

https://www.aspergerexperts.com/ is a website with a lot of free material. The founders are 30-somethings all on the autism spectrum themselves. They explain that the primary symptom in Asperger’s Syndrome is anxiety and you don’t need a diagnosis to access their material. There's a 4-minute introductory video on the website at this link: Sensory Funnel Video. And this page: https://www.aspergerexperts.com/topics/ leads to links with many blogs and articles offering advice for families with someone on the autism spectrum, on topics including Parenting, Accountability, Motivation and Transitioning to Adulthood.​​​​