Fostering Mental Health At School: Insights For Teachers

In the year 2019, many schools around the globe have come up with a new issue in their classrooms. Many classes were facing a mental health crisis. A report showed that eight out of ten teachers had seen a deterioration in student mental health over the preceding two years.

Teachers in their classrooms started noticing an increase in the incidence of anxiety, self-harm, and even cases of suicide among students as young as their primary age. Teachers are uniquely placed in schools and their classrooms to support the mental health of students as they spend so much time with them in terms of socialising and observing them. But with very limited funding and an increasingly challenging school environment, it can be very difficult to offer meaningful support to children now. 

Teachers are starting to feel powerless to affect factors such as students’ home lives, exam pressures, and funding cuts, but there are lots of ways to nurture a classroom environment where students feel supported and able to share any negative feelings. Nevertheless, mental health improvement during school age is of utmost importance. The reason is that these are the students that will be our future. 

Join this webinar and learn more about fostering mental health at school. Teachers are most welcome to come and join this webinar as they are the ones helping children and really observing them.