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Skills for Progress have funding to provide Berkshire educators and youth workers with a FREE Child and young persons mental health skills Summer School.
Free Training and Certified Qualifications
An online summer school developing an understanding of mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the 2022 landscape, leading to a Level 1 Diploma in Skills for Further Learning and Employment and a Level 1 Award in Introduction to Mentoring from Open Awards.
This evidence-based course has been developed by respected Richard Daniel Curtis, co-author of the mental health curriculum for the Department for Education, founder of the National Network of Mental Health Leads and author of the Social and Emotional Mentor qualifications. This course is suitable for teachers, support staff, youth workers, childminders or others working with children and young people.
What does it involve?
Covering a range of topics relevant to the current situation, the summer school features weekly self-learning, split into 15-minute online lessons, followed by a weekly webinar.
Weekly Webinars
Richard will run weekly 45-minute webinars on Sunday evenings in August at 8pm. These can either be attended live, or they will be recorded and emailed to participants. These webinars will provide all participants with the opportunity to raise questions and discuss the week’s learning.
Modules
Introduction to Mentoring
Child and Young Person Mental Health During the Pandemic
Resilience after Lockdown – personal wellbeing and resilience
Children’s and Young Person’s Mental Health:
Introduction to mental health
Child and adolescent development
Introduction
Human growth
Normal intellectual growth
Normal social and emotional development
Personal skills
Interpersonal skills
Problem solving
Listening skills
Engagement in learning
Peer mentoring
Supporting mental health difficulties
Anger
Body image
Coping
Self-esteem
Stress
This summer school is great for those who have noticed the impact of the pandemic, or world events since then, on young people and want to understand how best to support their wellbeing.
Richard Daniel Curtis
The activities Richard sets include 10-15 minute pre-recorded lessons, completing activities in their workbooks, or self-study chapters. Learning is assessed through online questions linked to the module and marked by an assessor.
Dates
The Summer School runs from 1-30 August, although participants can begin the prelearning prior and participants have until 9th September to complete all activities.
Optional additional course
This course can be followed by an optional Level 3 qualification in Social and Emotional Mentoring or Mentoring Young People in the Community.
