Promoting Mental Health in Schools - London

Programme

09:00 – 09:45		Registration and refreshments
09:45 – 10:10		Chair’s welcome and the latest national plans for mental health Dame Jo Williams, Chair, National Advisory Council for Children’s Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing
10:10 - 10:40 Keynote 1		Early identification: recognising the warning signs of mental health problems Aqualma Murray, Independent Child Care Consultant and Trainer, Aqua-Empowerment Services
10:40 – 11:10 Keynote 2		Working in partnership: the range of multi agency services available and how to access them Dr Cathy Street and Brenda Allan, Independent researchers and consultants in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
11.10 – 11.20		Questions
11:20 – 11:50		Morning refreshments
11:50 – 12:40		Streamed sessions
1A			1B		1C	1D
Provide your students with tools to deal with depression, stress and anxiety Karen Cromarty, Senior Lead Advisor for Children and Young People, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy			Promote a healthy workforce: providing support for the emotional wellbeing of your staff Anita Devi, Education Consultant, Senior Lecturer and Trainer		Identify and support your pupils suffering from an eating disorder Vathani Navasothy, Eating Disorder Consultant, Awakening Dawn, NCFED	Establish a personalised approach to supporting vulnerable learners through bespoke nurture groups Gareth D. Morewood, Director of Curriculum Support [SENCO], Priestnall School, Stockport
12:40 – 13:40	Lunch
13:40 – 14:10 Keynote 3	Develop a whole-school strategy for supporting pupils with mental health problems
14:10 – 15:00	Streamed sessions
2A			2B	2C		2D
SEAL: promote a culture of respect and awareness amongst students to foster emotional wellbeing Dave Stott Education Consultant and Editor, Behaviour Matters			Support your pupils who are themselves supporting a parent or family member with a mental illness Sarah Hayward, Art Psychotherapist, The William Henry Smith School	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: provide effective support for your pupils suffering with OCD Joe Wells Student, OCD sufferer and Author, Touch and Go Joe, an adolescent's experience of OCD		Provide effective joined up support for the families of your pupils suffering with mental health problems Vathani Navasothy, Eating Disorder Consultant, Awakening Dawn, NCFED
15:00 – 15:30	Afternoon refreshments
15:30 – 16:20	Streamed sessions
3A			3B	3C		3D
Create an effective programme of support for pupils coping with bereavement Tina Rae, Senior Educational Psychologist, London Borough of Hillingdon and Professional and Academic Tutor, University of East London			Identify the symptoms leading to self harm and provide effective support for these pupils Jude Sellen Independent young peoples mental health trainer/ consultant	Raise awareness across your school to end the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems Jo Loughran, Rethink and Cathy Street, Independent researcher and consultant in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)		Anger management: Develop an effective approach to helping students with behavioural problems Melanie Wells Highly Specialist Community Therapist, CAMHS
16:20	Conference close