Telford show
We had a great day in Telford with all of our wonderful speakers and attendees
Telford 18th November 2024.
Ramada Telford Ironbridge, Forge Gate, Overdale, Telford, TF3 4NA
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Our Telford Speakers:
Richard Daniel Curtis
AMHIE Chair, internationally renowned social, emotional and mental health expert and mentor.
National Trends in Mental Health Strategy – Here we discuss trends over the last two years covering Ethos and Environment, Leadership and Management, Student Voice, Parents, Carers and Families, Staff Development, Identifying Needs and Monitoring Impact, Targeted Support and Curriculum, Teaching and Learning. An insight to help benchmark your setting against the rest of the country. National data based on the free online audit tool (https://audit.mentalhealthlead.com)
Providing a safe space through mentoring – Over the past ten years, Richard has trained hundreds of mentors to work directly with children. In this session, Richard shares a few tried and tested activities to provide a safe space for children or young people to dicsuss their concerns.
Integrating Wellbeing Across a Packed Curriculum – The adage is correct; prevention is better than cure. The UK, indeed the world, is experiencing a wave of mental health challenges, particularly among the young, for numerous and well documented reasons. We are all familiar with the overload on services and as the children we teach grow, there is no long term solution in site. As part of the curriculum we offer young people, we need to be teaching them to be mentally literate and to have the skills to cope with what they face and be resilient to the future. Author of a forthcoming book on the topic, Richard will lead a workshop aimed at thinking more about the natural opportunities across the curriculum to promote mental health and wellbeing.
Assessing social and emotional skills – Richard talks through the use of the Social and Emotional Skills Assessment, a free measure of social and emotional skills acquisition.
Tracey Cartwright, Louise Brindley Jones and Claire Ashley
Senior Leadership Team at Wrockwardine CE Junior School
Championing Mental Health and Wellbeing at Wrockwardine Wood CE Juniors – A discussion covering:
- Embedding mental health and wellbeing into the curriculum and daily practice
- Supporting pupils and parents to manage and develop their mental health
- The benefits to establishing a supportive environment for mental health and wellbeing amongst staff
Lara Rebecca
Mental Health and Wellbeing Advocate, Host of the Keep Smiling Podcast
Breaking the Stereotype: Understanding Eating Disorders and Taking Action – Lara shares her personal journey of overcoming anorexia, anxiety, and low self-esteem, shedding light on the profound psychological challenges she faced along the way.
Drawing on her lived experience, she provides actionable insights and resources to help participants prioritise mental well-being, address challenges proactively, and confront the common stigmas around eating disorders.
Sian Deane
Project Manager, School Improvement Adviser, Initial Teacher Training Lead and Future in Mind Telford Lead
Understanding the link between our core values, beliefs, attitudes and mental health – This seminar will enable professionals to reflect on their own core values and beliefs and understand how these can impact on our mental health positively or negatively. It will also allow us to better understand the reasons for the core values, beliefs and attitudes of our colleagues and the pupils and parents we work with.
Lucy Hall
Coaching Teenage athletes to ace their exams without sacrificing their sporting performance or their wellbeing.
Get TimeFit – Work/Life Balance for Busy Teenagers – Lucy will outline the TimeFit approach to work/life balance for teenagers who face many demands on their time. She will show how a combination of knowing how the brain works and careful planning and prioritising of workload can massively reduce the amount of time students need to spend on exam preparation. Look out for some tips and tricks which can help the teachers in the room to manage their time too!
George Petrakos
Partner with leaders to diagnose and shape their team’s performance environment I Elite Sport Insight I Motivation Psychology I ICF ACC Coach
Understanding the link between our core values, beliefs, attitudes and mental health – This seminar will enable professionals to reflect on their own core values and beliefs and understand how these can impact on our mental health positively or negatively. It will also allow us to better understand the reasons for the core values, beliefs and attitudes of our colleagues and the pupils and parents we work with.
Claire Cannon
Educational Leadership Coach | National Inclusion Consultant – INSET days and CPD | DISC practitioner | Experienced SENCO and senior leader |
Working with’ not ‘fighting against’ wellbeing needs – Claire’s immersive workshop helps you experience the seven types of rest and gives you a chance to reflect on how your awareness of these will help translate into pupil wellbeing.