Talking Mental Health: animation & teacher toolkit
Talking Mental Health is an animation and accompanying teacher toolkit designed to help begin conversations about mental health in the classroom and beyond.
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This "Talking Mental Health" animation aimed at primary school pupils, was developed in collaboration with children.
The animation aims to give children:
- An understanding of what mental health is and the difference between every day small feelings and a big feeling
- Consistent and accessible language to talk about mental health
- An understanding of how to be a good listener.
The teacher toolkit includes a lesson plan, an assembly powerpoint, an accompanying assembly plan, tips for talking for parents and carers and various resources and classroom exercises.
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