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"Raising awareness of mental health is important to us," says Noelle Doona, assistant head teacher of Hendon School in Barnet, one of the first in London to access mental health first aid training.
Community interest company Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England is rolling out the training for teachers and pupils across England. The scheme aims is to improve teachers' knowledge of mental health so that they can respond more effectively to pupils' needs.
Doona says that she found hearing from people who have lived with mental health experiences as a part of the one-day training useful in terms of helping staff to develop empathy when assisting pupils in need of support.
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