LEHSS - Supporting Children with Low Mood and Depression

LEHSS - Supporting children with Low Mood and Depression

This session forms part of the LEHSS Core and Refresher Training Pathway of Support

What is this training about?

This free online training session will give an overview of low mood and depression, why people experience periods of lower mood, and how this can affect them. We will cover a range of ways we can support our students to feel better and engage more, both in and out of school or college.

What will you learn and gain from this training:

· Understanding of low mood and depression, including what these terms mean and what causes someone to experience them.

· Evidence-based principles and strategies to support young people experiencing low mood and depression.

What people have said about this training:

“Lots of good information and strategies.”

“I enjoyed learning about the science behind low mood and depression, alongside learning about classroom strategies.”

“There was a good variety of practical advice and interaction with other professionals, really enjoyed it.”

PLEASE NOTE: This Training session is only available to staff employed by schools and colleges within the Lancashire County Council area. Places cannot be allocated to people employed by other services or who work in schools outside this area. This training is fully funded by LCC and there is no charge to staff directly employed by a school or college within the LCC area.

The pathway is a comprehensive offer to educational settings, and consists of evidence-based training sessions delivered on Microsoft Teams and one-to-one specialist consultations to support staff to apply the knowledge and skills taught practically in their settings.

All of our training sessions map onto key elements of the following guidance: OFSTED Inspection Framework; Public Health England/Department for Education (2021) Promoting children and young people's mental health and wellbeing guidance; NICE (2022) Social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education guidance; Department for Education and Department for Health (2015) SEND Code of Practice. Further details of how this pathway of support maps onto and implements this guidance can be found at our website: www.lehss.co.uk

Each school and college setting in the LCC area has access to a unique password-protected Compassionate Schools Hub account, which included a Training Tracker function compiling all of the LEHSS training sessions attended by staff in that setting. Please be advised that by attending our training and completing the sign in register you are agreeing for a record of your name, the title of the training course and date you attended a course to be uploaded to your setting’s Compassionate Schools Hub account. This means that the individual assigned to your setting’s Compassionate Schools Hub Account will be able to view this information. For further information on how we use your data please view the Compassionate Schools Hub Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy accessible at https://cs-hub.co.uk