But today, both the Government and professionals are showing a sustainedinterest.
Among the government initiatives in the past year has been the HealthySchools programme. This identified the emotional health and wellbeing ofpupils as one of four key criteria necessary for the achievement ofHealthy School status.
And Ofsted's Healthy Minds report highlighted the importance of mentalhealth in schools, while the Department for Education and Skillsrecently launched the Seal (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning)curriculum resource for schools.
In spite of all this, there remain a number of problems. In the firstplace, there is confusion over definitions. What is the differencebetween mental health, and emotional health and wellbeing? And how doemotional literacy and intelligence fit in? There are no definitiveanswers. However, to most people, the term mental health is linked tomental ill-health, and thus to the needs of a small minority. On theother hand, emotional health and wellbeing is of relevance toeveryone.
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