Mental health interventions in schools

Duration: 45 mins Publication Date: 30 Nov 2023 Next Review Date: 30 Nov 2026 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13652

Description

Professor Tamsin Ford discusses the deterioration of mental health among children and young people from national summaries, highlighting the important interface between health and education services. She illustrates the importance of special educational needs, positive teacher-pupil relationships, and exclusion for mental health before describing key elements to a whole school approach to mental health, as well as research into universal and targeted/indicated intervention.

Learning Objectives

A. To understand the importance of the school environment to mental health
B. To understand the key attributes and interventions to support children's mental health in the school environment