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Top tips for safely and sensitively teaching about mental health
Dr Pooky KnightsmithDirector: children, young people &
schoolsCharlie Waller Memorial Trust
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Prepare
Protect Distance
Educate
Support5 steps
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What could happen?Pupil gets upset
Disclosure
Trigger behaviours
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Have a plan for supporting in case of distress
Be familiar with school policy in case a child
causes concern or makes a disclosure
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Prepare
Protect Distance
Educate
Support5 steps
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Hold vulnerable students in mind
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Supporting Vulnerable Pupils
Give staff / pupils a
heads up
(share lesson
content?)
Invite input – what do peers
need to know?
Possibility of
withdrawal OR
‘get out plan’
1 2 3
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Inform relevant staff about upcoming lessons so pupils with known issues can be
supported prior to the lesson
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Prepare
Protect Distance
Educate
Support5 steps
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EDUCATE rather than INSTRUCT
Methods of self-harm include
ingesting poisons including X Y or Z
Methods of self-harm include
ingesting poisons including X, Y or Z
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Review all lesson content to ensure it does not provide a
‘how to guide’
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Prepare
Protect Distance
Educate
Support5 steps
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Talking about things in the third person helps to keep
me safe, and avoids embarrassing me
Video
Case Study
Day in the life of
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Use distancing techniques.
Also review all content for similarities to pupils in your class (name, appearance,
story)
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Prepare
Protect Distance
Educate
Support5 steps
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School
Local
Helplines
Online
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HOW to access support
WHAT will happen if they
do
WHY to access support
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If possible, remain behind for a few minutes after the lesson in case
there is a pupil who needs some extra
support
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Signpost support both within relevant lessons and
beyond them. All pupils should know how, where,
when and why to seek support.
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Anonymous
questions &
thoughts can be fed to Margot Monster
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End on a
light
note…
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Any Questions?
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Understanding Self-Harm(primary & secondary
pupils)
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Dr Pooky KnightsmithDirector: CYP& Schools
Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
[email protected] | 01635 869754
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