Clare Williams & Siobhan Garrett
Transforming children and young people’s provision through Trauma Informed cultures and practice in schools. (Links to Professor Richard Joiner’s research presentation Saturday 11.05)
Hearing the child’s voice at the heart of SEMH interventions to facilitate inclusion and to provide a platform that promotes the development of social and emotional skills for life and learning.
With the concerning prevalence of children’s mental health issues, there is significant need for targeted interventions for children with emerging mental health needs as a proactive and preventative measure, in particular, for children who experience adverse risk factors to alleviate impact on long-term mental health and emotional development.
This workshop presents the experience of children involved in the Hamish & Milo SEMH wellbeing programme involved in a University of Bath study. The emerging findings suggest a statistically significant difference in areas such as emotional, conduct, hyperactivity and peer problems, that are important for mental health, attendance, engagement in learning and acquisition of social and emotional skills. The workshop will highlight impact for some of the most vulnerable children, many who have experienced trauma, adversity and who are often at risk of exclusion. The impact is seen through standardised SDQ measures and through the child’s voice, demonstrated through the digital platform ‘Navigator.’
The Workshop will provide:
Transforming children and young people’s provision through Trauma Informed cultures and practice in schools. (Links to Professor Richard Joiner’s research presentation Saturday 11.05)
Hearing the child’s voice at the heart of SEMH interventions to facilitate inclusion and to provide a platform that promotes the development of social and emotional skills for life and learning.
With the concerning prevalence of children’s mental health issues, there is significant need for targeted interventions for children with emerging mental health needs as a proactive and preventative measure, in particular, for children who experience adverse risk factors to alleviate impact on long-term mental health and emotional development.
This workshop presents the experience of children involved in the Hamish & Milo SEMH wellbeing programme involved in a University of Bath study. The emerging findings suggest a statistically significant difference in areas such as emotional, conduct, hyperactivity and peer problems, that are important for mental health, attendance, engagement in learning and acquisition of social and emotional skills. The workshop will highlight impact for some of the most vulnerable children, many who have experienced trauma, adversity and who are often at risk of exclusion. The impact is seen through standardised SDQ measures and through the child’s voice, demonstrated through the digital platform ‘Navigator.’
The Workshop will provide:
- An overview of the Hamish & Milo wellbeing intervention programme highlighting the ten emotion themes including friendship, self-esteem, resilience and angry feelings.
- The theoretical context based on attachment theory, trauma-informed awareness and social and emotional development.
- Emphasis and exploration of hearing the Child’s voice.
- A demonstration of ‘Navigator’ our Digital Platform Impact Reporting resource
