BBC London Radio Interview
Dr Margot Sunderland talks to BBC London about the urgent need for a rethink in our approach to teen PSHE
Leaders Digest Twinkl
TISUK Director of Education and National Strategy Julie Harmieson discusses the importance of psychological safety in addressing school absences.
Education Today
TISUK Strategic Lead and Senior Trainer Tracy Godfroy looks at supporting staff wellbeing with reflective supervision.
Education Today
Secondaries haven't done their science homework if they think that time in nature is just for primary schools. Dr Margot Sunderland and Dr Coral Harper look at how time in nature can be used to support learning in secondary settings.
Education for Everybody
Julie Harmieson, Director of Education and National Strategy at Trauma Informed Schools UK (TISUK) discusses the benefits of a relational approach to behaviour in schools, turn to page 14-15 to read the full article.
TISUK Blog-
TISUK Director Julie Harmieson describes her trip to Lithuania with fellow director Julia Bird to support Domus Solis in the relocation of an entire school of children, teachers and their families from Ukraine to Lithuania. Read the full story here-
Teach Primary
In the Face of Rising Mental health Issues for Children, All Teachers Should Receive Trauma Informed Training in School
TISUK Director Julie Harmieson discusses why a Trauma Informed approach is essential to help enable troubled children to thrive in schools
Education Today
Ignorance About the Causes of Mental Ill-Health and Recovery Costs Lives
Dr Margot Sunderland examines some of the myths surrounding the causes of mental ill-health in children and young people and their recovery, and calls for new approaches to recovery based on current research.
Bristol post
Snowdon Village "The work we do is not only life changing but it is life saving"
EDUCATION TODAY
EDUCATION TODAY
View from the Classroom
The Star
Bents Green becomes the first school in Sheffield to win a Trauma Informed Schools Award
RADIO SHEFFIELD
Sally Pearse, Strategic Lead for Early Years talks to Kat Cowan on Radio Sheffield about the importance of teachers understanding traums, 1hr 49min - 1hr 55min
Kat Cowan - 06/11/2021 - BBC Sounds
FE NEWS
Dr Margot Sunderland, Director of Education and Training, The Centre for Child Mental Health discusses the need to normalise talking about mental health and make schools, colleges and universities therapeutic places to support the mental health and wellbeing of students and staff.
TEACHING TIMES
https://www.teachingtimes.com/sebbies-story/
Sebbie's story - Managing the Behaviour of Traumatised Children, Dr Margot Sunderland offers practical guidance for non-specialist teachers and school staff on how to respond to children in distress.
BBC Radio cornwall
Anne Davis, Trauma and Mental Health Informed Practitioner ( TIS UK)
Pastoral Support Leader, Bosvigo School, Truro, Cornwall
TEACHING TIMES
https://www.teachingtimes.com/sams-story-managing-challenging-behaviour/
Sam's Story- Managing Challenging Behaviour, Dr Margot Sunderland relates the story of 'Sam' - a sobering tale about a teenager struggling to come to terms with his traumatic past.
TEACHING TIMES
https://www.teachingtimes.com/helping-children-and-teenagers-who-live-with-anxiety/
Sarah's story - Helping Children and Teenagers who live with anxiety, Dr Margot Sunderland offers practical guidance for non-specialist teachers and school staff responding to children in distress who ‘behave their trauma’.
