{"id":236,"date":"2021-02-10T16:13:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2022-05-10T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:30:10","slug":"guidance-for-staff-on-supporting-children-and-young-people-with-mental-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/mental-health-and-wellbeing\/guidance-for-staff-on-supporting-children-and-young-people-with-mental-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance for staff on supporting Children and Young People with Mental Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Below you will find some useful guidance and documents to help you support children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/schoolcounselling\/uploads\/sites\/18109\/2022\/05\/10152827\/Supporting-children-and-YP-with-Mental-Wellbeing-1.pdf\">Supporting children and YP with Mental Wellbeing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/schoolcounselling\/uploads\/sites\/18109\/2022\/02\/02092718\/ALGEE-Advice-leaflet.pdf\">Effective Conversation Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/eapsychservices\/uploads\/sites\/2803\/2020\/08\/10154550\/Staff-Guidance-Supporting-Wellbeing-Children-and-Young-People.pdf\">Staff Guidance Supporting Wellbeing Children and Young People<\/a><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p id=\"_dVsc8BRT2U8tYS\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/69298c72-1654-4c63-85a1-a648b04ea908.filesusr.com\/ugd\/f6f712_be3b2f0e7f234ec681970929a4fc0285.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">&#8220;<strong>I need you too&#8230;&#8221; Stepping into the shoes of someone who has experienced trauma, loss and change.&#8221; <\/strong><\/a> An excellent resource to help anyone working with children and young people to have a better understanding of what they need.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_kXHAKQP1nYdwmD\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/69298c72-1654-4c63-85a1-a648b04ea908.filesusr.com\/ugd\/f6f712_93bb433f1bda429e86d50e4e7ff791d4.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>Compensate for my brain state. Dr Bruce Perry&#8217;s Arousal Continuum. <\/strong><\/a> Helps to explain the different brain states a child may be in during learning and how they can support children to stay in the optimal learning zones.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_2VQRgEzGVE8rKz\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/69298c72-1654-4c63-85a1-a648b04ea908.filesusr.com\/ugd\/f6f712_8f16a472439441c38878ea63c801e824.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>6 steps of trauma sensitive connection<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong> These allow for open and honest connection with a young person (or adult!) and prioritise emotional regulation before more logical and reflective thinking.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_c8Lf8znsOwmUth\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/69298c72-1654-4c63-85a1-a648b04ea908.filesusr.com\/ugd\/f6f712_37828da6e19c4784bb9eb7fa6197daac.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>Supporting the Return to School with Hobfoll\u2019s Five Principles of Recovery<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"_lDl3zcHQawM6PP\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/69298c72-1654-4c63-85a1-a648b04ea908.filesusr.com\/ugd\/f6f712_df0492697ee747759eee4172c0cbd9a1.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>The Learning Triangle: A Model of Attachment &amp; Learning by Heather Geddes<\/strong><\/a> This document gives you ideas and strategies for how you can foster learning for each of the different attachment styles.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_4rfIXwOGUWWpi2\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/69298c72-1654-4c63-85a1-a648b04ea908.filesusr.com\/ugd\/f6f712_d4c7b62a27b44e768454d4f095b14a40.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>What if? Using a trauma informed lens to reframe behaviour <\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Helps explain the reasons behind behaviours and offers suggestions on how to re engage with the child\/young person.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_yMuNi6sSnXHT0C\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/69298c72-1654-4c63-85a1-a648b04ea908.filesusr.com\/ugd\/f6f712_4b1a3046c1d94ec4bdc7384f87f75444.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>The Trauma informed classroom &#8211; providing a safe base. <\/strong> <\/a>Simple, yet effective changes you can make to your daily classroom practice to help children and young people feel safe, regulated and ready to learn.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_qWmJCmRY13Tu9y\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/69298c72-1654-4c63-85a1-a648b04ea908.filesusr.com\/ugd\/f6f712_09dd554208a843d58091244c9ba82086.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>Treating trauma with hope and optimism. <\/strong><\/a>Lovely ideas for promoting optimism and positivity in your classroom.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below you will find some useful guidance and documents to help you support children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing: Supporting children and YP with Mental Wellbeing Effective Conversation Guide Staff Guidance Supporting Wellbeing Children and Young People &#8220;I need you too&#8230;&#8221; Stepping into the shoes of someone who has experienced trauma, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/mental-health-and-wellbeing\/guidance-for-staff-on-supporting-children-and-young-people-with-mental-wellbeing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Guidance for staff on supporting Children and Young People with Mental Wellbeing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12907,"featured_media":0,"parent":157,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-236","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12907"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":714,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236\/revisions\/714"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/schoolcounselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}