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Talk to Distressed Students in Your Tutor Group

Have the conversation you've been putting off with a worried student, without the fear of saying the wrong thing.

  • 25 minutes
  • 7 modules
  • 0.5 CPD hours
  • Certificate

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What you'll learn

  • Listen to understand, without filling gaps or jumping to advice
  • Start a conversation about a worry, even when it feels risky
  • Talk openly about self-harm or eating difficulties without flinching
  • Thank a student for trusting you, without promising what you can't deliver
  • Accept you can't fix things, and support the student anyway

About this course

Plenty of form tutors notice a student who isn't right and then say nothing, because they're scared of making it worse. Meanwhile the student is carrying it on their own.

Listening is most of it. You'll learn to listen to understand, not to plan your reply, and not to back away when a young person wants to talk about self-harm or eating. You'll also have a couple of phrases to hold on to: "I can't fix it, but I can make right now feel a little bit different", and "Thank you for trusting me with this".

You don't need to have the answers. Young people often remember a five-minute conversation with someone who really heard them as the point where things started to change.

  • For early career teachers, middle leaders and 4 other roles. Post-16, primary, secondary and special.

7 modules

Open in order

  1. Introduction

    1 min

  2. Listen to Understand

    7 min

  3. Walk with Them

    4 min

  4. Anything is Better than Nothing

    7 min

  5. Talk about the Taboos

    5 min

  6. Say Thank You

    2 min

  7. Wrap Up

    2 min