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STAFF MENTAL HEALTH
On this page you will find information and resources which can offer support with regards to issues relating to the mental health of both you and your students.
Useful Links:
www.annafreud.org/media/6309/anna-freud-booklet-2-website.pdf
A booklet developed with child mental health experts which aims to offer practical guidance about what secondary school staff can do to support students' mental health, and how to help if they are concerned about a child or young person. Topics featured include exam stress, sleep problems and eating disorders.
Advice for teachers who are teaching about mental health. This article offers guidance regarding dealing with sensitive issues without causing distress to students who may have pre-existing mental health issues.
www.papyrus-uk.org/repository/documents/editorfiles/toolkitfinal.pdf
A guidebook for schools on how to create a suicide-safer school.
A site with a blog which includes advice on how staff can improve their happiness and wellbeing. The available resources include advice on wellbeing and stress, work life balance, tips for increased happiness and mindfulness.
www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2017/11/07/5minwellbeing-2/
We all lead busy lives and so it's vital we gain control and establish some sort of order and balance. This five minute wellbeing plan helps you to gain control and establish some sort of order and balance. The template is a useful tool to help coordinate your wellbeing priorities.
Wellbeing Apps:
Calm Harm provides tasks that help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm and it's completely private and password protected.
Learn to relax, manage your worries and improve your wellbeing with Chill Panda. The app measures your heart rate and suggests tasks to suit your state of mind. Tasks include simple breathing techniques and light exercises to take your mind off your worries.
A 10 day beginner's course that guides you through the essentials of meditation and mindfulness. It will give you a solid foundation on which to build your practice.
Rate your mood and update your journal as often as you like. Track events, activities and triggers like exercise, medication and sleep. See how your mood changes over days, weeks and months. Look for patterns in your mood and behaviour.
Mindshift is an app designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety. It can help you change how you think about anxiety. Rather than trying to avoid anxiety, you can make an important shift and face it.