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Behind the Behaviour

TRAINING/EVENTS

Substance Misuse and Mental Health

2nd June 2025 | 13:00 - 15:30 | online | 2.5 hours | MS Teams

Course description

This course focuses on the relationship between substance misuse and mental health. The session includes different types of drugs and their effects on the brain, an introduction to cannabis and mental health, alcohol and mental health, risk and protective factors, and signs to identify young people who need support.


Learning Outcomes:

• To increase your knowledge of how different drugs affect the brain.

• To be aware of the relationship between cannabis, alcohol and mental health.

• To identify signs of how a young person may present when needing support

MEET YOUR TRAINER

Kelly O'Brien

Kelly has gained over twenty-two years of experience working in both public health and education, including fourteen years with the Healthy Schools’ team. This has afforded Kelly with extensive experience of working with schools on all aspects of PSHE, delivering training, and developing schemes of work. Her specialist subject for Healthy Schools is SEND, and her professional interests include inclusion in education, positive psychology and transition.

Kelly is passionate about supporting school communities to deliver Health Education through an approach that engages the whole school community and promotes a positive ethos and environment. She is committed to lifelong learning and has achieved a First-class BA (Hons) in Education; a Masters in Education in the field of Psychology of Education, and has undertaken postgraduate research about teachers' perspectives on PSHE and health education implementation. In her spare time, Kelly enjoys cooking, gardening, films, and walking with her labradoodle, Bella. 


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