Unit code: HNO6016
Credit points: 12
In this unit, students examine the role of schools in supporting children and adolescents through their developmental stages and establishing foundations for future wellbeing. School communities play a key role in delivering mental health promotion and primary prevention services to children and adolescents. Likewise, school-based services are crucial to helping and supporting children and adolescents who experience emotional, behavioural, or mental health challenges. An important focus of students' learning is education programs delivered to support health and wellbeing, build resilience, and enable early intervention for those who need additional support. Students also critically analyse the importance of school counsellors, family-focused interventions, referral to other services for multidisciplinary support, and close collaboration between health and education services.
Assignment: Strategies for promoting student resilience (500 words) - 10%
Literature review: School based mental health programs and interventions. (2500 words) - 50%
Research Paper: Delivering recovery-oriented family-focused mental health interventions in school communities (2000 words) - 40%
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- Examine the role of school communities in delivering mental health promotion and primary prevention programs and services to improve the mental health literacy of children and adolescents.
- Deconstruct the components of resilience, including how children and adolescents can develop supportive relationships, understand autonomy and responsibility, manage their emotions, and overcome challenges.
- Interrogate the strategies and techniques used by school communities to support children and adolescents who experience emotional, behavioural, or mental health challenges.
- Critically analyse the role and capabilities of school counsellors in delivering recovery-oriented family-focused interventions to children and adolescents, families and carers, and other school community members.
- Evaluate the referral pathways used by schools for children and adolescents who require additional multidisciplinary support for emotional, behavioural, or mental ill-health challenges.
