An Educator’s Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing in School
Education
‘Transform school culture to boost mental health’
Writing in the Times Educational Supplement , Natasha Devon says: “Last week, Damian Hinds announced that there would be mandatory mental health education in all primary and secondary schools across England from 2020. The education secretary’s proposal states that children should be taught how to be more…
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Bad Education
Some interesting quotations (1)
You might find some (or all) of the following quotes interesting: “… the heart of our work is the hurt in our hearts” – extract from CPCAB philosophy . “Our selves aren’t just inside our heads- they’re spread throughout our bodies and beyond …”…
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Rewild the Child
This piece by George Monbiot was published in The Guardian (8th October 2013). Although its focus is on schools and children’s education, its essence is also very relevant to children’s wellbeing and mental/emotional health: “A week in the countryside is worth three…
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Stop stressing out our kids – why children’s mental health is as important as academic achievement
Emily-Jane Clark, writing in the Metro: “‘My brain won’t let me sleep,’ wept my six-year-old daughter as she cried inconsolably in my arms last night. Since starting Year Two in September, my normally happy little girl has become tired, emotional,…
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Take a new and different look at mental health via this free online course – Challenging ideas in mental health – from the Open University’s OpenLearn . The course invites you to think differently about life’s dilemmas by taking account of the views of all…
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Drugs alone won’t cure the epidemic of depression. We need strategy
In my own odyssey through this valley of shadows I have mulled over three approaches – between them, they offer a pathway to a wider societal cure. The Guardian article below is from Mark Rice-Oxley, author of Underneath the Lemon Tree: A Memoir of Depression and Recovery : “It’s become…
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Mad people’s history and identity
Mad People’s History and Identity : a five week free course by, about and for people who have lived experience of mental health issues. The course is interactive, full of discussion and very much about valuing each other as “experts by experience”. It looks at topics such as:…
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Mad positive space
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