mental health
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Mental health and you
Following on from lockdown and a return to work, never has it been more imperative to acknowledge and care for your own mental health and the mental wellbeing of your pupils.
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Supporting mental health during COVID-19
During stressful times as these, it’s more important than ever to look after your mental health and make it as much of a priority as your physical health.
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EIS to tackle teachers’ workload with Value Education Value Teachers campaign
The issue of excessive teacher workload has long been a challenge in Scottish education. Despite various initiatives, including a Tackling Bureaucracy strategy agreed by all key players, a major survey of EIS members confirmed that excessive workload is still placing significant strain on teachers in Scotland’s schools.
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Making changes for Stress Awareness Month
After surviving the jokes and pranks of April Fools Day yesterday, we’re here to talk about a slightly more serious subject.
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Having an open discussion on mental health in the classroom
In the wake of Mike Thalassitis’s death it is important to create an open environment to discuss mental health in the classroom.
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Make tiny changes: Mental health
Scotland is currently experiencing a mental health crisis with figures depicting an increase in suicide amongst young people. In a bid to tackle the issue head on, whilst promoting mental health awareness, is it time mental health education was on the curriculum?
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Almost 400,000 staff days lost in Scottish schools due to mental ill health
The Scottish Liberal Democrats are calling for urgent changes to the pressures put upon teachers as staff absences continue to rise.
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World Mental Health Day: Make it Count
On 10 October every year it is World Mental Health Day (WMHD) and this year’s theme is young people and mental health in a changing world. It’s important to talk about mental health all year round but every year WMHD highlights the need to speak openly and honestly about our mental wellbeing. A stigma still…
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Mental Health and Wellbeing award launches for schools
With half of mental health problems in adulthood beginning before the age of 14, the addition of the Mental Health and Wellbeing award to the curriculum is a step in the right direction. The award aims to help young people understand more about their own mental health and wellbeing as well as how to help others. It…
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Prince William launches new site for mental health in the workplace
Prince William has launched a new website today to aid mental well-being in the workplace. The new site, Mental Health at Work, has been funded by the Royal Foundation, the charitable trust of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. It follows their work on the Heads Together campaign to end…
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