Mental Health & Wellbeing Training For Parents and Teachers

Develop an understanding of mental health challenges in children and young people, and how to approach creating conversations about mental health with and offering basic support to children and young people.

At the end of the course, attendees will be able to :

• Have an understanding of what Mental Health and Wellbeing is from an Islamic perspective.
• Be able to identify and recognise mental health difficulties.
• Understand mental health issues in children and young people.
• Understand why is it hard to talk to our children and to each other about mental health.
• Develop active listening skills, empathy and reflection.
• Learn how to ask children and young people open ended questions.
• Understand where to go for help and become aware of the services available.
• Learn to better take care of yourself and manage stress.

Zoom pre-course information:

• You must have a strong internet connection to enable interaction via the online format.
• Access to a quiet area.
• Ideally access to headphones with a microphone to exclude external noise interruption.

Target Audience:

Parents and Teachers

Course Instructors:

Adisah graduated from Hull University with a BSc in Counselling and Psychology, and from Strathclyde University with an MSc in counselling. Since 2010, she has worked across settings: community, education and healthcare in various support, counselling and management roles. Adisah is currently is working as a children and adult counsellor and clinical supervisor. Additionally, she works with Place2be, a childrens’ mental health charity, as a school project manager.

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