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Promoting Mental Health in Schools – Birmingham

October 4, 2009 //  by Admin

09:00 – 09:45

Registration and refreshments

09:45 – 10:10

Chair’s welcome and the latest national plans for mental health

10:10 – 10:40

Keynote 1

Early identification of vulnerable individuals and groups

John Ivens, Educational Psychologist and Headteacher, The Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School

10:40 – 11:10

Keynote 2

A multi agency approach: the range of services available and how to gain access to them

Dawn Rees, National CAMHS Strategic Relationships and Programme Manager, National CAMHS Support Service

11.10 – 11.20

Questions

11:20 – 11:50

Morning refreshments

11:50 – 12:40

Streamed sessions

1A

1B

1C

1D

Staff mental health: providing support for the emotional wellbeing of staff

Fintan O’Regan
Education Consultant, Author and former Headteacher

Supporting students suffering from eating disorders

Vathani Navasoth

Eating Disorder Expert, Awakening Dawn, NCFED

Help your students with depression, stress and anxiety

Set up a counseling service

in your school; lessons

learned and outcomes

measured

Gareth D Morewood

Director of Curriculum Support

[SENCO], Priestnall School,

Stockport

12:40 – 13:40

Lunch

13:40 – 14:10

Keynote 4

Integrating mental health into the whole school and wider education agenda

Prof. Katherine Weare, Professor of Education, University of Southampton

14:10 – 15:00

Streamed sessions

2A

2B

2C

2D

Utilise SEAL to promote emotional wellbeing and a culture of respect and awareness amongst students

Support your pupils who have a parent or family member with a mental illness

Provide effective support and understanding for students with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Joe Wells

Student, OCD Sufferer and author, Touch and Go Joe, an adolescent’s experience of OCD

Handling confidentiality issues and sharing information around mental health: Your legal responsibilities

Chris Webb-Jenkins

partner, Browne Jacobson LLP

15:00 – 15:30

Afternoon refreshments

15:30 – 16:20

Streamed sessions

3A

3B

3C

3D

Involve parents and carers in effectively supporting students suffering with mental health problems

Fintan O’Regan
Education Consultant, Author and former Headteacher

Recognise the symptoms leading to self harm and offer support for these students

Carly Raby

director, LUNA

Raise awareness: end the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems

Sally Gomme
Mental Health Promotion Manager, Rethink

Anger management: Develop an effective approach to helping students with behavioural problems

Aqualma Murray

Independent child care consultant and trainer, Aqua-Empowerment Services

16:20

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