Resilience Workshop - Inset Day

Our resilience workshop is based on the guidelines issued by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England. This one-day inset workshop examines:

• What stress illness is
• How it is caused
• How it can lead to mental health problems
• How to spot the signs in students

Staff leave the workshop with a unique model and practical strategies to help build resilience throughout the school – in students and staff alike.

As with all strategies that introduce positive and lasting change, this resilience workshop starts with understanding. Staff will gain a deeper understanding of what stress illness is and how it can lead to more serious mental (and physical) health issues.

Staff will also leave with a detailed understanding of the different mental health conditions and how to spot the signs of these conditions in students. Based on the advice published by MHFA England, staff will be in a better position to support students with mental health illnesses and signpost students for further help and support.

All staff benefit on a personal and professional level from a greater understanding of mental health conditions, and how resilience can be built and nurtured in staff and students alike.

Guidelines are given on how to support students based on the advice published by MHFA England.

Staff will benefit enormously on a personal level from the resilience training and will also then be able to support students in building their own resilience.

We are living in an increasingly fast-paced, 24/7 environment where students and staff are bombarded with messages from their smartphones and where the pressure to perform is higher than ever. This workshop is set against the backdrop of this modern world.

Part one is designed to help teaching and support staff:

• Understand what stress is
• See how stress can lead to mental health issues
• Spot mental health issues in students
• Provide immediate support

Part two offers a unique model that is designed to:

• Build resilience
• Encourage a personal growth mindset
• Offer a holistic, sustainable approach to wellbeing

This workshop aims to blast away the stigma and misunderstanding that persists around stress and mental health issues. During this resilience workshop staff will:

• Take a detailed look at the medical side of stress
• Understand how stress is linked to heart disease and mental health issues
• Learn about the common and specific signs for all six mental health categories
• Be given guidance on supporting students with their mental health issues
• Learn how to challenge habitual thought patterns in themselves and their students and replace stress-inducing language with resilient language
• Look at potential stress points
• Understand how changes in attitude can develop a growth mindset
• Learn about holistic approaches to wellbeing and how these can be used to build strategies to combat stress

Staff leave this resilience workshop:

• Feeling more confident talking about stress and mental health issues
• With a greater understanding of mental health conditions
• Being able to spot the early warning signs of stress and poor mental health
• A toolkit of techniques to help support students in their journey towards greater resilience in the face of pressures, lower stress and better mental health

This resilience workshop is ideally delivered through four one-hour workshops to a maximum of 300 teachers across a day. This workshop can be delivered face-to-face or online.

Positively You came in to give a talk about resilience and just wanted to say how brilliant it was. It was very educational and I know a lot of people took away some good advice including myself!