mental health well being

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Providing Social Emotional, Mental Health

and Wellbeing Support

to Students and School Community


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Promoting inclusion

a sense ofbelonging

and a sense ofachievement


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Among young Australians aged 12-25years, depression is the most commonmental health problem. Around one in tenyoung Australians will experience ananxiety disorder in any given 12 monthperiod. At least one third of young peoplehave had an episode of mental illness by

the age of 25 years.Orygen Youth Health. oyh.org.auMaking Sense of Orygen Youth Health

www.orygen.org.au/docs/INFO/MS%200YH2(1)


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World Health Organisation model for school mentalhealth promotion

Who is involved Level of intervention

3 12 % students Professional students needing additionaltreatment mental health treatment

20 30% Students Students needing additionalhelp in school

Psycho socialinterventions and

problems

All teachers and students Part of general curriculum

Mental health education-knowledge attitudes

-And behaviour

Entire School Community Whole School EnvironmentCreate environment

conductive to promoting psychosocial competence and Wellbeing

Adapted from the WHO 1994Mind Matters


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FOCUS AREAS

Therapeutic Intervention Individual Counselling- Small Group Work

Whole School Approach (Mind Matters, U Can Do It, PSWB)

Value adding to Curriculum Targeted topics mental health,healthy relationships, bullying, protective behavioursSocial and Emotional Programs (Heart masters, Peer Skills, Rock &Water)

Staff strategies, wellbeing response plan, resources, vent

Mandatory Reporting, Child Protection, Keeping Safe ProtectiveBehaviours, sexual health

Critical Incident Support


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Working with teachers

and support staffAlthough students comprise the bulk of

counsellor clientele, limited brief

intervention & support is available to staff. Ongoing support can be accessed through

EAP providers (EASA, DCP).

Today though wed like to focus on

self-care for school staff working inSpecial Education.


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Why Mental Health?

Everyone has mental health!

What are mental health problems?

A mental health problem causes major

changes in a persons thinking, emotionalstate and behaviour and disrupts thepersons ability to work and carry on their

usual personal relationships.


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MENTAL ILLNESS IS DISABLING

The burden of mental illness is often underestimated.

Mental illness can be more disabling for the sufferer thanmany chronic physical illnesses.

Research by WHO compared the amount of disability causedby a mental health problem to the amount of disabilitycaused by a physical health problem. The results are

outstanding:

The disability rendered bymoderate depressionis similar

to the disability from relapsing MS, severe asthma, chronicHepatitis B or deafness;

Severe post traumatic stress disorderdisability iscomparable to disability from paraplegia;

Severe schizophreniais comparable to quadriplegia.


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One in five Australian adults, in any oneyear, will have a mental health problem

National Mental Health & Wellbeing Survey 1997

Three most common mental illness:

Anxiety Disorder

Depressive Disorder

Substance Misuse Disorder


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Teaching is demanding

Teaching ranks in the top quartile on

complexity for all occupations and thisinherent complexity makes it a demandingprofession to master.

Snowman & Biehler (2000)


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Teaching is stressful

Research has indicated that teaching has

become one of the most stressfulprofessions in recent years.

Billingsley (2004)


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Special Education

is particularly demanding

The additional demand corresponds to a

greater degree of stress.

This has a significant impact on teacherattrition.

Gersten, Keating,

Yovanoff & Harniss (2001)


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Its not just teachers!

Demands associated with special needschildren have impacts, including stress,

across school community.Ray (2002)

Support staff special ed support officers(ISAs), teachers aides, behaviour advisors,school-based constables, counsellors etc...

And of course parents!


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Parental stress

Caring for a child with a chronic disabilityor illness poses significant challenges inaddition to those inherent in raising ahealthy child.

Ray (2002)

Parents of special needs students are ofcourse invaluable partners in educationaloutcomes but are often managing

considerable stress of their own.


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Mindfulness-Based

Stress Reduction MBSR is effective for moderating stress for

parents of special needs students.

reduction in stress symptoms of 32% andin total mood disturbance of 56%.

Minor, Carlson, Mackenzie,

Zernicke & Jones (2006)


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MBSR - moderating stress

in teachers The results showed improvement for most

participants for anxiety, depression, and

stress. MBSR could be a potentially cost-effective

method to combat teacher stress and

burnoutGold, Smith, Hopper, Herne,

Tansey & Hulland, (April 2010)


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Whats special

about Special Educators? Special needs educators reported having

an averagelevel of coping resources at

their disposal. Special needs educators reported having a

highlevel of Sense of Coherence.

Positive psychology & strengths focus

Brown, Howcroft, & Jacobs (2009)


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The salutogenic paradigm

focuses on health as opposed to illness

rejects the traditional medical-model

dichotomy separating health and illness

continuous variable - what he called thehealth-ease versus dis-ease continuum

fundamental conceptual shift DSM-V

Antonovsky (1979)


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Why invest time?

Depression accounts for six million fullworkdays lost each year Mental Health Council of Australia

Untreated mental disorders rob our young people oftheir capacity to complete education, start work andform families. In 15 34 yr olds, 60% of disability costsare due to mental health problems. Three quarters ofmental illnesses begin between the ages of 15 & 25 yrs.

Mental Health Council of Australia


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the more people in a community, such as

a school, who are emotionally and socially

competent, the easier it will be to help those

with acute problems.

Wearne, (2006) Developing the Emotionally Literate School


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Exercise: What can you do?

Assess the degree of stress in your workunit.

What do you currently do to address it?

What could you perhaps do better?

OPERATIONALISE IT: set a time todevise an action plan. Be SMART.


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Toy Box

Resources


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www.curriculum.edu.au/mindmatters


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What can you do for yourself?

Dont be too hard on yourself

Identify that you are stressed

Utilise the available resources Work colleagues

Employee Assistance Programme:

- EASA 1800 193 123- DCP 1800 289129

Personal resources

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