Mental Health and Wellbeing
Racism and the effects on Children and Young People's Mental Health
1pm - 3pm (2 Hours) - Universal
Online
Mental health problems in young people can result in lower educational attainment and are strongly associated with behaviours that pose a risk to their health.
By supporting pupils to develop key skills associated with resilience and providing them with strategies to recognise early signs of distress, we believe that in many cases it is possible to prevent the need for more intensive therapeutic care.
More than 1 in 10 children and young people now suffer from a common mental health problem (YoungMinds,2017). Manchester Healthy Schools is committed to supporting schools to develop early intervention and prevention strategies in order to develop the resilience and coping skills of children and young people.
The Manchester Healthy Schools team is committed to providing training for schools in order to raise awareness about mental health and to equip staff with the skills required to be able to identify the early signs of mental stress and how to support a pupil in need.
Training has been developed to increase the confidence of staff in providing strategies to support a child in school. Training will also help staff to know how and when to access additional support from the community and other mental health services, including CAMHS.
Our universal training is available for all schools that have completed the Health Check.
Schools that have prioritised Mental health and Wellbeing this year will have access to a wider selection of ‘in-house’ training and support to ensure that they are able to make significant progress in this area.
Please find a full list of training available to support Mental Health and Wellbeing below.
For more information please contact zain.iqbal2@mft.nhs.uk
We offer bespoke training courses. Please contact us for more information
A range of resources have been developed to enable schools greater support around the area of Mental Health and Wellbeing.
We provide a range of resources for staff, pupils and their families to gain a greater understanding about mental health, risk factors and strategies that can be used to develop resiliency.
Links to resources from other organisations have also been provided if we think these will be useful for you.
If you are a school engaged with us we suggest that you log in prior to viewing resources so these can be recorded in your school dashboard.
If you are struggling to find resources around a related topic area, please do get in touch to let us know: healthy.schools@mft.nhs.uk
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