PSE Other- Senior Phase Links

Shelter Scotland’s School Resources cover homelessness, housing, welfare and poverty. These are all social studies materials for both primary and secondary schools in Scotland, all built in line with the Curriculum for Excellence

Mentors in Violence Prevention

Web based resources and training to provide young people with a range of safe options which can prevent situations from escalating

Royal Bank of Scotland

Online interactive activities to promote positive financial skills

Barclays

Lesson plans and resources to support the deliver of lessons around financial skills, transitions, interviews etc

FastForward Gambling Toolkit

Resources to support practitioners teaching young people about gambling

Young Scot- That’s Not Ok

No matter what your relationship is with someone, you should be treated with kindness and respect. Know how to spot the signs that something isn’t right and say “That’s Not OK”, developed in partnership with Rape Crisis Scotland and Scottish Women’s Aid.

1 March 2021

PSE Other- Senior Phase Lessons

Gambling Toolkit: https://fastforward.org.uk/gamblingtoolkit/

Mostly BGE, but some items may be suitable for the Senior Phase. Resources to support practitioners teaching young people about gambling

1 March 2021

MESP- Senior Phase Other

NHS Forth Valley Self Help Guides

Self help guides covering a range of topics including: self harm, anxiety, stress, sleeping, panic and food for thought.

Mental Health Foundation – Make it Count:

This guide is for teachers to help them create a classroom and school environment where children can thrive with good mental health.

Free podcast from The Centre on the Developing Child at Harvard University. The first guest of this special series is Centre Director Dr. Jack Shonkoff. He and host Sally Pfitzer discuss how to support healthy child development during a pandemic, including the importance of caring for caregivers. They also talk about what we’ve already learned as a result of the coronavirus, and what we hope to continue learning.

Meditation and Sleep Made Simple – Headspace App

An app to help you be: Less stressed. More resilient. Happier. It all starts with just a few minutes a day.

Mindshift App- Anxiety Canada

A free app designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety.

Calm App

Meditation techniques to aid with stress and sleep.

Apps to Support Mental and Emotional Wellbeing

This is a collection of apps that are designed to support young people, adults and families with their mental health and well-being. If you click on the image it will open the app site in a new window. Some of these do need a paid subscription to use them while others have been made freely available during the Covid situation.

Clear Fear app
The fear of threat, or anxiety makes you want to fight it or run away. Instead, face your fear with the free, Clear Fear app and learn to reduce the physical responses to threat as well as changing thoughts and behaviours and releasing emotions. The app was developed for teenage mental health charity stem4
by Dr Nihara Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, and uses the evidence-based treatment Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).The app can be personalised and can track progress and notice change. You can download the app, and the guide on using it during Covid-19, on the website below.

1 March 2021

MESP- Senior Phase Online Learning

SeeMe: Mental Health – Stigma and Discrimination module
A resource from SeeMeScotland helping young people to understand mental health and have a more positive attitude towards dealing with it.

Transferring the Emotional Load webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGR69hYvfw0&feature=youtu.be

HWB Recovery Plan Webinar (West Lothian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSr41GUOf2g

SAMH module for teachers:

‘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.

Free Stress Management Course (NHS Fife):

This is an online and modified version of Step on Stress for managing our stress and anxiety during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This online resource has four sessions 1) Introduction and Wellbeing 2) Managing Your Body 3) Managing Unhelpful Behaviours 4) Managing Your Thoughts. To get the maximum benefit of this online course, we would encourage everyone to watch each of the four sessions in the running order (1-4).

Psychosocial First Aid

Key resources to support the mental health and wellbeing of you and your staff members. Includes sections on managing stress, coping and resilience.

