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What is the future of wellbeing and mental health in schools and what can you do to make the biggest impact on the children in your care? Join me, Shahana Knight, the Founder and Director of TPC Therapy to talk about all things related to wellbeing and mental health in schools. Each week will be full of innovative ideas, inspirational stories, practical guidance and even some freebies, so that we can actually re-define what school should be for the children of today. In these episodes, I will take you on a journey where we will recreate the concept of school, classrooms, and even the role of being a teacher itself. I will be sharing personal stories and examples along the way, offering new ideas and giving you the tools to implement them. I will challenge perceptions, think outside the box, and leave you feeling inspired and excited to make a change! I will also be focusing on you! What do you need to do to take care of your own mental health and wellbeing? How can you show up to work every day with clarity, motivation and a sense of purpose? We will dive into all of that too! You have SO much power to make some real changes, let me show you how! I am so excited you found me here, let’s dive right in!
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Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
This week is children’s mental health week and the focus is expressing yourself. It is a great time to do lessons and assemblies on this with the children BUT it goes well beyond that. In order to learn something we have to do it over and over again, it takes time and repetition to really take on a new way of doing something. This is why we spend so much time focusing on handwriting and reading. If we really want children to learn to take care of their own mental health by expressing themselves then we have to teach them how to do that in a multitude of ways to help them truly learn how. A lesson on expressing yourself through art or a drama session isn’t enough, in fact, it is more of an introduction.
In today’s episode, we are going to discuss 4 key ways that will really teach children to express themselves as a means to support their mental health.
1. Creating a feeling of being comfortable with a creative medium
2. Adding small daily practices into your day with the children in school that promote self-expression
3. Teaching children to use self-expressive tools to regulate themselves when they need it most
4. Modelling self-expression
If we really want to make a difference to children’s mental health and give them the tools to express themselves then we must commit to this every single day.
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