Self-harm: understanding and responding
June 24 @ 10:30 am - 3:30 pm
- Date: June 24, 2024
- Time: 10:30 – 15:30
- Cost: BSA Full Member – £155, BSA Affiliate Member – £230, Non-member – £310
- Audience: Boarding staff, Head of Boarding, Deputy Head, Mental health leads working with senior boarders
- Platform: Zoom (online) – Day Seminar
Course outline
This is a course for all staff working in the education setting to help improve understanding and responses to self-harm presentations. A topic which is often misunderstood, highly stigmatised and hidden is delivered in a relatable manner.
Training topics will include:
- Better understanding of self-harm (definition / triggers / functions / statistics)
- Relationship between self-harm and suicide
- Signs and indicators of self-harm
- Broaching suspected self-harm
- Best practice response to disclosures (alternative strategies / language use / general response)
Learning outcomes:
- Understand what self-harm behaviours are and what can lead to them
- Understand the importance of asking about suicidal thoughts when presented with self-harm
- Have improved confidence in broaching and responding to disclosures, appreciating the importance of appropriate use of language
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