At TGS we have been joint delivering our Be Your Own Best Friend course with Mrs Hempell to students in Access. The course has consisted of 4 weekly sessions focusing on exploring positive wellbeing, self-awareness of feelings and tools to support students to look after themselves. Out of 6 students, 4 of them evidenced that they had improved wellbeing since attending the first session with us, with two students feeling as though they remained the same but with more understanding of the importance of self-awareness. The questions used to measure this scale is below.
We looked at how important it is to remain within our ‘window of tolerance’ and how our emotions can be tested throughout our day (please see useful links below). The students decorated bunting with things that helps to keep them relaxed, including: listening to music, walking my dog, playing the piano, reading a book, scootering. This activity enabled the student’s time to reflect on their favourite hobbies and the importance of taking time out of their day to do something they enjoy.
The students were fantastic in engaging with the course and took away their decorated journals which will continue to be used in Mrs Hempell’s lessons. From the feedback we recognised all students answered no to ‘Am I able to quickly say 5 positive things about myself’. Mrs Hempell is going to address this by asking the students to write down 3 positive things about themselves each lesson they have with her to get them to practise. We have recently recognised the low self-esteem and wellbeing particularly in our Young Carers from our recent research with Healthwatch. Click here to read more on what Suffolk Family Carers are doing to support student in their wellbeing.
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