The Educational Psychology Service aims to promote mental health and wellbeing through:
- the development of positive nurturing relationships
- supporting inclusion and fostering feelings of connection and belonging
- being solution focussed and exploring and developing areas of strength, talents and interests
For more information on current projects, tools and resources relating to mental health and wellbeing, please see our news and current projects page including our work with The Decider and Kitbag.
Mental Health and Wellbeing: whole school approach
In 2021, the Scottish Government developed a Framework to help local authorities and schools to develop and embed policy and practice within schools and the wider community:
Mental health and wellbeing: whole school approach: framework – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
The framework is accompanied by a professional learning resource for school staff:
CYPMH – Professional Learning Resource
Living Life to the Full
Living Life to the Full has now made their Adult and Young People online programme free. This excellent resource has great strategies and advice: LLTTF for Young People | LLTTF for Young People (llttfyp.com)
Emotion Coaching
The service is supporting the use of emotion coaching as a way of developing emotional literacy in children and young people. Better emotional literacy promotes the development of positive mental health and wellbeing.
Please see the following information sheets to learn more about the emotion coaching approach:
Emotion Coaching – a guide for parents 4 Steps of Emotion CoachingSchool Counselling Service
The Educational Psychology Service works closely with the School Counselling Service, which is available to pupils aged between 10 and 18. For more information please visit:
School Counselling Service – Shetland Islands Council
Exams – looking after your self