Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Tuesday 2 nd April 2019 Schools in Mind Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools: Engaging with all Parents and Carers
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Tuesday 2 nd April 2019 Welcome and Overview of Mental Health & Wellbeing in Schools Programme Jaime Smith Director of Mental Health & Wellbeing in Schools
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Presentation or section title here 3 Social Media Join us on: Twitter @AFNCCF Facebook #SchoolsInMind Instagram
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families The Centre has been pioneering better mental health care and support for children, young people and their families for over 60 years. We are the only children and young people’s mental health charity to combine research and innovation, clinical practice, and training and dissemination.
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Presentation or section title here 5 The New Centre of Excellence Community campus with a • school at its heart that brings together best people and organisations in: mental health • education and academia • social care • neuroscience • children and familie s. • Working in partnership • AFC-UCL Research Centre • leading voice influencing national • practice and policy in the field of child mental health.
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families 6 Schools in Mind A free network for school staff and allied professionals. • Termly newsletters and events • Free downloadable resources to support schools • Innovative new approaches to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people • Opportunities for schools to take part in research • Opportunities to network with other school staff interested in wellbeing and mental health • schoolsinmind@annafreud.org
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Schools in Mind: Free resources
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Parent and Carer resources
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Talking Mental Health animation and teacher toolkit (primary)
We all have mental health 10 We All Have Mental Health animation and teacher toolkit (secondary) Aims to build on the animation to open up conversations about mental health, mental health self-care and who to ask for support when it is needed. The resources are aimed at Year 8, but are also suitable for Year 7 and 9. The toolkit includes: 1. An assembly plan 2. A lesson plan 3. Resources to accompany the above
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families 11 Schools in Mind: Expert advice from our Clinicians and Champions
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Presentation or section title here 12 Education for Wellbeing Are you a mainstream secondary school? Do you want a chance to try out an innovative mental health • approach in your school? Could you be part of England's largest research study of • school-based mental wellbeing interventions? Find out more and apply: • www.annafreud.org/education-for-wellbeing educationforwellbeing@annafreud.org
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families 13 Schools in Mind training We can provide tailored training and development workshops to all staff working in schools around Promoting the resilience of children and • young people in schools (7 th May 2019) Talking to children and young people • about their mental health in schools (2 nd July 2019) How can schools identify and support • children and young people who need specialist support (4 th June 2019) How to champion a mentally healthy • school (1 st October 2019) Email schoolsinmind@annafreud.org for more information
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families We all have mental health 14 Mentally Healthy Schools
Engaging Parents in a Primary Setting Sam Eustace Emotional Health and Wellbeing Leader Westerton Primary Academy
Who Are We? Mainstream Primary Setting 3 Form Entry + Nursery Setting 708 pupils – 12.5% PP Increased level of children classed as having SEMH needs
What Are Our Biggest Challenges? A changing and more diverse catchment from the Westerton of old An increasing number of children requiring additional support alongside a reduced budget Engaging the right parents at the right time!
How Do We Engage Parents At Westerton Primary? LAC / Kinship / Adopted Parent Support Group, Parent Workshops EHWB Leader makes regular home visits in term and holidays, dedicated phone number for contacting out of term. Recent Parent Gym Training, Share Group run with Learning Mentor, Head Teacher Open Door Policy Nursery Starter Home Visits, Regular Nursery Stay and Play events, New Starter Information evenings / SEN Reviews and Progress Meetings Open Evenings / Welcome Evenings / Parents Evenings / School Galas SLMT Meet and Greet on the gate / Teachers and LSA Meet and Greet on Year Group entry doors
Recent Parent Gym Training, Sleep Champion Training, Share Group run with Learning Mentor
EHWB Leader makes regular home visits in term and holidays, dedicated phone number for contacting out of term.
LAC / Kinship / Adopted Parent Support Group, Parent Workshops Supporting Emotional Literacy Worry and Anxiety Impact of Video Games in the Classroom Supporting Anger Troubles with Sleep
Conclusions We still face daily challenges Meeting the needs of the most vulnerable children in our provision is a fulltime job We do not always get the right Parents at the right time! Resources that have impact but do not cost the earth are hard to come by!
Information Slides for the Parent Workshops are available on the school website http://www.westerton.leeds.sch.uk/our-school/send The Children’s Sleep Charity https://www.thechildrenssleepcharity.org.uk/ ParentGym http://parentgym.com/
Shared PSHE Project: We are looking for a school in Leeds to co-deliver some KS2 PSHE lessons with. My aim is to find a school using, or interested in using, the MindMate lessons and hope to link with a primary that will allow us to send a half class full of children on a minibus to their school for an afternoon, and in return welcome half of the partner school’s children to Westerton. The idea would be to pair up the children for a PSHE afternoon involving activities and teaching surrounding a particular shared topic. The hope is that this connection will improve social skills, interpersonal skills, offer a fantastic opportunity for shared learning and support the children to form new relationships and use their PSHE skills in a different context. It will also be a great chance for collaborative learning for staff. If you are interested in speaking more about it please do get in touch! eustacs01@westerton.org.uk
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families 02/04/2019 Stephen Taylor The Family School London Founding Headteacher Specialist parental engagement in alternative provision and mainstream settings
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Presentation or section title here 16 Parental engagement context Children living in families where there is domestic violence, • substance abuse, physical or mental ill health are at risk of multiple disadvantages, one often being represented by exclusion from school NHS NICE guidelines for the treatment of conduct based disorders • in children recommend parental training Parents are difficult to engage in these clinical treatments • But - For sustainable change, parents have to be better-involved in • school-based programmes designed to help their children improve behaviour and educational attainment with consequent enhanced life chances
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Presentation or section title here 17 How does it work? The Family School ‘Ten’ 1. Values and relationship based culture and whole school approach 2. Core therapeutic competencies for school staff established and taught 3. Formulation driven referral establishing commitment to change and reintegration 4. Systems that sustain ethos: LAMBS, Daily therapeutic debrief 5. Multi Family Groups - creating contexts for change 6. Parent Learning and Coaching 7. Focus on Teaching and Learning 8. Executive function based feedback 9. Commitment to strengthening Multi agency approach 10.Parents attend and are part of the school!
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Presentation or section title here 18 It seems to be working… Attendance • Student progress • Sustained reintegration • Staff retention • Finance •
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families Presentation or section title here 19 Innovation Fund – Parent Coaching for Pupil Progress • To increase constructive parental engagement in Alternative Provision • To increase AP staff’s skills and knowledge in the parent coaching model • To improve children and young people’s emotional wellbeing and behaviour • To improve children and young people’s academic performance
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