Heidelberg PS - Capers

Respectful Relationships

What is happening in the classrooms for the rest of the term?

 

Help Seeking

Children can experience all kinds of challenges as they grow and develop. The help-seeking behaviours of children are fundamental to their mental health and wellbeing. Encouraging and fostering help-seeking behaviours is one way to improve mental health and wellbeing. It is important to work with students to make sure they are aware about help-seeking avenues and are confident to seek help from an appropriate source when needed.

 

Foundation

The aim of the Foundation program is to;

  • Identify people and situations with which they feel a sense of belonging
  • Identify situations that feel safe and unsafe
  • Identity when and from whom help can be sought
  • Discuss the importance of seeking help when problems are too big to solve alone
  • Practise seeking help from adults and peers.

Years 1/2

Students in Years 1/2 will complete activities to assist students to;

  • Practise solving simple interpersonal problems
  • Identify ways to care for others, including ways of making and keeping friends
  • Discuss the importance of seeking help when dealing with problems that are too big to solve alone
  • Practise seeking help from adults and peers.

 

Years 3/4

Activities will assist students to:

  • Identify communication skills that enhance peer support and help-seeking
  • Identify a range of conflict resolution and help-seeking strategies to negotiate positive outcomes to problems
  • Discuss the concept of leadership and identify situations where it is appropriate to adopt this role
  • Describe and apply strategies that can be used in situations that make them feel uncomfortable or unsafe.

 

Years 5/6

Lesson focus will be to;

  • Identify situations in which they should seek help in working through problems
  • Identify a list of trusted people to seek out when needing help
  • Normalise and de-stigmatise help-seeking behaviour

 

Kids Helpline is Australia's only free, private, and confidential 24/7 phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25. Counselling is currently offered by phone, Webchat, and email, but we’re constantly expanding and new ways of contacting us will soon be available.

 

Apart from counselling they offer a wonderful range of resources to offer advice in many different circumstances for both students and parents. 

 

 

 

Here is a sample of how Kids Help Line can help parents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a sample of a few stories for Kids 5-12 .