Working Together to Promote #MentalWellbeingNI2020
Early Years welcomes the launch of the regional mental and emotional wellbeing campaign ‘Working Together to Promote Mental Wellbeing’ with the Public Health Agency (PHA), five Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts and Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS).
To support #MentalWellbeingNI2020, we will share the Early Years series ’Adults in the lives of children’. The series, created in the COVID-19 crisis, is focused on how adults can best support themselves to best support the children in their lives.
Early Years provides supporting guidance on mental health and wellbeing, for adults and their families. We work in partnership with Dr Joshua Feder, an experienced and compassionate child psychiatrist from California, to create a number of resources supporting mental wellbeing.
How to focus and carry on
How the structure of the day supports adults to be able to focus and carry on when things are not the usual normal.
Being Connected
How to connect with other people and with children using the circle of interaction.
Finding Meaning
As part of the COVID-19 pandemic and the changes in the reopening phase, we look at finding meaning to help us get through this difficult time.
Self Care and Motivation
How to feel motivated under stress – one small step each day.
Watching and Wondering
Engaging ourselves in the wonder of childhood.
Managing the Distress
Techniques to help manage distress including breathe, being active and remembering we can do this.
