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Browse Take Charge! videos, tools and practical guides.
For young people
Videos, explainers and My Power Bank to help you understand fatigue, notice your own patterns and work out what might help.
View young person resources → Debbie: parents and carersFor parents and carers
Practical guidance for supporting a young person with fatigue while keeping their own experience, choices and voice at the centre.
View parent and carer resources → Debbie: educatorsFor educators
Resources to help teachers and school teams recognise fatigue, respond supportively and use My Power Bank in everyday school planning.
View educator resources → Debbie: cliniciansFor clinicians
Implementation guidance, conversation prompts and evidence to support use of Take Charge! before, during and between appointments.
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How Take Charge! works
A short explainer showing what Take Charge! is and the three ways to use it.
What is fatigue?
A child-friendly introduction to fatigue and why it is more than ordinary tiredness.
What helps?
An accessible overview of different ways people can manage fatigue and protect their energy.
Sign in to watch →The science of fatigue
Optional deeper learning for people who want to understand more about the science behind fatigue.
Sign in to watch →Spoon theory
One way of picturing limited energy and explaining why different activities can have different costs.
Sign in to watch →Fatigue isn’t just being tired
Young people and parents describe fatigue as different from ordinary tiredness and challenge the idea that fatigue is laziness.
What cognitive fatigue feels like
Lived experience of slowed thinking, speech, memory, concentration and comprehension.
Sign in to watch →What other people might notice
Visible and subtle signs including delayed processing, withdrawal, fidgeting, zoning out and irritability.
Sign in to watch →Physical fatigue vs cognitive fatigue
Young people describe different physical and cognitive costs, including the hidden processing demands of sport.
Sign in to watch →When fatigue changes how you react
Fatigue can affect tolerance, communication and emotional responses; overwhelm may be misread as behaviour.
Sign in to watch →Fatigue isn’t the same every day
Fatigue varies between people and from day to day; triggers and helpful strategies can differ.
Sign in to watch →Managing your battery
Planning, pacing, consistent breaks, recognising fatigue early, speaking up and understanding the cost of pushing through.
Sign in to watch →Clinicians talk about fatigue
Health professionals talk about why fatigue is worth discussing and how to start the conversation.
Sign in to watch →My Power Bank
Build a personalised communication tool describing what fatigue is like, what helps and what you want others to know.
Sign in to access →Supporting fatigue at school
Practical guidance for recognising fatigue, discussing adjustments and using My Power Bank at school.
Using Take Charge! in practice
How to use Take Charge! before, during and between appointments, with suggested clinical starting points.
Supporting a young person with fatigue
Practical guidance for helping without taking over and keeping the young person’s own voice at the centre.