Free NHS webinars on children's mental health

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust are offering free webinars on mental health in schools

Presented by four experts in the education sector, this free webinar series will explore the roles and responsibilities school leaders have in supporting mental health and wellbeing in their educational setting. You’ll hear about the principles behind implementing a whole school approach to mental health and will be provided with practical tools and guidance. These free webinars are suitable for leaders working in a range of educational settings and who have an interest in mental health and wellbeing.

The mental health in schools introduction to mental health leadership webinar from October 2022 is available on demand. In this introductory webinar, we’ll share the role that school leaders can play in ensuring good mental health and wellbeing – for children, young people and staff.

There are three remaining webinars in this series:

1. Mental health in schools: leadership and wellbeing in early years
   Tuesday 6 December 2022 - 4pm to 5pm
   This webinar on will focus on promoting the social, emotional and mental health of children and adults in early years settings.
2. Mental health in schools: leadership and wellbeing in primary settings
   Tuesday 7 February 2023 - 4pm to 5pm
   In this webinar we will explore the topic of anxiety and how it presents within school, or through school avoidance. We will consider some practical ideas for making primary schools feel like a safe space for learning.
3. Mental health in schools: leadership and wellbeing in secondary settings
   Tuesday 25 April 2023  4pm to 5pm
   In this webinar, Heather Daulphin, will explore the range of mental health and wellbeing challenges presented in secondary settings and how students, and staff, can be supported with these.

We want to make our webinar series as helpful as possible, whichever setting you work in. You might be a headteacher, a member of the school senior management team, a designated mental health lead, governor or SENCo.

The free webinars support our online training course senior mental health lead training: a whole school approach

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