ISABC Pro-D Day 2023 - Healing the Land; Healing the Mind

This session will unpack managing psychosocial risks, identifying and triaging mental health challenges, and building proactive wellbeing skills as the new standard in whole-school mental health according to the Change Model in the Global Happiness and Wellbeing Policy Report (2019) and the OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030 report.

Participants will:

• Understand the difference between mental health and wellbeing 
• Connect the interplay and sometimes paradoxical nature of referral and treatment of disorders with proactive wellbeing building skills and psychosocial risk management
• Unpack the benefits of a whole school or college approach 
• Explore the interdependencies of educator & pupil mental health 
• Consider the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue across staff 
• Explore the importance of collecting and assessing data to support implementation through a Measure- Interpret- Act approach 
• Consider the roles of school, parent, student and community support 
• Access a simple checklist of must-haves for whole-school mental health promotion  

Zoom Passcode: 634401