ITV NEWS WALES
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-04-22/torfaen-school-wins-award-for-mental-health-work/
Torfaen School wins mental health award
SOUTH WALES ARGUS ONLINE
https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/18358681.torfaen-special-needs-school-applauded-approach-mental-health/
TIS UK award winning Torfaen Special School is applauded for it's approach to mental health
Schools use animals to boost pupils well being
CORNWALL LIVE
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-paves-way-mental-health-3908416
Cornwall paves the way for mental health change in UK schools - Staff at every school will get mental health and trauma training
TEACH PRIMARY
Castle Hill title page Castle Hill page 1 Doc12
Castle Hill in Teach Primary sings the praises of training by TISUK as vital for turning their school around
THE THERAPUTIC CARE JOURNAL
https://www.thetcj.org/in-residence-articles/trauma-it-gets-everywhere-by-sean-williams?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
Sean Williams, who was a graduate from the Diploma in Trauma and Mental Health in Schools and Communities, describes very moving work with a teenager using TISUK methodology and skills
BARRY AND DISTRICT NEWS
https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/17963007.gladstone-primary-first-school-wales-receive-trauma-mental-health-informed-school-award
Gladstone Primary is first school in Wales to receive a Trauma and Mental Health Informed School Award
LONDON MUMS MAGAZINE
https://londonmumsmagazine.com/mums-tips/parenting-skills/teenager-wellbeing-what-every-teenager-needs-to-know-to-live-well/
Teenage Well-being: What every teenager needs to know to live well
LONDON MUMS MAGAZINE TWITTER
https://twitter.com/londonmums/status/1151821452536111104
Teenage Well-being: What every teenager needs to know to live well
EDUCATION EXECUTIVE
https://edexec.co.uk/sensory-work-environments-and-staff-wellbeing/
Sensory work environments and staff wellbeing
Providing a special sensory, work-free and student-free ‘nurture room’, where teachers can unwind, is an effective and achievable way to bring down toxic stress levels and improve staff wellbeing.
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS MAGAZINE
http://www.independentschoolsmagazine.co.uk/issues/files/downloads/March%202019%20WEB.pdf
Why are Senior school leaders so stressed and how can they be helped?
A cold radiator can’t warm people: translated, if a senior leader is not receiving sufficient human warmth, empathy and help to psychologically reflect, they will almost certainly be ill-equipped to be ‘emotionally available’ for staff and pupils suggests Dr Margot Sunderland.
EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY
A sensory work environment and the positive impact on teacher wellbeing
https://educationforeverybody.co.uk/content/sensory-work-environment#
INDEPENDENT EDUCATION TODAY
The key components for a mentally healthy school
Dr Margot Sunderland, director of the Centre for Child Mental Health, advocates a whole-school approach to wellbeing, with care for teachers as well as students
https://ie-today.co.uk/Blog/the-key-components-for-a-mentally-healthy-school/
HEART WESTMIDLANDS TWITTER
https://twitter.com/HeartWMidsNews/status/1095954718101250048
OPEN ACCESS GOVERNMENT
The key components for a mentally healthy school
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/a-mentally-healthy-school/58283/
OPEN ACCESS TODAY
Child diagnosis: the need to be trauma informed
Whilst autism spectrum disorder has neurological evidence, it is often misdiagnosed in children with Trauma: read on to find out how you can prevent this
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/be-trauma-informed/58155/
UKEdChat
Key components of a mentally healthy school
Mentally healthy schools are schools that pay ongoing and dedicated attention to the emotional wellbeing of both students and staff and put in place policies and interventions to ensure that students and staff feel cared for, listened to, understand, nurtured and valued for what each of them, individually bring to the school community.
https://ukedchat.com/2019/01/14/mentally-healthy-school/
OPEN ACCESS GOVERNEMENT TWITTER
https://twitter.com/OpenAccessGov/status/1083009395305390080
OPEN ACCESS GOVERNEMENT
What can schools do to spot and avert mental health issues?
Schools across the UK are dealing with a mental health epidemic, with both primary and secondary school leaders reporting a rise in stress, anxiety and panic attacks in their pupils as well as depression, self-harm and eating disorders
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/schools-mental-health-issues/56640/
Governor Support Twitter
https://twitter.com/Govsandclerks/status/1083383256131821570
EDUCATION EXECUTIVE ONLINE
THE KEY COMPONENETS OF A MENTALLY HEALTHY SCHOOL – PART 2
School leaders have really got their work cut out in ensuring schools are mentally healthy environments.
https://edexec.co.uk/the-key-components-of-a-mentally-healthy-school-part-2/
EDUCATION EXECUTIVE TWITTER
https://twitter.com/EdExec/status/1083381728528470016
THE EDUCATOR
How does harsh discipline affect a teens brain?
