Social, Emotional & Mental Health
At Follifoot & Spofforth, we believe that the social, emotional mental health (SEMH) of children and adults is of the utmost importance and central to our vision of enabling everyone to Love Learn Thrive.
We want everyone involved in our Federation family to be emotionally and mentally healthy. This means supporting them to becoming resilient with the ability to recognise how to proactively care for their emotional health, as they would do for their physical health. It also means recognising that mental health changes just as physical health does sometimes over time and on other occasions in an instant. Support for mental health, just as for physical, comes in many different forms from many different sources all of which have value and can play a role.
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North Yorkshire Ladder of Intervention
We are fortunate to have trained teaching assistants who are able to provide 1:1 pastoral support for anxiety and emotions as well as group activities to support social and emotional difficulties with children. We have links with the Communication and Interaction team who have further supported work on emotions through Zones of Regulation, supported by teaching assistants in class.
Support and interventions accessible include but are not limited to:
- SEMH group or 1:1 intervention for Emotions and Feelings, Self Esteem, Worries
- Time limited and focussed keep up/catch up interventions
- Worry Dolls, Worry box
- Socially Speaking group
- Lego Therapy group
- Time to Talk
- Playground observation and review
- Guided playground games
- Social stories to aid understanding for specific events including transition
- Positive Intervention Plans
- Compass Buzz 1:1 intervention
- Incredible Five Point Scale, A Volcano in My Tummy, Worry Monster
- Pre School Entry plan meetings, Secondary School Entry Plan meetings and individually planned additional visits
As a Federation we are committed to ensuring we maintain strong and well trained practitioners within the staff team who can address specific SEMH needs and support other members of staff.
Some Helpful Links
CALM ZONE
There are lots of ways to feel calmer. It’s about finding what works for you. Try some of our breathing exercises, activities, games and videos to help let go of stress.
https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/calm-zone/
YOUNG MINDS
The UK’s leading charity fighting for children and young people’s mental health. Find out more about us, our mission and how we work.
COMPASS BUZZ
Compass BUZZ is an exciting, new, innovative and free project that aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 5-18 (25 with SEND) in schools across North Yorkshire.
https://www.compass-uk.org/services/north-yorkshire-compass-buzz/
The Go-To’ Website
We are delighted to announce that a new website for children, young people, parents/carers and professionals has been launched!
The Go-To’ – www.thegoto.org.uk
The Go-To is a portal or ‘single point of information’ for the wide range of mental health support services offered by different agencies in North Yorkshire.
This new website signposts young people to the most appropriate support and has lots of useful tips and information to help young people cope with stress or anxiety.
Barnardo’s – See, Hear, Respond Service
See, Hear, Respond is a service provided across England by Barnardo’s and other national and local community-based organisations in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
The programme has been created to help children and young people in England who are experiencing adversity during this period by providing support to those who are not being seen by other key agencies.
Working with its partners, Barnardo’s aims to ensure other support and networks are in place using:
- online digital support, including advice and information, online counselling and a telephone helpline
- face to face interventions, such as support for groups at risk outside the home and one to one support
- reintegration into education, including assessments and the delivery of support pathways back to education
See Hear Respond accept referrals from any source either through the
Freephone number 0800 0087005 and via the online referral hub https://www.barnardos.org.uk/see-hear-respond
Developing Resilience Support for Parents & Children
Developing Resilience (under 12’s)
aims to help children under 12 to learn more about what resilience is and how they can be more resilient.
To access these courses and many more, head to www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk and use the log in button at the top of the page or head straight to Moodle, the e-learning site, via https://lms.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/. If you are unsure of how to navigate the site, you can take the tutorial short course which talks you through Moodle and how to use it. Or you can send an email to tewv.vrc@nhs.net who will be able to help.
Family Support – Advice for Parents
Families Under Pressure https://maudsleycharity.org/familiesunderpressure/ illustrates simple tips and techniques to support families in this challenging time, all narrated by voices you may recognise.