Mr King’s comments come ahead of the annual meeting of the HMC this week, where the issue of wellbeing and mental health will be a focus. He added: “There is no crisis in our schools but there are individuals who have problems and we need to respond to those problems.
“Our schools are spending a great deal more money training staff. We are moving from a position where we have pastoral leaders, staff that were involved with pastoral side in our schools who were well meaning and good intentioned to staff who are properly trained.”
Richard Russell, headmaster of Colfes School in West London, has started a programme entitled Tougher Minds aimed at helping teenagers achieve daily goals to boost their self-esteem.
“It has never been more difficult to be a teenager,” he said. “You are spending a lot of your time in a virtual goldfish bowl and all schools are under pressure to develop coping strategies.”
Bernard Trafford, headmaster of Newcastle Royal Grammar School, has recently hired a full-time counsellor to tackle mental health issues among his pupils.
In his view, schools have become better at raising awareness of mental health issues but pupils are also speaking out about it more.
Mr King’s comments come ahead of the annual meeting of the HMC this week, where the issue of wellbeing and mental health will be a focus. He added: “There is no crisis in our schools but there are individuals who have problems and we need to respond to those problems.“Our schools are spending a great deal more money training staff. We are moving from a position where we have pastoral leaders, staff that were involved with pastoral side in our schools who were well meaning and good intentioned to staff who are properly trained.”Richard Russell, headmaster of Colfes School in West London, has started a programme entitled Tougher Minds aimed at helping teenagers achieve daily goals to boost their self-esteem.“It has never been more difficult to be a teenager,” he said. “You are spending a lot of your time in a virtual goldfish bowl and all schools are under pressure to develop coping strategies.”Bernard Trafford, headmaster of Newcastle Royal Grammar School, has recently hired a full-time counsellor to tackle mental health issues among his pupils.In his view, schools have become better at raising awareness of mental health issues but pupils are also speaking out about it more.
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..