http://flickread.com/edition/html/free/5c4239d31f3ca#45
CONFERENCE AND COMMON ROOM
Creating mentally healthy schools
Margot Sunderland argues that in ensuring that their school is a mentally healthy environment, heads and other school leaders have really got their work cut out
https://cloud.3dissue.com/2389/3124/7030/ccr56-1/offline/download.pdf
ACADEMY TODAY
Senior leads have important role to play in mental health
Dr Margot Sunderland, Director of the Centre for Child Mental Health (CCMH), discusses how heads and senior leads can tackle mental health
https://academytoday.co.uk/Article/senior-leads-have-important-role-to-play-in-mentally-health
SecEd
Mental health: Spotting and averting issues in schools
With NHS figures showing that one in eight students now have a mental health disorder, what can schools do to spot and avert mental health issues? Dr Margot Sunderland advises
http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/best-practice/mental-health-spotting-and-averting-issues-in-schools/
EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY TWITTER
https://twitter.com/e4emagazine/status/1074952628247977984
EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY
Child psychologist calls for mentally healthy schools
https://www.educationforeverybody.co.uk/3dissue/e4e60/index.html
EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY
The key components of a mentally healthy school
Dr Margot Sunderland, Director of the Centre for Child Mental Health(CCMH) and Co-Director of Trauma Informed Schools UK– discusses the key components of a mentally healthy school.
https://educationforeverybody.co.uk/content-components-mental-health
EDUCATION EXECUTIVE
With children’s mental health experiences at school proven to have long-lasting effects into later life, we caught up with child psychologist Dr Margot Sunderland to find out what school leadership teams can do to create a mentally healthy school for staff and students
https://edexec.co.uk/the-key-components-of-a-mentally-healthy-school/
IE TODAY TWITTER
https://twitter.com/IE_Today/status/1062711784124149761
EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY
Dr Margot Sunderland, Director of Education and Training at The Centre for Child Mental Health, writes about trauma and loss and how teachers and other agencies must be well-informed to ensure correct diagnoses…
https://www.educationforeverybody.co.uk/blog/Child-Mental-Health
TEACHING TIMES
Schools across the UK are dealing with a mental health epidemic, with both primary and secondary school leaders reporting a rise in stress, anxiety and panic attacks in their pupils as well as depression, self-harm and eating disorders. Dr Margot Sunderland believes that schools can spot and avert mental health issues.
https://library.teachingtimes.com/articles/catchingthembeforetheyfall
WORK IN MIND
Teacher stress: The urgent need to reduce it from toxic to tolerable
Dr Margot Sunderland, Director of Education and Training at The Centre for Child Mental Health, says senior leaders need to start taking teachers’ stress levels seriously
https://workinmind.org/2018/08/31/teacher-stress-the-urgent-need-to-reduce-it-from-toxic-to-tolerable/
EDUCATION MAGAZINE
https://issuu.com/review-magazines/docs/ed78_for_web
QA MAGAZINE
The importance of senior leads in Mentally Healthy Schools
https://www.qaeducation.co.uk/article/mentally-healthy-schools
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Can digital technology improve mental health?
Neil Gilmour, Director of Motional, discusses how digital tools can bolster children's mental health, rather than eroding it
https://edtechnology.co.uk/Article/can-digital-technology-improve-mental-health/
TEACH SECONDARY/TEACHWIRE ONLINE
Zero tolerance policy towards bad behaviour is fueling a mental health crisis in schools NHAT say-What can be done?
https://content.yudu.com/web/69r/0Aiy7k/ETJulAug2018/html/index.html?page=21&origin=reader
THE TELEGRAPH
Are digital diversions robbing us of the vital lessons of play and connection when it comes to raising families?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/family-time/why-we-need-more-family-time/
UCB NEWS
What is Toxic Stress?
https://soundcloud.com/ucbnewsteam/ucb-news-what-is-toxic-stress
Education Executive
https://edexec.co.uk/the-key-components-of-a-mentally-healthy-school-part-2/
The Key Components of a Mentally Healthy School
School leaders have really got their work cut out in ensuring schools are mentally healthy environments - How do you bring Toxic stress down to a healthy level for all staff?
Education Executive twitter
https://twitter.com/EdExec/status/1083381728528470016
The Key Components of a Mentally Healthy School
School leaders have really got their work cut out in ensuring schools are mentally healthy environments - How do you bring Toxic stress down to a healthy level for all staff?
Caring Mind twitter
https://twitter.com/acaringmind/status/1083340038090440706
The Key Components of a Mentally Healthy School
School leaders have really got their work cut out in ensuring schools are mentally healthy environments - How do you bring Toxic stress down to a healthy level for all staff?
