Mental Health Matters - Suicide Awareness & Prevention
CourseWeDo / Worth Publishing • 1 October 2020
A short film as a resource to raise awareness of suicidal behaviours, how to prevent them and how to support anyone who is affected by suicide, suicidal ideation or self-harm, be that of themselves or someone close to them. Includes an interview with Sam Johnson, Counsellor and Psychotherapist, on her experiences of supporting children with suicidal behaviours.
September is suicide awareness month. The aims of this month is to raise awareness of suicidal behaviours and how to prevent them, including promotion of action at national levels. Closer to home mental health organisations are working closely together to support anyone who is affected by self harm, suicidal ideation or by suicide, but also someone who is affected by someone else in their family if someone else has had those feelings or who has acted in that way.
Alongside you we want to support this movement by joining the collaboration and also to support you as adults who are working on the frontline with children and young people in schools and other contexts, by making this short film as a resources for you.
When a child or young person presents with challenging behaviour, the first thing we can change is ourselves and how we respond, which can make all the difference to the outcome. This is especially true if they are at risk of being excluded. Their behaviour is so often a communication about their relational and learning needs, and some of the strongest needs in that mix will be for adults capable of genuinely connecting with them, seeing and valuing them beneath the behaviour, and working to meet them in the most helpful way we can. And it is 'we' - we are all accountable for how we respond and for the environment in which children and young people who have experienced trauma and loss struggle to find a footing. Our webinar speakers, both highly experienced lead practitioners from Virtual schools (Hampshire and Cumberland), have given this issue serious thought, and used the AFIT needs analysis software to support themselves and their teams to develop their capacity to be the 'Adults who ...' with heartening outcomes for the children and young people they work with.
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