Mental Health Champions: March Network Meeting Some of the most significant risk factors for emotional and behavioural difficulties in children are parenting and effective family functioning, parental mental health (especially maternal depression), and socioeconomic circumstances. Children from the most disadvantaged 20% of households are three times as likely to have a mental health difficulty as the most advantaged 20%.

Agenda 9.00 Welcome 9.15 Self harm: An overview 9.45 Show and Tell: Assemblies 10.30 Coffee 11.00 Supervision groups 12.15 Plenary and review

Government Mental Health Agenda 5 steps to mental health and wellbeing: Connect with people Be active Be curious Learn Give

Changing the way we think: contesting stigma What are the beliefs and stereotypes about self harm which exist in your school? Among pupils? Among staff? Among parents?

What would you do if…… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bTgRAKmFvM

What helps? What might harm? In small groups please discuss the kind of things which might help Aaron, and the kinds of things which might be unhelpful

No Harm Done Young Minds resources for young people, parents and professionals http://www.youngminds.org.uk/assets/0002/6727/No_Harm_Done_Professionals_Pack.pdf Guidance on ‘first conversations’

Building confidence and managing confidentiality Look at the draft policy – would this work in your school? Pros/ cons/ pitfalls? Does it help you maintain confidentiality?

Understanding and monitoring self harm ‘FUPS’ data Parity of esteem requires parity of data Helping to build a picture of self harming behaviour in schools Please use the pro forma

Useful resources https://pshe-association.org.uk/sites/default/files/Primary%20lesson%20plans.pdf https://pshe-association.org.uk/sites/default/files/Accompanying%20Resources%20Secondary.pdf

Useful resources http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/files/pdfversion/CR192.pdf http://www.youngminds.org.uk/assets/0000/7354/Self-Harm__Single_page_.pdf http://www.youngminds.org.uk/noharmdone