Upskilling teachers in supporting students with mental health issues and building resilience in both themselves and their students
This two-year project has developed a package of training materials and resources at a European level. It addresses the well-being of both students and staff. The target age group is the Secondary sector, and the project brings together 6 partners from 5 countries. Partners have identified the issues relating to the well-being of both students and staff and have started developing a common methodology to address those issues.
The project has two strands. Firstly, it addresses the vulnerabilities faced by students and develops strategies to address them, and secondly it identifies the pressures facing school staff and develops training resources to help mitigate them. There are therefore two sets of target groups, both staff and students.
In addition to Covid related complications, there is ample research to show that there has been an increase in stresses and pressures on both staff and students in recent years leading to a range of undesirable outcomes, such as increased absenteeism through mental illness, reduced performance, and teacher drop-out.
EU level policy recommendations include, promoting schools as a setting for health promotion and prevention of mental and behavioural disorders, early identification for all children and young people and enhanced training for all school staff on mental health.
Research also points to the need to build resilience in teachers and school leaders to develop strong self-regulatory skills.
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This project is co-funded by the European Union in the context of its Erasmus+ initiative and is run by a team of 6 educational institutions coming from 3 EU countries, Norway and the United Kingdom.
Project Number: 2020-1-UK01-KA201-078945
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