Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Teachers role in promoting mental health initiatives in primary school. -…
Teachers role in promoting mental health initiatives in primary school.
expose children to positive prosocial behaviours
good communication skills
high self esteem and self efficacy
positive teacher, peer relationships
good progress academically
good teacher - parent communication
high parental academic expectations
positive home life
Healthy supportive classroom environment
adequate resources
well trained teachers
understand risk factors and how to identify a child with issues
sense of classroom community
no evidence of bullying
good behaviour management
teacher teamwork and colloboration
school as a safe Haven
wo
Social and Emotional learning theory
Barriers to creating a health supportive classroom
Stigma around mental health
emphasises the need to train practicioners
also explains the lack of research in the infant primary years
More emphasis on the Wellness model
increased workloads
need to protect younger children
more younger children are becoming at risk
overhwhelming and goes beyonds the expertise of the practioner
child friendly language required to stop children forming negative interpretations or linking illness to abnormality
children with mental health incorrectly referred to as having additional learning needs.
a problem to be fixed?
Whole School Mental Health intervention programs
The school as the most important place where mental health need to be adressed
limited funding as not a statutory policy
working with parents, community and stakeholders