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Secondary schools to be offered mental health training
EB News: 09/01/2017 - 10:16
Theresa May is expected to announce that secondary schools in Britain will be offered training on how to identify and help children who are suffering mental health issues.
The move comes amid rising concerns about cyber-bullying. The Prime Minister has, according to the Telegraph, vowed to tackle the stigma surrounding mental illness and to end the injustices by changing the way it is dealt with.
In a speech today, she is expected to announce measures to tackle mental health issues in classrooms, at work and in communities to prevent it from becoming "entrenched" in society.
The findings suggest that children and young people attending schools in the North of England are less likely to take part in and benefit from residential visits.
A report by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) finds that support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who do not attend school full-time is too inconsistent.
The easy-to-use web-based tool is designed to help schools estimate how an air filter unit could impact air quality and energy consumption in a classroom.