1st Edition
Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Learners in Post-16 Education
This comprehensive guide provides practical strategies and essential insights for anyone working with young adults, revealing the importance of nurturing mental health and wellbeing needs of students in the post-16 education sector.
An invaluable resource for understanding and addressing the unique challenges faced by learners, many of whom will be transitioning into adulthood, this book covers key areas such as stress management, building resilience, and fostering positive self-esteem, and equips readers with the knowledge and practical strategies needed to support the mental health and overall wellbeing of post-16 learners. It offers detailed real-life case studies, practical advice and the latest research to support academic and student-services staff to effectively engage with students. It also addresses issues such as anxiety, depression, exam stress and peer pressure and provides evidence-based strategies that can be implemented in both the classroom and one-to-one settings. This text supports the reader in understanding what can be done to support learners’ mental health and wellbeing both across the college and in individual classrooms.
With its accessible language and actionable advice, this book is an essential toolkit for all those concerned with the wellbeing of needs of students.
1. Introduction - Colleges and Mental Health
2. Main issues related to social and emotional wellbeing faced by young people
3. Approaches to effective college wellbeing systems
4. The relationships between social and emotional wellbeing and learning and attainment
5. Approaches to pastoral care when supporting social wellbeing and emotional health issues in FE
6. The development and usage of basic helping skills to support students’ mental health and wellbeing needs
7. Harnessing the Power of Thoughts and Feelings: Supporting Young People with Social and Emotional Issues through Identification and Monitoring
8. Approaches to Teachers’ wellbeing
9. Whole college approaches to MH and wellbeing
10. List of Mental Health and Wellbeing Services
Biography
Paul Demetriou is an educational consultant who has worked for over 35 years with young people and adults in the FE sector with mental health issues and learning needs.
