The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0-25 years defines Social Emotional and Mental Health as being

 ‘Children and young people may experience a wide range of social and emotional difficulties which manifest themselves in many ways. These may include becoming withdrawn or isolated, as well as displaying challenging, disruptive or disturbing behaviour. These behaviours may reflect underlying mental health difficulties such as anxiety or depression, self-harming, substance misuse, eating disorders or physical symptoms that are medically unexplained. Other children and young people may have disorders such as attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder or attachment disorder.’

Some of our children may need more support with

• Attention and listening skills
• Recognising and dealing with their own emotions
• Low self-esteem
• Managing anger
• Forming and maintaining relationships
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Self harming behaviours
• Bereavement

At Holywell Primary and Nursery School we support children with social emotional and mental health needs, in a variety of ways

• Access to THRIVE Lunchtime support
• THRIVE Intervention with THRIVE practitioners
• Intervention groups
• Behaviour Support
• Outside agency support (such as Behaviour Support)
• Signposting to other agencies (such as Forward Thinking Birmingham and Reach4Wellbeing)
• THRIVE practitioner, Emma Linton, has completed the Mental Health First Aid training, which can be used to support pupils in school.