Developing and Maintaining Positive Mental Health for Children in the School Setting

Developing and Maintaining Positive Mental Health for children in the school setting

This webinar looks to provide families with ideas and strategies to help develop and promote positive mental health for children.

The webinar focusses on enabling families to help children develop health promoting skills such as positive problem solving and coping strategies to foster independent self-management and regulation.

This webinar will also look at strategies to help children manage and balance areas including
self-care, productivity and leisure in their own lives.
Areas to be covered include:

 Self-awareness and regulation
 Self-esteem and self-image
 Breathing, stretching and meditation for children
 Reflection and appreciation of strengths
 Balancing success vs struggle
 Incorporating growth mindset into day-to-day life

Objectives

• Participants will have a greater understanding of the foundational aspects in working towards developing positive mental health.

• Participants will have gained knowledge of the psychosocial impacts children may experience

• Participants will develop strategies and tools to help children develop independence in managing their own mental health

• Participants will have a greater understanding of the impact of ‘Growth Mindset’ on thinking and skills development.

Facilitator: Stephen Hodnett

Stephen is a qualified occupational therapist and primary school teacher with over 10 years’ experience in the classroom, working in both mainstream and SEN settings. Stephen has
worked with Dyspraxia/DCD Ireland and their members in recent times, including the development of the ‘Our say in our schools’ resource for schools by children with Dyspraxia/DCD.