Promoting Mental Health in Schools
Identifying problems, providing effective
support and raising awareness
20 November 2008, Birmingham
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Dear SENCO Week Reader,
In an average secondary school with 1000 students, 100 students will suffer from a mental health problem. This would normally include 50 students suffering from depression, 10 students tackling an eating disorder, 20 students coping with obsessive compulsive disorder and in addition 100 students will have self harmed before the age of 16. In 2005 Ofsted reported that most secondary schools are failing these students.
10% of students in your school are currently suffering from clinically defined mental health difficulties. Do you know who these students are? What steps are you taking to ensure that they are fully supported?
Under identification of students with mental health difficulties is a major problem in secondary schools. The Promoting Mental Health in Schools conference is specifically designed to provide you with the tools to recognise students with a mental health difficulty, provide them with the right level of support, and raise awareness of mental health difficulties throughout your school.
We are delighted to welcome Dawn Rees, national CAMHS implementation lead for the Care Services Improvement Partnership who will be leading the conference and discussing her recent work with the National CAMHS support service.
We are also very pleased to welcome John Ivens, an educational psychologist and Headteacher of The Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital school. This is a psychiatric hospital school and for pupils aged 4-19. John's research interests include assessing school children's happiness and exploring pupils' social experience of school. John Ivens is on hand to share his expertise on how to identify vulnerable individuals and groups.
Attend interactive seminar sessions on identifying and providing support for pupils with low self esteem, depression, school phobia, eating disorders, self harm and anger management problems.
This conference will also help you to raise awareness of these types of problems in your
school, which can help to prevent bullying and encourage your pupils to come forward when they are facing these types of problems.
In addition, you will meet like minded professionals for networking and sharing ideas.
All delegates attending this event will be given a unique website address to download speakers' presentations.
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Who should attend?
SENCOs
Headteachers
Education welfare officers
Educational psychologists
Special needs advisors
Heads of SEN services in Local Authorities
Learning support leaders
Pastoral officers
Inclusion co–ordinators
School improvement officers
SEN advisory officers
Parent partnership officers
Benefits of Attending:
 Discover the new national plans for mental health
Recognise the signs of students suffering with a mental health difficulty
Learn new ways to listen to and communicate with your students
Work effectively with members of multi agency teams
Support the emotional wellbeing of your staff
Click here to book your place on the Promoting Mental Health in Schools conference today!
Speakers Include:
Dawn Rees
National CAMHS implementation lead,
Care Services Improvement Partnership
Rita Cheminais
Independent Education Consultant,
Every Child Matters (ECM) Solutions
Amanda Edmondson and Shaun Kelly
Outreach Co-ordinator, Samaritans
Sarah Brennan
Chief Executive, Young Minds
Conference Programme
Implementing the new curriculum conference is to be held on the 26th June 2008 in
Central London. Below is the programme for you to look at:
09:00 − 09:45 Registration and refreshments |
09:45 − 10:00 |
Chair's introduction and welcome
Dawn Rees, National CAMHS implementation lead,
Care Services Improvement Partnership |
10:00 − 10:30
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Keynote 1: Latest national plans for mental health and emotional wellbeing
Sarah Brennan, Chief Executive, Young Minds |
| 10:30 − 11:00 |
Keynote 2: Early identification of vunerable individuals and groups
John Ivens, Educational Psychologist and Headteacher,
The Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School
|
11:00 -11:10
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Questions |
11:10− 11:40 Morning refreshments |
| 11:40 - 12:10 |
Keynote 3 : Work effectively with members of multi-agency teams to help students with mental health problems
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12:10− 13:00 Streamed Sessions 1 (choose one) |
1A |
Take away new ways of combating bullying for everyone involved
Adrienne Katz, Regional Adviser West Midlands,
Anti Bullying Alliance |
1B |
Supporting students suffering from eating disorders; Exploring what can help and hinder
Anita Worcester, Client Services Manager, SWEDA |
1C |
Help your students to with depression, stress and anxiety using D.E.A.L
Amanda Edmondson and Shaun Kelly,
Outreach Co-ordinators, Samaritans |
1D |
Support your pupils that have been diagnosed with a severe mental illness
Aqualma Murray, Education consultant, Young Minds |
13:00 − 14:00 Lunch
|
14:00 - 14:30 |
Keynote 4: Learn to listen to the pupil voice
Rita Cheminais, Independent Education Consultant, Every Child Matters (ECM) Solutions |
14.30 − 15.20 Streamed Session 2 (choose one)
|
2A |
Utilise SEAL to promote emotional wellbeing and a culture of respect and awareness amongst students
Mike Brearley, Author, Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom |
| 2B |
Support your pupils who have a parent or family member with a mental illness
Dr Rowan Myron, Associate Head of Research
The Mental Health Foundation |
| 2C |
Involve parents and carers in effectively supporting students suffering from mental health problems
Ann Conlon, Director of Student Services, King's College London
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2D |
Mental Health and Education Law |
15:20 − 15:50 Afternoon refreshments
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15:50 − 16:40 Streamed Sessions 3 (choose one) |
3A |
Raise staff self esteem and morale: providing support for the emotional wellbeing of staff
Mike Brearley, Author, Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom |
3B |
Recognise the symptoms leading to self harm and offer support for these students
Carly Raby, Director, LUNA |
3C |
School Phobia: Understanding and supporting School Phobic students
John Mascall, Special Educational Psychologist, Bath and North East Somerset Council |
3D |
Anger management: Develop an effective approach to helping students with behavioural problems
Aqualma Murray, Education consultant, Young Minds |
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Comments from previous SENCO Update delegates
“Really informative with lots of ideas to take back to school ”.
Mandy Watts, Mainstream
Secondary School
“Stimulating and inspirational - given me lots of ideas to take home and unpack”.
C Earnshaw, Home School
Support
“This was a fantastic day with wonderful speakers”.
Denise Cash, King Edward
School
“Excellent array of speakers and expertise”.
M Harrison, New college
Worcester
“Not to be missed”.
C Caraca, Hemel Hempstead
School
“A wealth of information to use in schools directly, or to disseminate to schools/colleagues”.
Jane Cross, West Sussex
Community College
“Very informative and relevant to SENCO's will be back next year”.
Jacqui Bradley,
Willow Dene School
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Promoting Mental Health in Schools
20 November 2008, Birmingham
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Schools: First delegate £269+VAT
Further delegates £219+VAT
Local Authorities: First delegate £319+VAT
Further delegates £269+VAT
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