Course | Child Mental Health Training

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Facilitator

Rebekah Few
Mental Health and Wellbeing Consultant

Rebekah Few (GMBPsS) is a Mental Health and Wellbeing Consultant and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (GMBPsS). She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Leadership, a BPS accredited BSc in Psychology and Philosophy, and has undertaken postgraduate counselling training.

With 17 years of experience in the sector, her background includes patient-facing roles in the NHS as a Wellbeing Practitioner and Behaviour Change Specialist. She now provides consultancy to public, private, and charitable sector organisations on workplace transformation and culture change, and has worked with clients including Sony Music, Harrods, The Royal Navy, and the Department for Education.

Alongside her consultancy, Rebekah serves as a lecturer in mental health and wellbeing at East Sussex College. She is also a registered Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England facilitator.

Description

Duration 2-3 hours.

Mental health problems can affect anybody at any time, regardless of gender, ethnicity or age. Research shows that increasing amounts of children and young people are being diagnosed with mental health problems, so if you spend time around children then you may well come into contact with a child who is struggling.

This course provides you with a detailed understanding of child mental health. It explains some of the common emotional, behavioural and hyperkinesis disorders, how you can identify and support a child who may be struggling, and how to promote positive mental health and wellbeing. By the end of this training, you will be confident in your ability to support any child who may need it.

What You'll Learn

By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand the common mental health problems that children and young people face and the impact they can cause.
- Know the common signs of mental health problems in children.
- Understand the factors that are likely to increase the risk of a child developing a mental health problem.
- Understand the impact external factors, such as social media, can have on a child's mental health and how to promote positive mental health in your environment.
- Develop the skills needed to broach sensitive subjects with children and young people and be aware of the role you have in supporting positive mental health.
- Know what actions to take when you consider a child to be at risk of a mental health problem.
- Understand the interventions that organisations can introduce to help improve a child's mental health, including the benefits of play therapy.

Course Content

- Module 1: Introduction to Child Mental Health
What is mental health, what is mental ill-health, mental health statistics, the continuum of mental health, potential causes and risk factors, adverse childhood experiences, being online, promoting positive mental health, and common myths.

- Module 2: Mental Health Problems: Emotional Disorders
Anxiety disorders, depression, and bipolar disorder.

- Module 3: Mental Health Problems: Behavioural, Hyperkinesis and Less Common Disorders
Behavioural disorders, hyperkinesis, less common disorders - tics and eating disorders, psychosis, schizophrenia, self-harm, and suicidal ideation.

- Module 4: Promoting Positive Mental Health and Prevention
Policies and procedures, overview of procedures, mental health and safeguarding, assess, plan, do, review, prevention, promoting mental wellbeing: primary and secondary school, promoting positive mental health in schools, promoting positive mental health outside of school, and further resources.

Module 5: Identification and Support
Identification, signs and symptoms, knowing when to help, continuum of mental health, early support, talking about mental health, responding in a crisis, diagnosis: specialised support, pyschotherapies, mindfulness, play therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focussed Therapy (EFT), assisting the therapy, medication, and working with parents.

Accredited by CPD

All of High Speed Training's courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Assessment

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 20 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically so you will instantly know whether you have passed. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.

Suitable For:

Anybody who works with, or around, children would benefit from taking this course, including activity leaders, sports coaches and childminders. The course will be particularly beneficial, however, to those who work in education, including:

- Teachers.
- Headteachers and senior leaders.
- Teaching assistants.

For further information, please visit High Speed Training website.