Course 4: Positive Mental Health in Children & Young People

Course evaluation summary

Number of Participants: 23
Number of Respondents: 23

Overall Assessment:

Will you do anything differently as a result of today's training?

No.
Will do further research on mental health with deafness.
Try to get to the emotion that is behind the behaviour. Try and control myself and my behaviour more and look after myself.
Continue to develop good practice. Listen much more before offering to 'fix' things.
Yes, but it also reinforced my current practice.
Try to use emotional coaching techniques more often.
Be more mindful of language used and to be more able to use a problem-solving approach rather than 'fixing'.
Research emotion coaching and integrate more of this in my team.
Consider carefully the emotions pupils are experiencing and the factors causing them. And listen!
Greater knowledge of how I can best support pupils in my wellbeing role and also as a class teacher.
Be more aware of behaviours and tuning in to responses.
Yes, the course has made me more aware of my responses to children experiencing emotional difficulties.
Yes - I'll try!
Each child's behaviour has a reason. Will try and put myself even more in their shoes.
Stop trying to fix pupils’ problems but to enable them to work towards their own solution.
Emotional coaching - how to guide.
Being more aware about how I can support my pupils' mental health.
Definitely feel empowered.
Yes, consider how I react personally to situations.

How would you rate the following: Poor = 1; Excellent = 5

What was best about the course/event?

The input on emotion coaching and the model is something I would like to find out more about and trying out.
Very informative and really enjoyable.
Case study - examples.
Excellent, informative course and presentation.
The presenter was excellent! It was a small group which was great. Very informative.
Presentation, videos and the interaction with others.
Relaxed presentation style.
All excellent. Very good balance between delivery and active presentation.
It gave a greater insight into the importance of mental health in education.
Perfect. The sequence of the seminar.
Excellent and empathetic presenter. Lots of activities to learn from and share with others, and learning about the astonishing correlation between emotional deprivation and physical illness.
Very engaging and knowledgeable presenter (3). Great use of examples/case studies/ videos/interactive tasks. Interesting and useful! Very worthwhile. Helpful handouts.
Discussing the resilience map. Self-care wheel. Safe environment to be honest. Thank you, a really interesting day.
Relevant content from expert. Strategies.
I loved everything about the course. The speaker was fantastic and I enjoyed the practical activities and watching the videos.
Good balance of academic material, personal insight and time for reflection.
Empathy of the presenter. Meeting with like-minded people.
The pacing and content of the course was excellent and made the content instantly accessible.
Realising I didn't fully understand resilience! Not just coping.
Excellent content, not too much or too little.
Presenter was interesting. Reading more from what has been suggested will be good.

What, if anything, could have been improved about the course?

An electronic copy of the presentation would be great to share with colleagues.
Subtitles on video clips.
Spaced out over 2 days (2)
Maybe more time for chatting when we were tasked to do something. Networking is always so helpful.

How did you hear about this course?

Course Info Email from SSC: 9
Co-ordinator/Line Manager: 6
SSC eBulletin: 4
Colleague: 2

What other CPD training would you like the SSC to provide?

SQA Deaf Reviewers exam training. Mental health for deaf.
ACE's. Further mental health/emotional/nurture courses.
Anything that connects to young people and their lives. I deal with SEBD pupils so mental health, emotions, counselling etc. would be good.
I would like a day of showing VI equipment from various providers so you could compare and contrast them with other VI colleagues present.
Anything relating to mental health support/wellbeing. (2)
VI training, classroom strategies and resources. Mental health training for Support for Learning assistants who are at the front-line/in mainstream classes.
I'd really like to organise training for my school staff. Perhaps I have sufficient knowledge from this (and resources) to make a modest start.
Follow on would be good.