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Early interventions - addressing mental wellbeing concerns

This lesson will focus on identifying a trusted adult and understanding the role of GP/School nurse/CAMHS in relation to supporting mental health.

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Year 8

Early interventions - addressing mental wellbeing concerns

This lesson will focus on identifying a trusted adult and understanding the role of GP/School nurse/CAMHS in relation to supporting mental health.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Identifying a trusted adult
  2. Role of GP/School nurse/CAHMS

Content guidance

  • Contains subject matter which individuals may find upsetting.

Supervision

Adult supervision suggested

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5 Questions

Q1.
1 - Trusted Adults are.....
Anybody over the age of 18.
People who work in offices.
Correct answer: People you can turn to for support, help and advice.
Q2.
2 - Trusted Adults.....
Can always keep your secrets.
Cannot help you find the correct support.
Correct answer: Include your teachers, healthcare professionals and the Police.
Q3.
3 - Kindness is.....
Correct answer: Being friendly, generous and considerate to other people.
Flattering people, and giving them lots of compliments.
The art of being mean and rude to people.
Q4.
4 - The best way to deal with a problem is.....
Ignore it and hope it goes away.
Let someone else deal with it.
Correct answer: Tackle it head on by seeking help and support.
Q5.
5 - Empathy is......
Feeling sorry for someone.
Correct answer: The ability to share/understand the feelings of others.
The ability to talk to someone through your mind.

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10 Questions

Q1.
1 - Endorphins are......
Activities we take part in to make us tired.
Correct answer: Chemicals produced in the brain which make us feel happy.
Dolphins when they are first born.
Q2.
2 - Anxiety is caused when.....
Correct answer: Our amygdalae over-react to non-threatening situations.
We feel happy and positive.
We get enough sleep.
Q3.
3 - Insomnia is....
Our body's response to our amygdalae's messages.
Correct answer: The difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep.
The tendency to be positive in attitude.
Q4.
4 - Our 'frame of reference' is....
A border we put around our references.
How we think, feel and manage our emotions.
Correct answer: The way we view the world at any given point in our lives.
Q5.
5 - Positivity is....
A dance performed in musicals.
Being negative and miserable.
Correct answer: The tendency to be optimistic in attitude.
Q6.
6 - Kindness means......
Correct answer: Being friendly, generous and considerate.
Being selfish and mean to others.
Telling lies about other people.
Q7.
7 - The 'fight, fight or freeze response' is.....
A lyric from a popular 90's dance track.
A yoga technique.
Correct answer: Our body's response to our amygdalae's messages.
Q8.
8 - Empathy...
Is a foul smell.
Correct answer: Is the ability to share/understand the feelings of others.
Means no worries for the rest of your days.
Q9.
9 - Support Networks....
Correct answer: Are structures put in place to guide patients and their families.
Are tights that hold your belly in.
Provide money for charitable events.
Q10.
10 - Interventions are....
Detentions set by your teachers.
Correct answer: Supportive measures provided by healthcare professionals.
Ways of identifying your own emotions.