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Top tips for safely and sensitively teaching about mental health
Dr Pooky KnightsmithDirector: children, young people &
schoolsCharlie Waller Memorial Trust
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Prepare
Protect Distance
Educate
Support5 steps
What could happen?Pupil gets upset
Disclosure
Trigger behaviours
Have a plan for supporting in case of distress
Be familiar with school policy in case a child
causes concern or makes a disclosure
Prepare
Protect Distance
Educate
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Hold vulnerable students in mind
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Supporting Vulnerable Pupils
Give staff / pupils a
heads up
(share lesson
content?)
Invite input – what do peers
need to know?
Possibility of
withdrawal OR
‘get out plan’
1 2 3
Inform relevant staff about upcoming lessons so pupils with known issues can be
supported prior to the lesson
Prepare
Protect Distance
Educate
Support5 steps
EDUCATE rather than INSTRUCT
Methods of self-harm include
ingesting poisons including X Y or Z
Methods of self-harm include
ingesting poisons including X, Y or Z
Review all lesson content to ensure it does not provide a
‘how to guide’
Prepare
Protect Distance
Educate
Support5 steps
Talking about things in the third person helps to keep
me safe, and avoids embarrassing me
Video
Case Study
Day in the life of
Use distancing techniques.
Also review all content for similarities to pupils in your class (name, appearance,
story)
Prepare
Protect Distance
Educate
Support5 steps
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School
Local
Helplines
Online
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HOW to access support
WHAT will happen if they
do
WHY to access support
If possible, remain behind for a few minutes after the lesson in case
there is a pupil who needs some extra
support
Signpost support both within relevant lessons and
beyond them. All pupils should know how, where,
when and why to seek support.
Anonymous
questions &
thoughts can be fed to Margot Monster
End on a
light
note…
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Any Questions?
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Understanding Self-Harm(primary & secondary
pupils)
Dr Pooky Knightsmith@PookyH | [email protected]
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Dr Pooky KnightsmithDirector: CYP& Schools
Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
[email protected] | 01635 869754
[email protected] | 07590 446 791 | @PookyH
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