Description

This course is divided into two sections.

The first section focuses on understanding low mood in children and young people and covers:

• what we mean by the term ‘low mood’
• ways low mood might be expressed or shown
• possible reasons for low mood
• and reasons why adults sometimes find it difficult to witness children experiencing or expressing sadness

The second section offers some ideas for responding to low mood in children and young people and covers:

• trying to manage your own responses to sadness
• trying to change your perspective on sadness
• and activities to use with children and young people to help them to identify, understand, express and regulate their low mood

The course is comprised of animated videos to support learning, worksheets to complete, and downloadable activities to use with children and young people. You will also have access to a 64 page course handbook to download and keep.

The course takes approximately 2 hours to complete.