Teachers who are lucky enough to have found the time to become “attachment/trauma aware” will know the incredible power of relationships on children with attachment and trauma issues. (If you do want to read up on this area please see Betsy De Thierry, Margot Sutherland, Dr Tina Rae or the fantastic book on attachment I
The Russian philosopher and write Dostoyevsky once said, “To live without hope is to cease to live”. In my experiences within school, the power of hope is widely underestimated as a wellbeing intervention yet has the power to underpin all the good work that is done day to day in a school. As much as
Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper - Mental Health Leads - Opinion The long awaited mental health green paper is finally out. Will it make a difference? Only time will tell. I've been looking through it and here are my thoughts on the first of the three key themes: Designated
Interest in SEMH in schools is growing by the day and Mental Health First Aid Youth is the latest government scheme designed to put a “champion” in every school. But what does it actually look like? Having just completed it, I feel obliged to blog my review. Mental Health First Aid Youth is a two
Marking - it doesn't stand out as the most opportune moment to support a student's emotional and mental wellbeing and improve self esteem. But don't let that deter you. Adults who work with young people in a variety of roles never seem to quite fathom the impact every word (written or spoken) has on
Finally it is being accepted widely - we are facing a huge mental health crisis in UK schools right now. However, what is yet to be fully understood is the scale to which teachers across the UK are scrambling to improve their own mental health against a backdrop of ever increasing demands and ever decreasing
In terms of the emerging crisis of children’s mental health, schools who believe they have seen the tip of the iceberg have only really just noticed its getting a little chilly. As more and more headlines herald the crisis and teachers scramble to be more roles to more students than ever before, the truth is
