Social, Emotional Mental Health Needs in specialist settings
- Online
- 25 Mar 2021 (13:00 - 14:30)
Students in specialist settings are more likely to experience social, emotional mental health difficulties that their peers within mainstream settings. Often these needs can be overshadowed by other identified needs or diagnoses the student has which can lead to support being delayed or not focussed where it can be most effective. This webinar, suitable for all staff working within specialist settings will look at how to better identify, understand and support mental health needs.
What will this course cover?
- An overview of the most common mental health needs students can have, potential causes and ways in which they can manifest
- Effective support that can be put in place and the evidence base around it
- A framework for supporting the identification of needs and areas to focus support and possible methods for evaluating the impact of support put in place
What are the potential benefits to you and the children or young people you work with?
- Increased confidence in terms of identifying, understanding, and supporting mental health needs in your students
- Greater support for students to manage their mental health needs and reduce the extent of their needs over the longer term
- Stronger relationships between students and staff and students
Suitable for: Inclusion Manager/Leader, SENCO, Support staff, Teacher, Teaching Assistant
Meet your trainer
Dr James Galpin
Jamie is an Education Officer at nasen and leads on the development and delivery of the organisations CPDL programme. He is also a chartered Developmental Psychologist who specialises in universal difficulties that children and young people experience. He has been working with children and young people with SEN for the past 18 years. Whilst working both as an SEN teaching assistant and then as an SEN teacher, he completed his Master’s degree in Child Development. His interest in the practical applications of research then led him to complete a Master’s in Research in Education. Jamie went on to complete his PhD in Developmental Psychology where his focus was on emotion in children’s drawings and the relationship between language and drawing. Jamie continues to work in developing practice-based evidence and putting theory into practice in education.
Jamie has delivered CPDL to a range of education professionals including teachers, supports staff, SENCOs and other senior leaders on a range of SEND related topics
