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How are your pupils developing the essential skill of recognising for themselves when they need help and what to do about it? Having the confidence, knowledge and skills to ask for help themselves can contribute to pupils’ willingness to access health or voluntary services later in life. Methods such as worry boxes, bubble time (primary) […]
Bridge the Gap have useful information, resources and workshops for parents.
Mentalyhealthyschools.org has put together this large repository of resources and information covering a huge range of risk and protective factors for schools to be cognizant of. It can be used to get a general overview, or an in-depth knowledge and further reading. Check it out here:www.mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/risks-and-protective-factors/
ACEs are linked to long-term impacts on an individual’s health, wellbeing and life chances. A growing body of research is revealing the extent to which experiences and events during childhood, such as abuse, neglect and dysfunctional home environments, are associated with the development of a wide range of harmful behaviours including smoking, harmful alcohol use, […]
It is usually best not to make decisions about risk on your own, but rather in consultation with a senior colleague, or with a CAMHS worker (see below). In order to make a judgement about the level of risk, it is important to take time to talk to the child/adolescent and to enquire about their […]
Listening and caring is the most important thing you can do to help – showing that you want to know and understand, can make a lot of difference. Seeing the person behind the self-harm is important to show that you care about the whole person and not just the self-harm. Acknowledge that self-harm is a […]
The below list of questions can help anyone in the school community quickly contextualize whether or not a pupil in their care may be at risk of self-harm. Check them out here: Please be aware that this is by no means an extensive list Is the child/adolescent being bullied? Do you know if they’ve suffered […]
What young people have said: Distraction – the physical pain takes the focus away from the emotional pain. Self-punishing – some experience self-hatred or blame and use self-harm to punish themselves. Cleansing – may be a way of symbolically ridding themselves of contamination, often as a result of abuse. Control – may be a way […]
Self-harm describes a wide range of behaviours that people use to cope with difficult feelings and distressing life experiences. The majority of people have no intention of ending their life, most do so to manage their feelings. It is estimated that 1 in 15 young people in the UK have deliberately self-harmed at some point, […]
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