SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

BUILDING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

This is a collaborative workshop that explores student understanding of mental health issues and is designed to support students to identify when they or a friend might be experiencing a mental health difficulty.

The workshop covers:

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- Definitions of mental health conditions

- Identifying mental health conditions

- Health coping strategies

- When to seek help

- Issues surrounding help seeking (i.e. stigma)

- Where to seek help from

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MANAGING STRESS

This workshop is designed to help students understand how the body's stress response works and it's relationship to mental health. Students will understand the link between looking after our physical bodies and our mental state.

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This workshop covers:

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- The physiology of stress

- The fight or flight response

- The impact of prolonged stress on the body

- The impact of prolonged stress on mental health

- Understanding individual experiences of stress

- Ways to manage the physical and mental impacts of stress

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EXPLORING EMOTIONS AND PREPARING TO FEEL

This workshop is designed to support students to be able to identify and explore difficult emotions that they might have in response to situations in their everyday life. In the workshop we explore healthy ways to navigate our feelings even when we find ourselves in challenging situations.

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This workshop covers:

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- Emotional Wellbeing

- Understanding difficult emotions (i.e. anger, grief, loneliness, sadness) and their purpose

- Healthy coping strategies and self-regulation

POETRY FOR WELLBEING

pictured is a poem written by a young girl during the workshop

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Students will understand how creative writing can be used as a tool to process and communicate our feelings and emotions.

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This workshop covers:

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- Understanding role of self-expression in wellbeing

- Creative writing as a therapeutic tool

- Communicating our experiences to others

- Understanding the importance of being heard by our community and hearing others