Mental Health (schools)

Mental Health Support in Schools – “Thought-Full”

Thought-Full work in schools to support and help improve the mental health and wellbeing of pupils.  They support children and young people at the early stages of these difficulties when they are described as mild to moderate.  If they are unable to meet a child’s needs, then Thought-Full will help school staff to find the right direction through advice, support and signposting.

Thought-Full cover such areas as:

• Anxiety
• Low Mood
• Low self-esteem
• Phobias
• Poor eating patterns
• Sleep hygiene and routines
• Worry

If your school has access to Though-Full, talk to the Senior Mental Health Lead at school and if the problem fits the remit of Thought-Full, then the school can send a referral.  Thought-full work with the young person to map out their difficulties, and use different screening questionnaires to support this understanding.  The practioner will help the child to set goals and begin to work through their problem.  There will be tasks set each week to try at home or at school which will be discussed in 1-1 sessions for up to 10 sessions.  Research has shown that a parent-led approach is best.  Parents know their child and are often best positioned to implement strategies to support the desired behavioural changes or improve the responses to anxious situations.  The practitioner and parent would work together directly to build the necessary skills to support the child.

Thought-Full support is based on Low intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which focuses on thoughts, feelings and behaviour cycles and is goal focused.  CBT works to change the pattern of a person’s  thoughts and feelings that keep them stuck, to enable them to respond and behave in a different way.

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