This learning resource is part of a series of online micro learning units for teachers and school leaders on supporting pupil mental health and wellbeing in practice. The units offer insights into best practice in supporting children and young people, building on the latest evidence base. They are designed to develop knowledge around a range of topics that now form part of the statutory Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) curriculum, supporting teachers to consider how they might most effectively deliver these topics as part of the curriculum. Specifically, topics covered include:
These online micro learning units incorporate a range of content types to support professional learning and reflective practice, including:
This online learning is being supported by the Bupa Foundation and the Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH).
Teachers have a role to play in supporting children and adolescents to understand anxiety as part of the new RSHE curriculum, as well as needing to feel confident that they can support pupils with anxiety and recognise the impact it may have on the children they work with. This micro learning unit includes articles and resources on supporting pupils to understand anxiety.
Watch these presentations by Shona McCann (Vice Principal, Riverside School) and Polly McMeeking (SEND Governor, Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School), followed by a Q&A session shown below with Jonathan Baggaley, CEO, PSHE Association, facilitated by Cat Scutt MBE, Director for Education and Research, Chartered College of Teaching.
Hear about approaches to supporting pupils to understand anxiety. We invite you to make notes on the journey and approaches taken in these case studies to inform your own next steps and consider how you might apply some of these insights in your setting.
This research review contains practical suggestions on how to recognise signs of mental health concerns, and strategies for coping with anxiety.
Having engaged with the resources above, reflect on these questions to develop your knowledge about anxiety and how to support pupils in your setting.
This reading list collates articles and resources on supporting pupils to understand anxiety.