Social, emotional and mental health difficulties
Children and young people who find it difficult to manage their emotions and behaviour in a way that affects their daily life.
Some of the things children and young people with these difficulties might find difficult are:
| | - Following rules set by others
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| - Sitting still for very long
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| - Listening to and following instructions
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| - Understanding how they are feeling
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| - Dealing with their difficulties in a way that does not cause harm to themselves or others
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| - Taking responsibility for the things they do
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Examples of support available in our school
| | - Get advice from professionals and specialist staff trained in school to give advice to adults working with the child or young people
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| - Extra support can be given in a small group by an adult to help the child learn about how to help themselves
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| - Extra support can be given to the child or young person by an adult for a short time during the day to let them talk about the things that upset them
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| - Individual targets set to help show what the child or young person needs help with
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| - Friends for Life program for identified children, support children with transition.
- Friends with Feelings
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How we check it is working.
| | - Observations of the child or young person to see if they are coping better in school.
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| - Talk to adults who have worked with the child or young person
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| - Talk to the child or young person
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| - A Learning Mentor to work with the child and parent in small groups or 1:1
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