Healthy Me Programme - delivered by Action Mental Health (Mensana).
“Healthy Me” is a vibrant and engaging mental health promotion programme aimed at children, which explores emotional/mental health, healthy lifestyle choices and pathways to effective support, through imaginative and interactive play and song.
Healthy Me positively promotes mental health and social and emotional well-being in children and has a strong focus on prevention and self-help.
The staff of Carrick Primary School and The Primary 6 and Primary 7 children recently participated in "Healthy Me" workshops which were delivered by Action Mental Health (Mensana). The children really benefited from the activities and learned so much about looking after their wellbeing and the wellbeing of others.
Healthy Me aims to:
· Promote social and emotional well-being through problem-solving, coping skills, conflict management and managing feelings;
· Improve the emotional and social well-being and resilience of children;
· Encourage help-seeking behaviour in children and help them identify sources of support;
· Improve children’s emotional literacy;
· Challenge stigma and discrimination in relation to mental health and social and
emotional difficulties;
· Promote the equality of mental health with physical health;
· Encourage joined up, multi-agency working in relation to the support of children
with mental health needs;
· Improve knowledge of sources of advice and support for children regarding mental health;
· Enable early identification of children experiencing mental distress;
· Support the transition from primary to secondary school; and
· To encourage adults to think about their own mental health needs.
Healthy Me positively promotes mental health and social and emotional well-being in children and has a strong focus on prevention and self-help.
The staff of Carrick Primary School and The Primary 6 and Primary 7 children recently participated in "Healthy Me" workshops which were delivered by Action Mental Health (Mensana). The children really benefited from the activities and learned so much about looking after their wellbeing and the wellbeing of others.
Healthy Me aims to:
· Promote social and emotional well-being through problem-solving, coping skills, conflict management and managing feelings;
· Improve the emotional and social well-being and resilience of children;
· Encourage help-seeking behaviour in children and help them identify sources of support;
· Improve children’s emotional literacy;
· Challenge stigma and discrimination in relation to mental health and social and
emotional difficulties;
· Promote the equality of mental health with physical health;
· Encourage joined up, multi-agency working in relation to the support of children
with mental health needs;
· Improve knowledge of sources of advice and support for children regarding mental health;
· Enable early identification of children experiencing mental distress;
· Support the transition from primary to secondary school; and
· To encourage adults to think about their own mental health needs.
