Health and Wellbeing
Meet the Mental Health Needs of Pupils with SEND
Recognise when a pupil with SEND is struggling with their mental health, and plan support around three simple questions.
- 37 minutes
- 9 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Look past behaviour you'd normally put down to a child's SEND
- Keep a mood journal using numbers, colours, animals or emojis
- Tell a child who is alone and lonely from one alone and thriving
- Plan support around three questions, starting with why you're worried
- Rewrite the plan from the child's point of view, with them where you can
About this course
It's easy to put a change in a child with SEND down to their condition. The autism explains it, or the behaviour has always been there. Meanwhile mental health needs are far more common in these pupils than in their peers, and far more often missed.
Everything rests on three questions you can use anywhere with a pen and paper: why am I worried, what is the child feeling, and what would make things better for them? You'll find ways to track mood with a child who has little or no speech, using colours, animals, emojis or a squeeze of play dough. And you'll learn to tell a child who is alone and lonely from one who is alone and thriving.
The staff who work closest with these pupils usually notice first, and the approach is built on that.
- For early career teachers, mental health leads and 4 other roles. All phases.
9 modules
Open in order
- 2 min
Introduction
- 7 min
Why is the prevalence high?
1 question
- 3 min
Why is recognition low?
1 question
- 2 min
A simple plan of action
1 question
- 8 min
Why am I worried?
1 question
- 10 min
What is the child feeling?
1 question
- 6 min
Things would be better for the child if…
- 2 min
A simple child-centred plan of action
1 question
- 2 min
Wrap up