film tackles the themes of self-harm, suicide, bullying, Secondary age isolation, depression. upwards Show a film to staff please note that this is NOT SUITABLE for students: – Being Human 28.38 In September 2017 a group of ten young people who Teachers in any documentary and experience mental health challenges began working school setting. play together on a drama project to create a play about their experiences of trying to be in and achieve well, at school. For many young people who need support with their mental health, the school environment is stressful and anxiety provoking, whilst desperate to succeed and join in, they struggle to find a way to do this. Sometimes school processes, the behaviour of others and the inadvertent use of unhelpful language can make young people feel unvalued, singled out, bullied and lonely. This film gives voice to young people about how it feels and they start to explore how things could be different. They made the film specifically for teachers to watch and the play they refer to was performed to three schools in the county. Promote the Top Ten Tips - - created by East Sussex young people to help adults in supporting them. You could use the new film made by ESCC Youth Cabinet to introduce: https://youtu.be/Ti1Dz1eM3FE. Use clips/articles about celebrities talking about MHEW to stimulate discussion, e.g.: Freddie Flintoff & Stephen Manderson - (3 minutes) Stephen Fry (12 mins) - best for secondary/post 16 – Famous writing about their mental health: Hold a Tea and Talk gathering see for resources. – Paint it Purple with Heads On encourage everyone to wear something purple - – Say hello yellow encourage everyone to wear something yellow - – References The World Federation for Mental Health https://wfmh.global/world-mental-health-day-2018/ growing up in our world today. Constantly battling the effects of human rights violations, wars and violence “Imagine in the home, schools and businesses. Young people are spending most of their day on the internet experiencing – cyber crimes, cyber bullying, and playing violent video games. Suicide and substance abuse numbers have been
film tackles the themes of self-harm, suicide, bullying, isolation, depression. Secondary age upwards Show a film to staff – please note that this is NOT SUITABLE for students: Being Human documentary and play 28.38 In September 2017 a group of ten young people who experience mental health challenges began working together on a drama project to create a play about their experiences of trying to be in and achieve well, at school. For many young people who need support with their mental health, the school environment is stressful and anxiety provoking, whilst desperate to succeed and join in, they struggle to find a way to do this. Sometimes school processes, the behaviour of others and the inadvertent use of unhelpful language can make young people feel unvalued, singled out, bullied and lonely. This film gives voice to young people about how it feels and they start to explore how things could be different. They made the film specifically for teachers to watch and the play they refer to was performed to three schools in the county. Teachers in any school setting. Promote the Top Ten Tips - - created by East Sussex young people to help adults in supporting them. You could use the new film made by ESCC Youth Cabinet to introduce: https://youtu.be/Ti1Dz1eM3FE. Use clips/articles about celebrities talking about MHEW to stimulate discussion, e.g.: Freddie Flintoff & Stephen Manderson - (3 minutes) Stephen Fry – (12 mins) - best for secondary/post 16 Famous writing about their mental health: Hold a Tea and Talk gathering – see for resources. Paint it Purple with Heads On – encourage everyone to wear something purple - Say hello yellow – encourage everyone to wear something yellow - References The World Federation for Mental Health https://wfmh.global/world-mental-health-day-2018/ “Imagine growing up in our world today. Constantly battling the effects of human rights violations, wars and violence in the home, schools and businesses. Young people are spending most of their day on the internet – experiencing cyber crimes, cyber bullying, and playing violent video games. Suicide and substance abuse numbers have been
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