Webinars on Teen Sleep during COVID-19

These webinars are a partnership production between the Emerging Minds Network and The Mental Elf and were recorded on 27 May 2020. They were delivered by experts in the field who shared their knowledge and experience and answered questions during the webinars. The aim of the webinars were to share what research says about sleep and mental wellbeing in children and young people and to explore the potential practical implicationsfor families. There are 3 available through the link below, the 3rd one is a combination of the first 2 along with a question and answer session. https://emergingminds.org.uk/podcast-teen-sleep-during-covid-19/

Health and wellbeing video resource – Self-reporting on progress | Learning resources | National Improvement Hub (education.gov.scot)

This video resource exemplifies young people from early to senior phase self-reporting about their health and wellbeing. They describe and illustrate the skills, knowledge and capabilities they have in relation to health and wellbeing experiences and outcomes which are the responsibility of all.

1 March 2021

MESP- Senior Phase Links

OXFAM

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/education https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/handle/10546/620557

The second link takes you to theOXFAM Library of digital resources. Access learning and activity resources, aimed at teachers, to bring the issues Oxfam works on to life, both in the classroom and the wider community.

R U OK?

Resources from Australia: For students, learning how to support their peers and talk about how they feel is an important life lesson, so where better to start than in the classroom? These resources for primary, secondary and tertiary educators and institutions will help students everywhere start a conversation.

Red Cross:

These curriculum-linked activities, sessions and teaching packages are ideal for PSHE, Citizenship, English, Art, Geography and informal learning time. They help secondary learners develop empathy with others, learn to help others, develop their resilience and gain many other life skills.

Child Bereavement UK

Support for schools and children to cope with bereavement

Hands On Scotland:

Hands on provides help and practical advice for supporting children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Better Eating Better Learning
Guidance to support schools and all stakeholders to work in partnership to make improvements in school food and food education

Mood Cafe:

A web based source of information and support for young people and their families on a number of health related topics.

Falkirk HWB Blog:

A blog covering all aspects of HWB, maintained by the curriculum support officer for health and wellbeing in the Service and School Improvement Team.

Breathing Space 0800 83 85 87 or https://breathingspace.scot/

FDAMH – Falkirk District Association for Mental Health – Online resources https://www.fdamh.org.uk/find-online-help/

Education Scotland- staff wellbeing wakelet: https://wakelet.com/wake/7ae44302-d330-413c-b1b1-7ba25b786c7b

Clear Your Head has produced tips to help you look after yourself and get through these uncertain times. With ideas about how you can keep moving, create a routine, find things you enjoy and keep connected with friends and family – finding time for any of these will help to clear your head. https://clearyourhead.scot/

EIS HWB resource https://www.eis.org.uk/Member-Support/HWResource

Talking and Listening Skills through HWB during our recovery phase:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/fa/LiteracyStrategy/2020/07/17/talking-and-listening-skills-developing-and-applying-through-hwb-during-our-recovery-phase/

NHS information site on anxiety in children

This resource includes sections on how to spot signs of anxiety and gives tips on how to help. There are useful links to films on building self-esteem in children and to another website that explains relaxation techniques to use with children.

Falkirk Educational Psychology Service

This Blog is intended to provide practitioners working in Falkirk with easy access to materials, links and advice that will assist in their assessment and intervention.

The materials and guidance section provides useful resources and we publish information on how we deliver a service in Falkirk, including our training courses in the service delivery section.

Coping skills for children and young people.

This website provides strategies used by child therapists for calming anxiety, including ideas to calm down, books to read and videos that can help.

Young Scot- Aye Feel

Find information about how to look after your emotional wellbeing, support from organisations around Scotland and tips on how to promote a positive mindset.

25 February 2021

Supporting Writing

Following the Stephen Graham webinars last year and the recent sessions about the West Lothian writing approach with Marion Cochrane, there is growing interest in “The Writing Bubble”. The following RIC resource provides some ideas about how to get started. There are also suggestions about how to use the approach remotely. The “starter presentation” is available here: RIC Writing

To join the RIC Writing Team to access resources and collaborate with other practitioners, please email: CLjadam@glow.sch.uk

Please share writing ideas and successes: @fvwlriclit