Mental Health
Emotionally Friendly Schools
Emotionally Friendly Settings is a flexible whole-setting approach to improving children and young people’s emotional health and well-being.
We are an Emotionally Friendly Setting (EFS) as recognised through Salford Educational Psychology EFS Programme. This is a robust programme which offers schools support to ensure mental health and emotional wellbeing are at the forefront of our every day practice.
After gathering the views of our staff and students, gathering evidence of how we support the mental health and emotional wellbeing of all of our community and participating in staff training, in November last year we were awarded the Bronze Accreditation in recognition of our emotionally friendly approach to our school life.
Our Emotionally Friendly Action Group continue to meet termly to discuss ways in which we can support the mental health and emotional wellbeing of every members of our community, including students, staff, parents and our neighbours.
Along with our certificate of participation, we now have our Bronze Accreditation certificate up in our reception area.
If you would like to learn more about our approaches, please contact Lisa Kenny (Assistant Head and SENDCo).
The Thrive Approach
At New Heights High School we use the Thrive Approach to develop healthy, happy, confident children who are ready and open to learning.
The Thrive Approach draws on insights from neuroscientific fields to provide a powerful way of working with children and young people that supports optimal social and emotional development. In particular, the Approach equips you to work in a targeted way with children and young people who have struggled with difficult life events to help them re-engage with life and learning.
This model gives us a framework for understanding what healthy child development looks like in terms of behaviour and learning and clarifies what the role of adults should be in facilitating a child’s development at each of the different stages. In addition, the model gives us a lens through which to look at and interpret children’s behaviour, enabling us to identify the particular developmental needs being signalled by their behaviour and to choose appropriate, targeted interventions designed to meet those needs.
Creating relationships based on mutual respect
Louise Lester, our Thrive Practitioner for NHS-KS3, wrote this article that is published on the Thrive website.
Mental Health Resources
Being a parent can be tough at times, particularly when it comes to a young person’s mental and wellbeing. The following resources are aimed at parents and carers who have concerns about their children’s mental health and well being. The subjects covered on the website have been chosen by families and young people who have gone through their own mental health challenges.
What helped them may also help you: https://thismayhelp.me
My Family Coach is full of helpful support for the families and is powered by Team Teach, who have made this resource freely available to parents. The internet is full of parenting advice, however, it is difficult to find reliable information that you can trust. Visit the site to sign up.
What is it?
MindEd is a free educational resource on children and young people’s mental health for all adults; to help you become informed and better equipped when dealing with children and young people. The MindEd resource is huge. Try searching for a given topic, e.g. ‘loss and grief’ or ‘eating problems’
Are you a parent or carer who is concerned about your child? Or perhaps you just want some hints and tips on parenting? MindEd for Families has online advice and information from trusted sources and will help you to understand and identify early issues and best support your child.
How are you feeling?
If you’re a young person, MindMate can help you understand the way you’re feeling and find the right advice and support.
Life can be challenging. Family life, friends, school, work and many other things can leave you feeling stressed, sad, lonely or worried. The most important thing to remember is you’re not alone and looking for advice and support is exactly the right thing to do.
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It has been put together by Liverpool Mental Health Support Teams, and city partners as part of Liverpool’s Whole School Approach to Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing.
Over the next few weeks we will all experience extra pressures that will affect how we think and feel. It’s important to recognise that all of us have mental health and, just like our physical health, at this time it’s important to look after it.
Inside the booklet are a few tips, activities and useful information to help you to keep yourself and your family emotionally healthy at home.
Kind to your mind
Good mental wellbeing is essential to our day-to-day life. Difficult or negative experiences can impact our mood and the type of thoughts we experience.
Support and advice is offered here, for adults over 25.
