A Brighter Future for Our Children
A Brighter Future for Our Children
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5 Hours
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English
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School Mental Health Program, an online training course for teachers to promote socio-emotional development of school going children
Learning about mental health of school children is not “one more thing to do”!
Every 1 in 5 children is having a mental health problem. These mental health challenges are severe enough to impair academic functioning of children.
Studies show that teachers play an important role in promoting optimal development of children. Therefore, an online teachers` training course “School Mental Health” based on WHO approved curriculum has been designed.
- The course will equip teachers with knowledge and essential skills to manage children with socio-emotional problems.
- Through this course, teachers will not only help children but will spend a healthy, stress free life by taking care of their own wellbeing.
About the School Mental Health Initiative
The School Mental Health Program (SMHP) initiative is coordinated by Dr Khalid Saeed at the WHO Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (Regional Advisor, Mental Health and Substance Abuse unit). This initiative is supported by Dr Chiara Servili (Technical Officer, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse), the World Health Organisation, Geneva.
About the School Mental Health Program
The original SMHP manual was produced under the editorial oversight of Dr Hesham Hamoda (Harvard University / Bostons Children’s Hospital). Co-editors include Dr Jeffery Bostic (Director, School Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School), Dr Sharon Hoover Stephan (Co-Director, Center for School Mental Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine) and Dr Atif Rahman (Professor of Child Psychiatry, University of Liverpool and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust).
The eSMHP manual has been produced under the editorship of Dr Atif Rahman, Dr Syed Usman Hamdani, and Miss Zill-e-Huma (University of Liverpool, UK & Human Development Research Foundation, Pakistan). Additional editorial input has been provided by Ms Mindy Ran, with support from Professor Larry Wissow, Dr Atif Rahman, Dr Syed Usman Hamdani, Dr Hesham Hamoda and Dr Anna Chiumento.
The online version of the eSMHP has been developed by the Health Applications of Technology team, Human Development Research Foundation, Pakistan.