The following materials which have been circulated by COSLA:

• Suicide prevention awareness video “Ask, Tell – Save A Life: Every Life Matters”: https://vimeo.com/338176393

• There are two other videos as part of this package: “Ask, Tell – Look After Your Mental Health” https://vimeo.com/338176495 and  “Ask, Tell – Have a Healthy Conversation”  https://vimeo.com/338176444.

• Full details of the Knowledge and Skills Framework for Mental Health produced by NHS Health Scotland and NHS Education for Scotland is online: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/17100/mental-health-improvement-and-prevention-of-self-harm-and-suicide/mental-health-improvement-and-suicide-prevention-framework.

In a recent survey, teachers told SAMH that they didn’t feel that they had received sufficient training in mental health to allow them to carry out their role.

Which is why we’ve created ‘We all have mental health: an introduction for teachers’, to provide teachers with an introduction to mental health; equip them with the skills and knowledge to recognise and respond to a pupil who is experiencing a mental health problem; and lead a conversation about positive mental health.

You can register and complete the short (30 minute) online course here:

https://www.samh.org.uk/about-mental-health/elearning-for-teachers