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Mental Health and Well Being in schools PMHW Conference Blackpool Nov 2011

Mental Health and Well Being in schools PMHW Conference Blackpool Nov 2011. Peer Education Approach Fiona Findlay PMHW Dumfries. Bonny Scotland. Here is Dumfries. Chronology. Feb 06 Lockerbie Academy Feb 06 Moffat Academy May 07 Langholm Academy Sept 10 Troqueer Primary

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Mental Health and Well Being in schools PMHW Conference Blackpool Nov 2011

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  1. Mental Health and Well Being in schoolsPMHW Conference BlackpoolNov 2011 Peer Education Approach Fiona Findlay PMHW Dumfries

  2. Bonny Scotland • Here is Dumfries

  3. Chronology • Feb 06 Lockerbie Academy • Feb 06 Moffat Academy • May 07 Langholm Academy • Sept 10 Troqueer Primary • Oct 10 Holywood Primary • Sept 11 Cargenbridge Primary

  4. Scottish policy • Children and Young people Mental Health: A Framework for Promotion Prevention and Care 2005. • Towards a mentally Flourishing Scotland 2009. • Curriculum for Excellence 2010. • Getting It Right For Every Child 2008.

  5. Aims and Objectives • Promote Mental Health Awareness in Children of Primary School age. • Facilitate the School in delivering Mental Health Training. • Give the children some coping skills when faced with emotionally challenging circumstances. • Promote the children's ownership of their own mental health. • Encourage the children to share this awareness among their peers.

  6. Format • Speak to Head teacher about proposed Mental Health Training for older children proposing that the pupils cascade it to their younger peers. • In collaboration with school arrange two one hour long teaching sessions. • Be involved in seeing what the children have achieved.

  7. What do we deliver to kids in Primary school? • Mental health Definition. • CBT Link between thoughts feelings and behaviour. • Good Physical health and link to good Mental health. • Thinking about the way you think. • Worries – coping. • What makes you happy.

  8. Worries • A word about worries. • A wee word to kids about family events that are difficult.

  9. Health and Well Being

  10. What does mental Health Mean?

  11. Thinking about thinking

  12. Good Physical health • Good Physical health links to good Mental health. • Good Sleep • Good Diet • Exercise

  13. FEELING DOWN ? • Think Positive I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!

  14. Worries • Helping Hand

  15. What Makes you Happy?

  16. Health and Well Being

  17. Evaluation Form • Did you enjoy the Presentation • Did you find presentation interesting? • Did you find presentation helped your understanding of Health and Well Being? • Comments'

  18. ENJOY

  19. INTERESTING

  20. UNDERSTANDING

  21. What did the kids do? • Slide show • Role play • Posters • Short film

  22. What is mental health? Welcome

  23. Feelings There are lots of different types of feelings like listed below. Happy Sad Scared Angry Surprised

  24. Guess? … the feelings Can you guess what this boy feels like by looking at this picture of his face?

  25. Guess? … the feelings Look carefully and guess this boys feelings by looking below.

  26. Guess? … The feelings • Can you Guess this boys feeling’s as shown below in this picture.

  27. Guess? … The feelings • This one may be very tricky so look Very carefully try not to get caught out

  28. Comments from Children • ‘we know that good sleep, diet and exercise is linked to good mental health’ • Behaviour effects your feelings, emotions and thoughts’ • We know that a worry should be shared with an adult. Younger pupils now know that too’ • Before working with Mrs Findlay we didn’t know anything about mental health’ • ‘I didn’t know we that we all had mental health’

  29. Comments from the Head Teacher • ‘Pupils are more emotionally aware. • They understand their behaviour reactions and how to defuse it better’ • ‘We will build the work Mrs Finlay has developed into a Mental Health programme for the whole school. • Our primary 7 pupils led a successful Mental health afternoon for our pupils. They have been invited to deliver their workshop at a local cluster primary school.’ • Miss Dale – head teacher Holywood school

  30. Holywood School evaluation Circle three main features affecting mental health - decisions, behaviour, moods, thoughts, anger, communication, feelings, actions, ideas What would you do with a worry? What did p7 do well? What didn’t work or was confusing? Ideas for next time

  31. Holywood Evaluation the results • 80% Correct Responses to main features of Mental health • 100% Knew what to do with a worry What P7 did well – Sent clear message on video Good discussion P1 – P4 involved Activities told us how Mental health Worked Made it fun What was confusing – Sometimes could not hear voices on video we were not told if we were right I thought it all worked out

  32. What would we do differently? • Not so long talking - more activities • Change the evaluation form – more specific • Explore involving different disciplines from Health e.g. School Nurses • Explore involving partner agencies

  33. Plans for the future • St Andrew’s Primary • Roll out to other Schools • Pursue other Secondary Schools in the Area • More training to Universal Services in regard to Mental Health Awareness • Teach the teachers about mental health Awareness

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