section 4: social, emotional and mental health …...ourse outcomes: gain an awareness of...

Section 4:

Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)

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Positive Behaviour Management for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage

Aimed at EYFS Practitioners in

Schools and Early Years settings

Course Content:

Knowledge of the principles and key elements of positive behaviour management.

Understanding and exploring different types of behaviour and why children might behave in certain ways.

Supporting behaviour in early years settings and strategies to support children who have behavioural and social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH).

Course Outcomes:

Gain an awareness of behavioural, emotional and social needs and recognise that behaviour is a consequence of an unmet need.

How to consider unwanted behaviour as an opportunity for planning and development.

Effective inclusion of children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties using EYFS guidance as a basis for positive behaviour management.

Awareness of a range of approaches and activities that build positive relationships with children including examining how adults’ behaviour impacts on children’s behaviour.

Date: Tuesday 28th April 2020

Time: 12.30pm - 3.30pm

Venue: Phoenix Children’s Resource Centre

Price: Free to Bromley Schools and Early Year settings

Contact: [email protected]

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Team Teach Aimed at Colleagues working with children and young people with a range of additional and/

or complex needs.

Course Content:

Module 1 Background to Team Teach.

Module 2 The Legal Framework.

Module 3 Understanding Aggression.

Module 4 How Feelings Drive Behaviours.

Module 5 De-escalation and De-fusion.

Module 6 Personal Safety.

Module 7 Positive Handling: including guiding, escorting and holding in standing, sitting and kneeing positions safely.

Module 8 Repair, Reflection and Review.

Course Outcomes:

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to fully understand the rationale and principles of the Team Teach approach, and will learn the use of positive handling as part of a holistic approach to managing behaviour.

They will be equipped with the expertise and confidence to stay safe, to carry out simple de-escalation strategies, and to apply positive handling to restrain and make safe individuals who pose a risk to others or to themselves.

Participants will understand the importance of targeted communication, both verbal and non-verbal.

They will be equipped with a range of physical techniques, and will therefore be able to apply a commensurate response to challenging behaviour.

They will gain knowledge and understanding of relevant legal standards and expectations related to the use of force, and of the reporting, recording, monitoring and evaluating requirements of incidents involving physical controls and reasonable force.

Dates: Runs throughout the year (please contact the school for

details of the next course)

Duration: 2 days

Venue: Riverside School, Main Road,

St Paul’s Cray, Orpington. BR5 3HS

Price: £200



Bespoke CPD sessions/ Behaviour Reviews

Aimed at Primary Schools

We are able to offer bespoke CPD sessions around behaviour management and around working with pupils with SEMH. This can take the form of a one-day in-school review of whole school practice, reviews of behaviour policies, staff meetings and INSET training.

Course Content and Outcomes:

Developing Restorative approaches.

Attachment-friendly rewards and sanctions.

Theoretical frameworks around behaviour management in schools.

Developing a whole-school approach to behaviour management.

Coaching sessions for SLT and staff teams.

Nurture Groups and how to develop a whole-school nurturing approach.

Visit to our Alternative Provision and opportunities to share practice.

Duration: tbc

Venue: tbc

Contact: [email protected] [email protected]

Dates: Subject to availability

Price: Free to Bromley Schools



Positive Approaches to Challenging Behaviour:

Aimed at Personnel who work with children/young people, who

for a variety of reasons, present with challenging behaviour

Course Content:

Understanding the term ‘challenging behaviour’.

Exploring our value base in responding to people who present with such behaviour.

Understanding the stages of an incident (cycle of arousal).

An introduction to the legal framework.

Risks related to physical interventions.

Physical intervention techniques.

Course Outcomes:

Participants will learn skills in a range of restrictive physical intervention techniques.

Participants will develop a range of skills relating to primary and secondary prevention.

Participants will be assessed as ‘competent’ or ‘not competent’ via a series of observations and a short written test.

Certificates are issued to all successful participants.

Dates: Termly, based on demand, may

also be commissioned on an individual basis by schools/MATs

Time: 2 days

Venue: Bromley Trust Academy

Price: £895 Max 30 people; therefore cost per delegate is reflective on numbers


Accredited PRICE Positive Handling and De-escalation Training


An Introduction to managing and de-escalating challenging Behaviour

Aimed at all staff in primary schools

working with vulnerable children

Course Content:

The ‘escalation curve’, and the ‘amygdala hijack’.

Why some children are more likely to respond with significantly challenging behaviour in everyday situations.

How to understand and identify triggers in the school environment.

How the reactions and behaviour of adults can affect the outcome in difficult situations.

Strategies to de-escalate and de-fuse children who are at risk of behaving in ways which are un-safe.

Course Outcomes:

Participants will develop an understanding of the impact of the fight/flight/freeze response on behaviour.

Participants will understand why situations with children who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs can escalate quickly.

Participants will develop an understanding of how their behaviour can impact on outcomes, and have been able to discuss strategies which work well in challenging situations.

Dates: Available on request as part of

staff meetings or INSET training, subject to availability.

Time: 1.5 hours



This is a short workshop which can be delivered to small groups focusing on an individual child, or to whole staff teams as part of a staff meeting or INSET day.




Attachment Theory for Schools

Aimed at Primary School Staff


Course Content:

Introduction to attachment theory and the key concepts of secure vs insecure attachment, disorganised attachment, containment, attunement and how attachment can form the basis of emotion regulation.

