Teenage Survival Guide (TSG) – short fun creative workshop for children and young people between the ages of 11 and 16-Zoom
Unit 1
Introduction and definitions
Creatively examine the context of your challenges; myths and facts about mental health and your legal rights and responsibilities
Unit 2
Wheel of challenges and emotions
Examine your challenges/causes; understand the impact on your thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Understand how your brain works, normalise your fears and create, compare and contrast emotion wheels for different challenge
Unit 3
Resilience building
Learn about emotional intelligence, identify your core values/risk and protective factors, gain confidence in managing risk and protective factors and learn how to seek timely support
Unit 4 Create your own wellbeing guide
This could be in the form of drawing, collage, audio, video recording, blog, vlog of what works for you in the management of your wellbeing. Help to inform parents/carers, researchers and professionals about what works for you.
Stage 2 support
- Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CYP/IAPT) intervention
- Referrals, assessment&signposting
- Multi agency work
- Training others
- Consultation
- Audits, action plans and policies
- Curriculum, teaching
- Community building projects