Let’s Talk about Children

The Let’s Talk about Children in Europe project has ended on 31 January 2026. We would like to thank our funder, HaDEA and the EU4Health programme, and all the stakeholders involved in the project for their collaboration.

Although the project has ended, the LTC work continues in the project countries. You can find the contact details of all the national LTC organisations on the Partners page.

Let’s Talk about Children (LTC) is a short evidence-based child-centred psychosocial intervention to promote the mental health of children and prevent the intergenerational transmission of problems by identifying strengths, resources and everyday solutions for children, parents, teachers, and the network of families.

In Europe, increasing numbers of children and adolescents seek mental health support and services cannot meet their needs. Furthermore, children’s situation is often neglected when parents seek help in adult services. The three-year project Let’s Talk About Children aimed to disseminate and implement the LTC in seven European countries by training of local LTC Practitioners. The implementation was designed to be sensitive to the local context and to build on the specific needs of each site.

Project actions aimed either to promote positive parenting and family life in families in vulnerable situations, such as parents in mental health services or reception centres for refugees and asylum seekers, or to take a universal approach by implementing LTC in primary and secondary school settings, providing a tool for home-school collaboration in order for parents and teachers to better understand the psychosocial needs of the children at home and school. Implementation was supported by raising awareness on children’s needs also among the public, clinicians and decision-makers. Efforts were made to include LTC in local, regional and national mental health policies, strategies and action plans.