Governor Support twitter
https://twitter.com/Govsandclerks/status/1083383256131821570
The Key Components of a Mentally Healthy School
School leaders have really got their work cut out in ensuring schools are mentally healthy environments - How do you bring Toxic stress down to a healthy level for all staff?
UK Heads Up twitter
https://twitter.com/UK_HeadsUp/status/1082309699775746051
The Key Components of a Mentally Healthy School
School leaders have really got their work cut out in ensuring schools are mentally healthy environments - How do you bring Toxic stress down to a healthy level for all staff?
Open Access Government website
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/schools-mental-health-issues/56640/
What can schools do to spot and avert mental health issues - Dr Margot Sunderland discuses how schools can help deal with the current mental health epidemic
Open Access Government twitter
https://twitter.com/OpenAccessGov/status/1083009395305390080
What can schools do to spot and avert mental health issues - Dr Margot Sunderland discuses how schools can help deal with the current mental health epidemic
TES Magazine
https://www.tes.com/news/tes-magazine/tes-magazine/a-safe-haven-a-world-uncertainty
A Safe haven in a world of uncertainty
TeachWire November 14 2018
https://www.teachwire.net/news/what-really-happens-when-you-raise-your-voice-to-students
What Really Happens when you Raise your Voice to Students?
GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2
Guidance
Mental health and behaviour in schools
How schools can support pupils whose mental health problems manifest themselves in behaviour.
Special Educational Needs Magazine
https://senmagazine.co.uk/home/articles/senarticles-2/child-diagnosis-the-need-to-be-trauma-informed
Child Diagnosis: the need to be trauma informed
Education Technology
https://edtechnology.co.uk/Article/can-digital-technology-improve-mental-health
The role of technology in monitoring mental health
Education Today - Page 21 Print and Digital Editions
https://content.yudu.com/web/69r/0Aiy7k/ETJulAug2018/html/index.html?page=21&origin=reader
Zero tolerance policy towards bad behaviour is fuelling a mental health crisis in schools says NAHT - what can be done
Education Today – Pages 30-32 Print and Digital Editions
https://content.yudu.com/web/69r/0Aiy7k/ETJune2018/html/index.html?page=30&origin=reader
The stress epidemic – what can be done to address mental health and wellbeing in the staffroom?
Teach Secondary/Teach Wire online
https://www.teachwire.net/news/mental-health-should-secondary-schools-teach-happiness
Should schools teach happiness?
Education for Everybody
https://www.educationforeverybody.co.uk/blog/Child-Mental-Health
Child Mental Health Diagnosis: the need to be Trauma informed
Imaginative Minds Group Article Library
https://library.teachingtimes.com/articles/catchingthembeforetheyfall
Catching them before they fall
Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/family-time/why-we-need-more-family-time/
Why spending time with the family is more important than ever
Independent Education Today Twitter
https://twitter.com/IE_Today/status/1062711784124149761
How does harsh discipline affect a teen's brain?
Education Executive
https://edexec.co.uk/the-key-components-of-a-mentally-healthy-school/
The key components of a mentally healthy school and comment from Margot
Education for Everybody
https://educationforeverybody.co.uk/content-components-mental-health
The key components of a mentally healthy school
Sec-ed.co.uk
http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/best-practice/mental-health-spotting-and-averting-issues-in-schools/
Spotting and adverting mental health issues
QA Education - online
https://www.qaeducation.co.uk/blog/child-mental-health-policy
Spotting and adverting mental health issues
SEN Magazine - Facebook
https://goo.gl/usZvp9
Child diagnosis: the need to be trauma informed
SEN Magazine – Twitter
https://twitter.com/SENMAGAZINE/status/1055410878064013313
Child diagnosis: the need to be trauma informed
SEN Magazine.co.uk
https://senmagazine.co.uk/home/articles/senarticles-2/child-diagnosis-the-need-to-be-trauma-informed
Child diagnosis: the need to be trauma informed
Academy Today
https://academytoday.co.uk/Article/senior-leads-have-important-role-to-play-in-mentally-health
Senior leads have important role to play in mental health
www.Xpose.ie
https://www.virginmediatelevision.ie/xpose/article/lifestyle/293928/Things-parents-and-families-can-do-to-reduce-stress-and-anxiety-levels-in-children
Things parents and families can do to reduce stress and anxiety levels in children
