BEP have collated a host of reading material and resources to support pupils, schools and their families during the time of Covid-19.
Birmingham With Love:
Birmingham Children’s Partnership set up a new team of multi-agency professionals around every school
COVID Youth Champions:
The Youth City Team are looking for volunteers to become COVID Champions in Birmingham
#Youvebeenmissed campaign:
The campaign remains as active as ever with more than 150 resources available for children, young people, parents and carers, education professionals and professionals of other kinds.
FTB Assemblies:
Assemblies for both Primary & Secondary pupils.
#DontDoItAlone
While some things should be done on one’s own, working on our mental wellbeing ins not one of them.
COVID-19 BeLeave Project
This project specifically supporting girls and young women avoid Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE), across Birmingham remains accessible
Curriculum linked activities
Public Health England have created two new bite-sized curriculum-linked activities to support 11-16 year-olds in dealing with worry and unhelpful thoughts.
University of Warwick – PIPA Trial
Exploring the effectiveness of an online resource for parents/carers to help prevent depression and anxiety in young people aged 11 – 15
Papyrus Guide
The Papyrus guide has been developed to support teachers and non-teaching staff to build a Suicide-Safer school or college.
There is a lot of support out there!
You may have come across the services listed. Please do look and if you can spare a few minutes be curious and check out how they may be able to help
Support for Bereavement and Loss
Please click the button below for more information and resources for Schools staff, children and parents.
Support for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
Please see below for resources and useful websites for SENCo’s teachers and families relating to COVID-19.
Maintaining good well-being and mental health during lockdown / homeschooling – a guide for students
ANNA ROBINSON – BEP, AMANDA DANIELS – BCC, ERIN DOHERTY – FORWARD THINKING BIRMINGHAM
Returning to School, What now and what next? A Mental Health &
Wellbeing Perspective
As we move into a different phase of what we hope is continued recovery and repair, Amanda Daniels, Erin Docherty and Anna Robinson explore emerging themes around emotional health and wellbeing and what that means for school leaders across the city.
Nichola jones – BCC, Professor colleen mclaughlin – university of cambridge, professor robin banerjee – university of sussex
Overview of the transformation programme for SEND CYP and for wellbeing / Emotional Resilience / Back to School! Relationships as the key to emotional wellbeing
Nichola Jones is lead for BCC on Well-being as well as SEND. In her session she gives an introductory overview of the transformation she is leading.
Colleen provides the evidence and rationale for the need to change our emphasis in education today and provide a broader more fit for purpose education that recognises all the needs of young people in schools.
Robin highlights and discusses the value of a relational approach to supporting young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Drawing upon both recent and established theories and research findings, Robin illuminates the key dynamics of young people’s social relationships and how they relate to behaviour, emotional functioning, and academic engagement. The implications for supporting the school community in the context of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is discussed.
Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk – university of dundee
The Science of Relationships: How they help to reduce anxiety in
school classrooms and corridors
Coronavirus has introduced brand new anxieties into schools, from the classroom to the corridors to the staff room. In this presentation, Developmental Psychologist Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk explores how that anxiety can be managed by focusing on the relationships staff build with pupils. She looks at the science of relationships, explaining where anxiety comes from and why it is that, for human beings, social interaction play such a key role in making things better – or worse. It will help viewers to understand that a lot of what they need to ‘do’ in this time of transition doesn’t look like a lot, but that the way staff greet pupils (and colleagues!), speak to them, listen to them and especially laugh with them have a massive impact on biology. Understanding this basic science is often a huge relief, because it boosts confidence about what we need to ‘do’ when times are tough.
Andrew Moffat MBE – excelsior mat
Mental Health & Well-being Post Lockdown
In the last 6 months, our childrens’ worlds have shrunk. What strategies can schools use to support mental health and wellbeing post lockdown?
professor Miranda Pallen – university of birmingham
The impact of ‘lockdown’ on learning and wellbeing from a young person’s perspective – findings from the CONTRAST study
In this session, findings from a survey completed by young people aged 11-15 years during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions is presented, focusing on learning and wellbeing. The variation in young person’s experiences will be explored, and implications for those working with young people discussed.
chiara cappellini – national literacy trust
Children and Young people’s literacy attitudes and behaviors during school closure
Chiara presents research led by Dr Christina Clark on Children’s reading before and during lockdown and links with mental health and wellbeing.