18/09/2017 CHILDHOOD ORIGINS OF ADULT HAPPINESS (partial correlation coefficients) MENTAL HEALTH IN Highest .07 qualification ADULT SCHOOLS LIFE Behaviour .03 at 16 SATIS- Richard Layard Emotional FACTION .10 12 September 2017 health at 16 2 3 Source: BCS. SCHOOLS MAKE A CHILDHOOD ORIGINS WHAT SCHOOLS HUGE DIFFERENCE OF CRIME CAN DO (partial correlation coefficients) Highest Emotional wellbeing at 16 (partial correlations) (A) Promote mental -.06 qualification Observed Family Background Primary School health for all. CONVIC- Secondary School Behaviour -.13 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 at 10 TIONS GCSE performance at 16 (B) Get help for Observed Family Background Emotional Primary School -.07 health at 10 Secondary School those in difficulty. 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 4 5 6 Source: ALSPAC data. Source: BCS. 1
18/09/2017 (A) PROMOTING 1. GOALS 2. MEASUREMENT MENTAL HEALTH • Intellectual and • Annual – key measure is 1. An explicit goal. emotional/pro-social average improvement. – not in conflict. 2. Measure it. • Voluntary? 3. Wellbeing Code. • Ofsted should follow the • Pilot 4. Evidence-based life skills Independent Schools once a week. • Qs to teachers (SDQ) Inspectorate in giving 5. Good discipline. equal weight. to pupils (PTO) 7 8 9 4. LIFE SKILLS 3. CODE (FOR CHILDREN, Qs TO CHILDREN OVER 9 PARENTS, TEACHERS) • Manualised with trained No. of questions • Value of the month - no rule by • Happiness: Heubner + WEBWMS 14 fear. teachers (like surgeons). • Emotional and behavioural 25 • Teachers comfortable discussing problems: SDQ • Weekly from age 5 to 18. values and mental health. • School: School Connection 4 • Bullying is out. Subscale of the Student Resilience Scale • Senior teacher to lead on mental • Bullying 5 health. 48 • Life skills 1 hour per week. 10 11 12 2
18/09/2017 HEALTHY MINDS HEALTHY MINDS (IN CURRICULUM (11-14) howtothrive.org/healthy-minds/ SECONDARY SCHOOLS) Weekly for 4 years. Topic Programme used Email: info@howtothrive.org Resilience Penn Resilience Program; MoodGym Manualised, with trained teachers. Compassion Relationship Smarts Sexual relationships SexEd Sorted 10 pre-existing modules, Drugs Unplugged Eating and alcohol SHAHRP successfully trialled. Parenting Parents under Construction Covers SEL, SRE, Healthy Living Life goals Schools to Life Mental disorders Science of Mental Illness + Parenting, Life Goals, Mental Media awareness Media Navigator disorders, Media, Mindfulness. 13 Mindfulness .Breathe 14 15 EVENTUALLY 5. SCHOOL DISCIPLINE (B) HELPING CHILDREN IN DIFFICULTY PROBLEM: 43% of 11-14 • PSHE will be a specialist • Over 1,000,000 children diagnosable. children say others often subject in PGCE. • CAMHS treat 200,000 p.a. – seriously so noisy it’s difficult to • All teachers will have sick. Quality improved by CYP IAPT. work. • For mild to moderate, no NHS service basic MH and W-S to implement NICE-guidelines. (There training. are school counsellors, Place2Be etc., SOLUTION: but patchy + variable quality). • A mass of e-materials will Webster-Stratton → Situation very similar to adults help. pre-IAPT. 16 17 18 3
18/09/2017 THE NEXT BIG STEP • National training initiative • New school-based wing of (1,000 p.a.) + every CAMHS service. Direct coordination. access for children and parents. Schools provide • Aim: treat 200,000 a year space. All teachers get basic MH training. by 2022. • School-based departments, £250m in 2022 with own lead, ROM system, way of working and commissioned budget. 19 20 21 CONCLUSIONS References Slides 2,4,5 • Emotional health matters. Clark, A.E., Flèche, S., Layard, R., Powdthavee, N. and Ward, G. (forthcoming). The Origins of Happiness: The Science of Wellbeing over the Life Course : Princeton University Press. • Schools can make a huge Slide 14 difference to it. Bailey, L. (2014). Healthy Minds – The Curriculum Journey . How To Thrive. howtothrive.org/healthy-minds/ • Their job includes Slide 16 Wilson, S., Benton, T., Scott, E. and Kendall, L. (2007). London challenge: survey of pupils and teachers 2006 . Slough: National Foundation for Educational Research promoting mental health Webster-Stratton, C., Reinke, W.M., Herman, K.C. and Newcomer, L.L. (2011). 'The (and measuring it). Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management training: The methods and principles that support fidelity of training delivery', School Psychology Review, 40(4): 509-529. • The NHS should lead on Slide 22 school-based treatment. Layard, R. and Clark, D.M. (2014). Thrive: The power of evidence-based 22 23 24 psychological therapies , London: Penguin. 4
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