Managing Mental Health

This workshop provides a practical, thoughtful overview of some of the ways to cope with the challenges faced by students in these unprecedented times.

Description

Managing mental health is a positive and interaction session, which lasts for 60 minutes and can be delivered either online or face to face.

The workshop provides students with a motivational boost and the clarity needed to find their focus and keep going during these uncertain times.

Benefits

Managing mental health with benefit students by:

Providing practical coping mechanisms, particularly as a result of COVID-19
Shining a positive light on the confusion of the current times
Increasing awareness of stigma
Normalising nervousness, exam stress and negative comparison
Boosting attitudes towards developing positive mental health

Content

Some of the content covered in this workshop includes, but is not limited to:

Dealing with anxiety: let’s vibe!
Distraction reaction: an interactive activity, focusing on harnessing the power of creative improvisation to fight the freeze
Finding focus: channelling growth mindset to answer the question, ‘what’s the point?’
Challenging stigma: an interactive activity focusing on increasing awareness around mental health illness

Aims

This workshop aims to leave students with an in-depth and practical toolkit for them to refer to in their times of need, as a preventive measure before mental health illness takes control, so they can take control of it.

Results

Students will feel positive and better equipped to cope with the pressures they face at school and in the world.

Feedback about this course

The sessions were excellent, Kim was very clear and engaging throughout the sessions. She ensured the children felt valued and interacted with the children in order to enhance their overall understanding of the information delivered. The sessions really met the needs of the children during this difficult time and helped to develop the health and wellbeing of the students. Practical and realistic advice was given throughout and the children were able to see links to external support agencies (such as MIND), who can further enhance the health and wellbeing development of our students. Kim was very clear and her communication skills with the students were relevant and succinct 10/10.

N/A - Treorchy Comprehensive School

A quick thank you for your commitment to such a wonderful day. I thoroughly enjoyed your workshops and I know that our pupils will have learnt so much in such a short period of time about enhancing and supporting their own mental wellbeing.

N/A - Ysgol Glan Clwyd

The session was very intuitive and viewed a large amount of topics from the brain to resilience and emotions. The PowerPoint was very visual and interactive throughout, it was a great way to teach others in a visual and supportive way. I am incredibly happy at how the presentation was delivered as it was delivered in an interesting format and the information that was delivered was inspiring, useful and helpful. A big thank you to the host and moderator Kim for an energetic workshop that has given me more confidence in coming back to school, I know that everyone else within the school has enjoyed it at the same way I have as it has been inspiring. Thank you to Positively Mad and Kim for a wonderful and knowledgeable presentation!

N/A - Prestatyn High School

The Students all feel they have benefitted from the sessions. Natalie had a wonderful energy and engaged with the kids from the start. She made the kids feel comfortable with sharing with the group so they knew they were not alone. I really enjoyed Natalie's positive energy, enthusiasm and approachability. 10/10

N/A - St Johns College

Staff benefited, by realising that the content of what was delivered may also be of benefit to the staff in the school as well as the students. It also confirmed with us that a lot of what we deliver in house is of a similar nature. There were some golden nuggets though that staff took away. A good focus for the whole school whilst the students were working from home. Dave was pleasant, personable, did a good job in trying to engage the students. A difficult task with it being virtual. He also reflected on some of the comments students were putting in the chat, thanked them for their honesty, and said that the school would be in touch to support the student or students who had put comments in the chat that needed following up.

N/A - Aylestone School

The feedback from the parents session was very positive. The activities that parents could get involved in were very enjoyable to watch. Shenaz was upbeat, enthusiastic and energetic. I would definitely book this again, 10/10.

N/A - Holyhead SchooL

Thanks for everything in helping us put on the workshops last week. I have attached data from the Evaluation Forms we sent to students for your information. The feedback has been very positive and I know some students have spoken to their teaching staff about them too. I was very impressed with the workshops and in particular Kim's energy and ability to make the content relevant and relatable for our students and their context. Thanks very much!

N/A - Wakefield College

The techniques were informative and easy to execute. Kim was very up to speed with what was happening within education in Wales and related her session to how it would affect our learners. Kim was very enthusiastic and had the learners engaged. 10/10

N/A - Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen

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"Jay’s enthusiasm, knowledge of the strategies, techniques and tips was excellent and was exactly what we were looking for at this time in Year 11 for our students and parents. It’s testament to Jay and the workshop as to how many pupils had told their parents about how much they enjoyed it and how useful they found it that some students were calling and texting their parents during the school day to say ‘Mum/Dad you need to come to the Parent’s workshop this evening!’ The strategies were relevant, easy to use, engaging and delivered in a way which will facilitate the students use of them as well. It was great to be given some resources by Jay in order to support the pupils through the revision process as the year goes on as well. I will look to rebook this event for next years, Year 11 at a similar time."

Cardiff High School