Adolescent Mental Health: Understanding Risks and Promoting Positive well being

Enable participants to recognise the increased prevalence of emotional distress and deliberate self-harming behaviours among young people and provide tools on how to respond appropriately and proportionately to risks presented.

Outcomes:

By the end of the training session, training participants will be able to:

• Understand current research on the prevalence of mental health issues, deliberate self-harming behaviours amongst young people and the impact of the Covid pandemic on their well-being and development
• Demonstrate knowledge of the risk factors and antecedents which contribute to social and psychological traumas experienced by young people’s vulnerabilities.
• Ensure that the young people and family assessment are holistic and consider and analyses issues of culture, ethnicity and religion, including the young person and family’s strengths
• Understanding the role of cultural and gender factors in understanding children’s emotional distress, sense of belonging and the impact on different presentations, including self-harm and suicidality
• Describe the significant role of internet, online social media communication and peer influence in escalating emotional distress and self-harming behaviours among young people.
• Use of holistic model of interventions, including THRIVE Model, to engage with and improve children emotional wellbeing
• Demonstrate knowledge of local resources and national resources that can support vulnerable adolescents and their families, including Early Help and preventative and therapeutic services .