CYP Now - Toolkit to support teachers to improve student wellbeing

A free toolkit has been designed to help teachers promote positive mental wellbeing, after charity research showed 40 per cent of teachers don’t feel confident helping students with mental health.

Teacher toolkit will 'help fuel connection and build strong positive relationships with students', pastoral support officer Rahi Popat says. Picture: AdobeStock, Monkey Business

The Classroom Wellbeing Toolkit, which has been produced by the Anna Freud Centre and Early Intervention Foundation (EIF), aims to build teacher confidence in supporting secondary school students facing mental health challenges.

The charities’ prior research shows that 40 per cent of teachers do not feel confident helping students with mental health issues, despite the rising cases – 82 per cent of teachers reported increasing levels of anxiety or depressive symptoms among students.

The toolkit contains practical strategies for teachers covering five key areas: building supportive relationships, creating an inclusive classroom environment, promoting good mental health, responding to stress, low mood and anxiety, and preventing bullying, cyberbullying and sexual harassment.

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