Identifying, Understanding and Supporting Pupils who Self-Harm - Programme

Identifying, Understanding and Supporting Pupils who Self-Harm

Practical strategies for understanding, identifying & working with pupils who self-harm to ensure they are well supported in your organisation

5th May 2015, London

9:00 – 9:30

Arrival and refreshments

9:30 – 9:40

Introduction and welcome

Delivering whole-school training on self-harm

9:40 – 10:30

Raising awareness of self-harm:

• Clarify what self-harm is.
• Understand how it affects pupils of school age.
• Steps to develop your whole school’s awareness of self-harm.

10:30 – 11:10

Practical responses to pupils who self-harm:

• Understand why pupils self-harm
• Be better equipped to identify pupils who self-harm
• Know how to respond to disclosures of self-harm.

11:10 – 11:40

Morning break and refreshments

Preventing and managing cases of self-harm

11:40 – 12:30

Preventative measures:

• Develop a greater understanding of the triggers for student self-harm
• Know how to uncover why a specific pupil self-harms
• Learn specific techniques for preventing self-harm amongst pupils in your school.

12:30 – 13:10

Dealing with more severe cases of self-harm:

• How to provide appropriate support to prevent escalation of self-harm
• Techniques to offer support to pupils who self-harm
• Practical advice, guidance and further information severely affected pupils.

13:10 – 13:20

Training close and final announcements