Health and Wellbeing · Collection
Mental Health Issues: Spot & Support
Notice when a pupil is struggling with their mental health, from anxiety to self-harm, and know what to say and do next.
- 8 courses
- 3 hours 14 minutes
- Any order
14 days free, then £70 a year or £7 a month.
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If you need help now
- If someone is in danger, call 999.
- For urgent mental health help, call NHS 111.
- Samaritans: call 116 123, any time.
- Shout: text SHOUT to 85258.
- Childline (for children and young people): 0800 1111.
- Papyrus HOPELINEUK (suicide, under 35s): 0800 068 4141.
About this collection
The first sign is rarely a disclosure. It's a stomach ache before every test, a pupil who disappears after lunch, a paragraph rewritten for the fifth time or a run of Monday absences. Staff often worry about saying the wrong thing, so they say nothing.
The courses take the common mental health difficulties in children and young people one at a time, including anxiety, low mood, eating disorders, OCD and self-harm. For each you'll learn the signs and how to open a conversation without making a young person defensive. You'll also learn what helps in school, from grounding during a panic attack to a graduated return plan for a pupil who can't face coming in.
Each course also gives you practical ideas to pass on to parents and carers, so the support carries on at home.
What you'll learn
- Recognise the signs of anxiety, low mood, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD and self-harm
- Start a calm, caring conversation with a young person you're worried about
- Put everyday support in place in school, from safe spaces to graduated return plans
- Know when to refer, and how to support a pupil while they wait
- Give parents and carers practical ideas to try at home
Courses
- 8 courses
- 3 hours 14 minutes