Understanding pupil mental health and wellbeing

In this session, which lasts 1 hour and 15 minutes, staff will learn how to:

• Explain what the term mental health means and what your role is in supporting pupils’ mental health
• Identify pupils who may be more susceptible to poor mental wellbeing
• Spot the signs of poor mental wellbeing
• Provide pupils with the right level of support with their mental health and wellbeing
• Manage their own mental wellbeing

What's in this session?

• A ready-to-deliver PowerPoint presentation you can adapt to suit your school
• Step-by-step facilitator notes
• Activities to help staff put their learning into practice and encourage group discussion
• Videos – to model learning for staff
• Answers to common questions, to help you prepare for queries your staff may have

With thanks to the following experts for their help with this course:

• Andrew Cowley, an experienced school leader in London. Andrew is passionate about teacher and pupil wellbeing in schools, and is the author of the popular teacher wellbeing guide The Wellbeing Toolkit. Along with the Healthy Toolkit team, he promotes changing attitudes and outlooks, and leads discussions on mindfulness and wellbeing
• Dr Dominique Thompson, a multi-award winning GP, national mental health expert, TEDx speaker, author and educator. She has over 20 years of clinical experience, including as a police and expedition doctor, and as the director of service at the University of Bristol Students’ Health Service

1. Download the PowerPoint presentation, facilitator notes, group activities, common questions and audio transcript
2. Work through the facilitator notes first. They tell you everything you need to know to prepare and deliver the PowerPoint presentation effectively. You’ll need these to hand when presenting – print them out or have them open on a separate device so you can refer to them easily while presenting your main screen