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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 […]
Various training opportunities are available to supplement the core programme on offer. For more information, see their website or see their brochure.
The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health aim to raise standards in the understanding and management of child mental health issues. They publish the Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry (JCPP), an internationally acclaimed and world-leading child & adolescent psychology and psychiatry journal, that brings together empirical research, clinical studies and reviews in order to advance […]
Every Mind Matters is a major Public Health England Campaign, launched early October 2019, which aims to support everyone to feel more confident in taking action to look after their mental health and wellbeing by promoting a range of self-care actions such as the “Your Mind Plan” Tool. The “Your Mind Plan” was designed as […]
On World Mental Health day, Thursday 10th October, Derby held its second event for the Designated Senior Lead for Mental Health (DSLMH) network at Pride Park Stadium. It was attended by over half of Derby Schools alongside professionals from both local health services and exciting new Children and Young People’s mental health initiatives. You can find […]
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Think about what has been achieved? Focus even on the little things. Every success is positive. Use activities, work, friendships, kindness, attendance, hobbies as examples. Collect visual evidence to share. Congratulate yourself and colleagues for the provision and reflect on the positives before you decide what to do next.
Have the goals set been achieved? How do you know? (e.g. revisit the assessment tool). What is/are the pupil’s/parent/carer’s view/ views of the provision provided? What was effective, what could be improved? What are the pupil’s needs now? What are the next steps? (Referral to more specialist services e.g. CAMHS, Educational Psychologist, First Steps, Derbyshire […]
What are you trying to achieve? What are your goals? Have they been set with the pupil/parent/carer? Are they realistic? Who is delivering the intervention/support? Are they trained/the right person? Do they feel confident/ equipped? Have you set a review date? How are some of the principles/strategies transferred consistently to the learning environment? How do […]
What information has been used to provide an holistic view of the pupil’s needs? (Academic attainment, teacher assessment, observations, friendships, other agencies, parents/carers, pupil voice, family situation, medical history, etc.) Has there been a personalised approach to find out what the pupil needs? Is it suitable to use an evidence based tool to assess the […]