The short videos below offer practical ideas and tips to support social, emotional and mental health needs within education settings.
Welcome Club
Use a Welcome Club to:
- Offer a nurturing space to support the morning transition into school
- Allow pupils to share worries with staff before school starts
- Increase motivation to attend and reduce anxiety
Support for transitions
Use a transitions communications sheet to:
- Record key information
- Capture parent and pupil voice
- Provide consistency between settings
Restorative conversations
Use restorative conversations to:
- Help pupils feel heard and validated
- Enable pupils to move on from incidents
- Capture and share learning to inform future plans
For more information about autism and communication, visit the National Autistic Society website.
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Use a Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to:
- Identify if support is needed
- Identify appropriate interventions
- Track how pupils are presenting over a period of time
For more information, visit the Youth in Mind website.
Emotional regulation
Use self-regulation plans to:
- Ensure a consistent and personalised approach for pupils
- Identify and minimise triggers
- Review the use of language and setup of environment
Zones of Regulation
Use the Zones of Regulation curriculum to:
- Help pupils to recognise how they feel and why
- Provide tools to enable pupils to express how they feel
- Teach emotional regulation strategies
For more information, visit the Zones of Regulation website.
Drawing and Talking
Use drawing and talking therapy to:
- Offer a gentle, non-directive approach for emotional healing
- Help pupils discover and process emotions
- Support mental wellbeing and resilience
For more information, visit the Drawing and Talking website.