How attachment theory relates to pupils in schools and behaviours they present with, particularly behaviour which is hard to manage.

The importance of relationships between adults and children in school settings.

Why some behaviour management in schools does not work with some pupils.

What attachment-friendly schools look like.

Course Outcomes:

Participants will have an initial understanding of attachment theory and how attachment can influence pupils’ behaviour in school.

Participants will understand the impact of shame on vulnerable pupils, and why some behaviour management strategies can inadvertently make things worse for them.

Participants will have an understanding of how their behaviour may be impacting on vulnerable pupils and how they can support them effectively.

Dates: Available on request as part of

staff meetings or INSET training, subject tp availability

Time: 1.5 hours


Price: Free to schools



Bromley SEMH Development Network

Aimed at Designated Mental Health Leads, Youth Mental

Health First Aiders and all other SEMH Champions. All

professionals welcome

Course Content:

Leadership and management for SEMH.

School ethos and environment.

Curriculum, teaching and learning to promote resilience.

Pupil voice to influence decisions.

Staff development and wellbeing.

Identifying needs and monitoring impact of interventions.

Working with parents/carers.

Targeted SEMH support and appropriate referrals.

Course Outcomes:

Receive key local, regional and national Social, Emotional and Mental Health updates.

Engage with co-production activities and feedback with the Local Authority, local agencies and professionals.

Access training and workshops led by leading Social, Emotional and Mental Health experts.

Share best practice and network with other Mental Health Leads, Youth Mental Health Aiders and other Mental Health Champions to develop new SEMH provision and practice back in school.

For further information, please contact Andrea Blair, Senior Advisory Teacher (Inclusion Support Advisory Team) [email protected]

Dates: Wednesday 6th November 2019

Wednesday 4th March 2020 Wednesday 3rd June 2020

Time: 1.30pm - 4.30pm

Venue: Bromley Central Library

Price: Free to Bromley schools




BTA School SEMH Discussion Forum

Aimed at Primary School leaders, Teaching and support

staff, Advisory teachers, Mental Health Practitioners,

Educational Psychologists

Course Content:

This forum is open to anyone, but is especially suitable for school leaders who want to consider whole-school approaches, best practice and systemic solutions to supporting vulnerable pupils. Evidence-based practice, research and theoretical frameworks around SEMH are shared and discussed, and schools are encouraged and welcomed to share work undertaken in their own schools with colleagues.

Examples of areas covered include – Behaviour Policies, SEMH pedagogy, Nurture Group practice, Restorative practices, developing whole-school approaches.

Course Outcomes:

The forum is intended to provoke thinking, encourage discussion, develop links between schools and to promote access to evidence-based practice with regard to SEMH. This can in turn be used to inform whole school development and to support leaders who wish to develop their capacity to support pupils with challenging behaviour.

Links between theory and practice with regard to SEMH will be explored and considered.

Dates: Tuesday 5th November 2019

Tuesday 3rd March 2020 Tuesday 23rd June 2020

Time: 1.30-3.00pm


Midfield Campus




Dates and Times:

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Aimed at Professionals who regularly work with children and young people aged 8-18

Three courses are available: Two Day Mental Health First Aider: for those on the frontline. One Day Youth Mental Health Champion: for those with pastoral responsibilities. Half Day Youth Mental Health Aware: Introductory course for all.

Course Content:

Anxiety and Depression.

Suicide.

Self-harm.

Psychosis.

Eating disorders.

Course Outcomes:

An in depth understanding of young people’s mental health and factors that affect wellbeing.

Practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues.

Confidence to reassure and support a young person in distress.

Enhanced interpersonal skills such as non-judgemental listening.

Knowledge to help a young person recover their health by guiding them to further support.

Tools to look after their own mental wellbeing.

For more information, please visit: https://mhfaengland.org/organisations/youth/

For further local information and details about running these courses in your school, please contact Andrea Blair [email protected], Senior Advisory Teacher (Inclusion Support Advisory Team)

Two Day First Aider: Thursday 21st - Friday 22nd November 2019 OR Thursday 30th - Friday 31st January 2020

OR Thursday 25th - Friday 26th June 2020

8.30am - 4.30pm

One Day Youth Champion: Thursday 28th November 2019 OR Thursday 6th February 2020

OR Thursday 2nd July 2020 8.30am - 4.30pm

Venue: Phoenix Children’s Centre

Price: Two Day First Aider: £25

One Day Youth Champion: £15 Half Day Aware: £12


Half Day Aware: Thursday 5th December 2019

OR Thursday 13th February 2020 OR Thursday 9th July 2020

12.45pm - 4.15pm

https://mhfaengland.org/organisations/youth/



The workshop will be jointly presented by colleagues from Oxleas CAMHS and Bromley Y, and will provide an overview of emotional wellbeing and mental health pathways in Bromley and guidance with regards to referring children and young people to the appropriate services.

Please note that the sessions will be repeated on both dates so you will only need to book on to your preferred date.

Places will be booked on a first-come first-served basis. Please contact [email protected] to secure a place.

Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Services in Bromley: information workshop

Aimed at all practitioners, managers and commissioners

across the local network

Dates: Wednesday 25th September 2019

Monday 4th October 2019

Time: 3.00pm - 5.00pm

Venue: Global House, 10 Station

Approach, Hayes. BR2 7EH





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