Emotional Resilience

This practical, interactive and in-depth course is led by one of two outstanding presenters from our partnership organisation MITOS. Both have experience spanning a wide age-range and with that in mind, the course can be tailored in an age-appropriate way and in response to your specific needs.

Through extensive practice, training and research, we have come to understand that the majority of mental health challenges and the greatest struggle with maintaining a healthy mindset is often down to an accumulation of unmet emotional need. Emotions are widely misunderstood as the thing that controls us. In actual fact they are a rich data source which, when harnessed and understood, can enable greater understanding of self and others.  Emotions can improve mindset and when used effectively can improve resilience and self-regulation significantly.  This training uses techniques grounded in Emotion Coaching and is integrated with tried and tested evidence-based models.

​Key learning objectives include:

• Understanding how emotions are a useful data source
• Discovering the key to good mental health
• How mindset & emotions work best together
• Emotionally engaging students to significantly improve learning
• Developing emotional language skills
• Meta emotion filters – understanding your own experiences and how it affects others
• Supporting authentic and safe learning environments – enabling your students to feel seen, safe and understood

​Young people more than ever appear to be facing increasing struggles with their mental health. With an estimated 1 in 3 adolescents currently struggling with an anxiety disorder by their late teens, this workshop will aim to build and develop some key skills and tools required when dealing with those students who require help, intervention, and guidance.
​Key learning objectives include:

• ​Appropriate response levels for supporting students experiencing distress in the form of anxiety and/ or depression
• Guidance on how best to build rapport and apply key listening skills
• Understanding and assessing triggers, and current risk factors, including the impact of Covid-19
• Exploring issues of confidentiality, safeguarding and how to set student expectations
• ​Managing students’ acute distress – what to do, and what NOT to do, knowing your boundaries and limitations
• Effective approaches to use for ongoing support and help for depression and anxiety
• Managing disclosure, and thresholds for specialist referrals

This interactive course allows participants to develop the skills and confidence required to ensure supportive and effective pastoral interactions with students in their care.
Key learning objectives include:

• ​Understanding your role and where it fits in the wider pastoral support system
• ​Identifying and honing your active listening skills
• ​Using empowering questions to help students create their own solutions
• ​Developing listening and responding skills for emotionally-challenging pastoral conversations
• How to have supportive conversations with students experiencing common mental health issues
• ​Reviewing your support networks and personal coping strategies

Children’s stress levels are at an all-time high, yet many pupils struggle to talk about their feelings, or find ways to calm down and feel safe. This course explores how resilience and mindfulness techniques can help children deal with stress and gives practical ideas that staff can use in whole-class settings, with groups and on a 1:1 basis.
Key learning objectives include:

• Using resilience and mindfulness techniques to help pupils explore their feelings
• Helping pupils to develop coping strategies and ways to manage stress
• Dealing with the practicalities and avoiding common pitfalls
• Encouraging pupils to become ‘present’
• Helping pupils develop self-compassion and self-care strategies
• Activities and creative tools to use with individuals, groups and whole classes

​This course provides essential knowledge, skills and approaches for effectively supporting young people with eating disorders.
​Key learning objectives include:

• ​Risk factors and current incidence
• Key messages – current research and best practice
• Managing disclosure and thresholds for specialist referral
• Exploring issues of confidentiality and conflicts of interest
• ​​Strategies for prevention and intervention​
• Developing resilient practice

Effective Approaches for Supporting Students

​This course provides essential knowledge, skills and approaches for effectively supporting young people who self harm.
​Key objectives include:

• ​Risk factors and current incidence
• Key messages – current research and best practice
• Managing disclosure and thresholds for specialist referral
• Exploring issues of confidentiality and conflicts of interest
• ​​Strategies for prevention and intervention​
• Developing resilient practice

Effective strategies, skills and techniques to support your students

Students are under huge pressure: exams, workload, relationships, hormones, planning for ‘the future’ – the heat is on. Inevitably, a large number will require support for a mental health problem whilst at school. This interactive course builds Nurses’ knowledge and confidence, enabling them to offer timely, appropriate and effective initial and ongoing mental health support to those students in need.

Key learning objectives include:

• Understanding the current mental health landscape
• Spotting risk, identifying students in danger and managing initial disclosure
• Offering students support for stress, anxiety, depression, identity crisis, self harm and suicidality
• ​Managing issues of confidentiality and mental health referrals
• ​Key skills, effective interventions and therapeutic techniques to help your students cope​​​

Pre-emptive Strategies for Improving Student Wellbeing

In a rapidly changing technological era, students are now facing wider sources of pressure than we’ve previously known. Whilst there are positives to social networking, evidence has also shown significant detrimental effects. These could include addiction, sleep, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression and more. This course is designed to empower whole school staff to effectively support students from a position of authority and understanding.
Key learning objectives include:

• Successfully developing student resilience, self-discipline & positive lifestyle habits
• Preventing ‘screens’ from debilitating your students’ potential
• Exploring social media & ‘screen’ addiction – raising awareness & promoting boundaries
• Enabling students to manage their emotions amidst peer pressure and an ‘impulse’ culture
• Increasing student confidence and self-esteem in the brave new selfie world
• Resources for PSHE lessons/ assemblies AND engaging parents on this issue!

​Identifying, Understanding and Managing Pupils’ Mental Health Needs

School staff are under increasing pressure from the government to react swiftly to identify and support pupils’ mental health needs. This interactive course aims to build colleagues’ knowledge and confidence, enabling them to offer effective initial and ongoing mental health First Aid to pupils in need.
​Key learning objectives include:

• ​Delivering mental health First Aid for anxiety, depression, stress, eating disorders, friendship & separation issues, sleep problems, grief and low self-esteem
• Knowing what to say and how to react…and what to avoid
• Assembling a First Aid kit of age-appropriate interventions, therapeutic techniques and practical responses
• Offering a mental health MOT to pupils

Prevention, Early intervention and Risk Limitation

With almost half of all mental illness beginning at just age 14, schools are increasingly feeling the pressure to provide the right pastoral support. Mental ill-health presents itself in many forms and schools have a critical role to play in caring for their students, including recognising symptoms and acting swiftly. Very sadly suicide is a leading cause of death in young people, however there’s plenty that can be done to prevent situations from reaching crisis point. This practical, interactive and in-depth course and both trainers’ experience spans a wide age-range and with that in mind, the course can be tailored in an age-appropriate way and in response to your specific needs.
Key learning objectives include:

• ​Developing effective models of care for pastoral and nursing teams
• ​Providing early responses to help keep your students safe
• Taking a pre-emptive strike before crisis hits
• ​Clear take-away tips to help students manage their stress, anxiety and sadness
• Successful strategies to build resilience and improve self-esteem
• ​Limiting risk and exploring techniques for opening challenging conversations around self harm and suicide
• ​Balancing the demands of the profession – self-care tips for yourself and your students

Mental Health Skills for Guardianship Teams

Transforming Staff Wellbeing

Therapeutic Listening Skills for Primary School Staff