Child Development and Wellbeing stpatricks.ie
Cognitive Stages PREOPERATIONAL STAGE 3-7 CONCRETE OPERATIONAL 8-12 SENSORIMOTOR STAGE 0-2 SENSORIMOTOR STAGE 13-18
Psychosocial Stages HOPE (TRUST V MISTRUST) 0-2 WILL (AUTONOMY V SHAME) 2-4 PURPOSE (INITIATIVE V GUILT) 4-5 COMPETENCE (INDUSTRY V INFERIORITY) 5-12 FIDELITY (IDENTITY V ROLE CONFUSION) 13-19
Experience has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional discovery and emotional acceptance of the truth in the individual and unique history of our childhood.
Emotional Health Bucket Being able to be happy Realising our Individualism Getting to know our emotional and psychological selves Developing our ability to recognise and deal with emotions Shaping our thinking and behaviour Believing and remembering that we are loved and are lovable Having self-belief Learning to believe in something greater than ourselves Loving and being loved Spending time feeling good Learning positive self-discipline Listening and communicating BUILDING STRONG SELF-ESTEEM Ensuring that our environment is emotionally healthy
Enable us to tell the truth about our lives and ourselves Help us live passionately and to the full Facilitate our greater understanding of the human condition Helps us to recognise our strengths and weaknesses and make the most of both
WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT ? Enable us to tell the truth about our lives and ourselves Help us live passionately and to the full Facilitate our greater understanding of the human condition Helps us to recognise our strengths and weaknesses and make the most of both
Mental Health And Schools stpatricks.ie
SPECIFIC RISKS
Education –The Key Players Teacher/s Parent/s Siblings Friends Our Child
Mental Health Survey: Key Findings 2017 would not be comfortable living next door to someone with bipolar disorder would not trust someone who experienced post-natal depression to babysit do not think someone who experiences panic attacks could be head of a company would not willingly marry someone previously hospitalised with depression 73% 39% 64% Think being treated for a mental health difficulty is still seen by Irish society as a sign of personal failure Think society view people who spend time as an inpatient differently Think the public should be better protected from people with a mental health problems www.stpatricks.ie
Gilligan stigma model STIGMA Mental Health Difficulties being associated with :Committing violent acts, Personal weakness or failure, Biological factors alone, social or family factors solely solely Negative and inaccurate beliefs and attitudes regarding mental health difficulties STIGMA Inability to access appropriate support and treatment services Negative experience of mental health difficulties Resulting in Fear, Uncertainty, Discrimination, Hopelessness, Continued Difficulties Caused by: Long waiting lists, services not rights based, not recovery focused, not of good enough quality and/or effective
Schools for Health in Europe School Programmes PREOPERATIONAL Portugal MIND MATTERS Germany Walk in My Shoes Schools for Health in Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8ZUSE7XTjg
47% HIGH/ESSENTAIL PRIORITY 50% WERE NOT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT SUPPORT Research Findings 3% NOT A PRIORITY 47% HIGH/ESSENTAIL PRIORITY > 50% NO SCHOOL POLICY 50% WERE NOT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT SUPPORT
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