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28 – 30 July 2015
The Wellbeing Tool Kitfor professionalsworking with childrenand young people- A programme ofprofessionaldevelopment topromote and maintainresilience and personaleffectiveness
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The WellbeingTool Kit
Dr Tina RaeProfessional and Academic tutor University of East LondonDoctorate in Educational and Child PsychologyAuthor and Educational ConsultantDr Tina Rae has an MA degree in Education and an MSc degree in ProfessionalEducational Psychology, and a Doctorate in Applied Child and EducationalPsychology. She has over 30 years’ experience working with children, adults andfamilies in both clinical and educational contexts within local authorities andspecialist educational services. She is currently working as a consultanteducational Psychologist in a range of SEMH and mainstream contexts and asan Academic and professional tutor at the University of East London. She is aregistered member of the Health and Care Professions Council and a fullmember of the British Psychological Society. She is also a member of SEBDA(Social Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Association), ENSEC (EuropeanNetwork for Social and Emotional Competence) and a former trustee of theNurture Group Network (NGN).
She is a prolific author and has written extensively on topics such as wellbeing,attachment, emotional literacy, behavioural problems, anger and stressmanagement, critical incidents, cognitive behavioural therapy, motivationalinterviewing, solution focused grief therapy, loss and bereavement in youngpeople, youth offending and social skills development. She also contributesregularly to conferences both in the UK and worldwide.
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The Wellbeing
www.nurturegroups.orgA culture change?In June 2015, the National Institute for Health and CareExcellence (NICE) published new guidelines entitledWorkplace Policy and Management Practices to Improvethe Health and Wellbeing of Employees. Among therecommendations NICE makes is to have a supportbase in place for all teaching staff and to makehealth and wellbeing a core priority for seniormanagement.
A paradigm changeWellbeing for both students AND teachers can no longerbe seen as a ‘fluffy’ concept. Wellbeing in schools is afundamental prerequisite for healthy, constructive andproductive quality teaching and learning. Both studentsand teachers need to be supported, fit and well to beinspired and inspiring. This does not happen without theright support mechanisms and mindsets for all involvedin the teaching and learning process.
Topic 1 Understanding and assessing your mental health and wellbeing
Topic 2 Developing a growth mindset
Topic 3 Understanding the impact of trauma and how to utilise psychological debriefing
Topic 4 The role of emotional literacy in your life
Topic 5 How to be an emotion coach
Topic 6 Understanding the impact of bereavement
Topic 7 Managing your stress – building your tool box
Topic 8 Understanding issues of vicarious trauma when supporting children and young people with mental health difficulties
Topic 9 Defining and asserting yourself
Topic 10 Managing conflict
Topic 11 The resilience snake – building resilience using key tools of positive psychology
Topic 12 Using strategies from cognitive behaviour therapy to build resilience
Topic 13 Using strategies from appreciative inquiry to support the change process
Topic 14 Using mindfulness approaches to reduce stress
Topic 15 Developing wellbeing through creative activities – creating your ‘flow’ plan
Topic 16 Using tools from neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to foster a positive mindset in young people
Topic 17 Developing circles of support
Topic 18 Using and developing your communication skills
Topic 19 Using coaching to maintain staff wellbeing
Topic 20 Developing reflective practice
The need for a programme of supportIn the current climate it is therefore more important thanever that we address these issues in a proactive mannerand set up systems of support that ensure individualwellbeing within a supportive and nurturing context –The Wellbeing Tool Kit for Professionals! We only have toreference the above statistics, the number of teachersleaving the profession, and the number of professionalsretiring from teaching and subsequently sufferingphysical and mental ill health to realise how vital theprogramme is.
The 20 sessions in the Wellbeing Tool Kit forProfessionals therefore aims to provide thenecessary resources to enable staff to maintain andfurther enhance their own wellbeing so that, inessence, they can describe themselves as fit, welland flourishing – both personally andprofessionally.
Each of the key topics provides a package of training andresources that includes information leaflets, strategies,skills-based activities, and a powerpoint presentation.
Many families today are exposed to high
levels of daily stress and the incidence of
childhood depression is rising with an
estimated 10% of children in any school
experiencing serious depression. These
young people do not enjoy carefree
childhoods but instead have to cope with
the devastating effects of divorce, exposure
to drugs and bullying, among other
significant stressors. Young people are most
vulnerable to negative emotions and at risk
of developing depression at the age of 11,
when they move from primary to
secondary education (Reivich and Shatte,
2002).
Such factors clearly also increase the level of
stress experienced by teachers and support
staff who are tasked with ensuring young
people’s wellbeing and in removing any
barriers to learning and achievement. This is
coupled with a relentless inspection regime
and a culture of target-setting that many
professionals feel is damaging teachers'
mental health with many reporting
symptoms of stress and exhaustion,
according to the Association of Teachers
and Lecturers (ATL) survey (2014). The ATL
also reports more and more teachers
complaining of ‘unacceptable workloads’
and insufficient support from schools over
‘challenging parents’. More specifically, over
a third - 38% - of school and college staff
reported having seen a rise in mental health
issues among colleagues in the past two
years and 55% said their job had a negative
impact on their own mental health.
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