Schools – a pathway to Public health through Trauma Informed approaches to establish a healthy environment

17


Event type FREE live stream

FREE webinar, via Zoom
17:00 - 18:30 UK time, 18:00 - 19:30 CET, 12 noon - 13:30 EST

school bot 7-8yrs at desk

This free webinar is open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group. The webinar will be led by Julie Harmieson, TISUK Director of Education and National Strategy.

Booking

Sign up to this FREE webinar at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time.

  • ACAMH Members attending will be eligible for a FREE electronic CPD certificate. Members MUST login to book onto the webinar and get their certificate.
  • Non-members can opt to receive an electronic CPD certificate for just £5, select this option at the point of booking. This is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer

Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’. 

About the event

Creating a trauma informed and mentally healthy culture in schools benefits every member of the school community: staff parents and most significantly children and young people. A whole school approach ensures that every child grows, develop sand learns in a psychologically safe environment that protects their mental health and ensures they are supported to achieve their full potential and develop the capacity to live life well. Children enter the school system either with the advantage of experiences that allow them to take every opportunity offered to them or disadvantaged by their experiences of adversity. They then find themselves further disadvantaged by the responses to the adaptive behaviours that have helped them survive. This can leave young people with limited pathways to health, wellbeing and success. School as a pathway to public health ensures that the environment promotes psychological safety, enables equity and inclusion and facilitates children to be able to live life well, interrupting the cycle of intergenerational trauma.

Learning outcomes

  • To understand how adversity alters brain and body systems which can translate into behaviours that challenge society.
  • To understand the components of a mentally healthy and trauma informed culture in school.
  • To identify the ways in which schools can create psychological safety and support the recovery from adversity.

About the speakers

Julie Harmieson
Julie Harmieson

Director of Education and National Strategy TISUK

Former Headteacher of a Primary Alternative Provision. Over 23 years of experience as a qualified teacher in supporting children and young people with social, emotional and mental health difficulties and/or challenging behaviour at both a practitioner and senior leadership level within both the mainstream and specialist sectors. Previously Trust Lead for Social, Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH) and Inclusion for a large academy trust in Cornwall. Education Consultant supporting teachers, education professionals and counsellors with individuals and groups of challenging and/or vulnerable children.

I am passionate about inclusion, supporting children and young people to be the best they can be by helping them to remove the barriers preventing full engagement in life and learning. I have a particular interest and expertise in supporting schools to develop a fully inclusive approach with both students and members of the school community, facilitating an environment where the mental health and well being of all is central to the school ethos.

Booking

Sign up to this FREE webinar at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time.

  • ACAMH Members attending will be eligible for a FREE electronic CPD certificate. Members MUST login to book onto the webinar and get their certificate.
  • Non-members can opt to receive an electronic CPD certificate for just £5, select this option at the point of booking. This is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer

Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.