Here is a message from Mrs Smith our Healthy Minds Champions coordinator:
Healthy Minds is a school-based project which aims to support the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people. It puts emotional resilience at the heart of children’s health and wellbeing and recognises its impact on their learning, attainment and behaviour.
Our Healthy Minds Champions held their first meeting to discuss the school’s social, emotional developmental and health needs.
Ten champions play key roles at the heart of this exciting project and are being trained to help children learn how to regulate their emotions and develop healthy relationships with other children and school staff. These abilities will have a huge impact on their emotional resilience and satisfaction with their lives.
The Healthy Minds model makes great sense to children who will be able to use its principles within the classroom and across school in collaboration with the Zones of Regulation work already implemented.
Healthy Minds forms an important part of Sheffield’s Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Strategy for Children and Young People which was developed by Sheffield City Council and the Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group.
The project is led by Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust’s CAMHS team working in collaboration with schools across the city.
