Reflect on how the COVID pandemic may have impacted young people’s mental wellbeing and explore ways to support them. Learn how the trauma of COVID can impact emotional development in children. In a post-COVID world, understanding how adversity affects a child’s brain development is more important than ever. On this two-week course, you’ll discover how the collective trauma of the pandemic has affected young people’s emotional wellbeing and how we can support them emotionally and socially.
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Examine trauma, adversity, and attachment theory in a post-COVID context
From lockdowns to bereavement and loss, the pandemic has taken a toll on young people that we are still only beginning to understand.
You’ll explore theories surrounding trauma and adversity as well concepts such as attachment theory relating to COVID. With this knowledge, you’ll be able to identify behaviours in children who have suffered trauma, enhancing your outreach.
Framing these ideas within the context of a post-pandemic world, you’ll be able to track changes to child wellbeing support approaches and assess where to focus strategy development in light of these changes.
Explore emotional literacy in young people with expert guidance from the University of Glasgow
Learning from a team of experts in the fields of attachment, education, and psychology, you’ll discover what is meant by young people’s emotional literacy and how it may have been affected by the pandemic.
You’ll also explore transitions within a child’s daily life and be able to offer strategies to manage change.
Use practical strategies to improve children’s mental health and wellbeing support post-COVID
By the end of this course, you’ll have explored the ways in which COVID has impacted children and young people’s mental wellbeing and emotional development. You’ll understand how trauma and adversity can affect young people within this context and have developed core strategies to improve support for children and young people.
Syllabus
Week 1: What might we see?
Week 2: What can we do about it?
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Explore how the Covid pandemic could be considered a collective trauma
- Summarise the potential impact of trauma on the developing brain
- Describe how attachment theory might facilitate understanding of some of children's behaviour
- Describe the behaviours we might see in children who have suffered trauma
- Discuss the implications of bereavement and loss
- Evaluate different ways of developing emotional literacy in children and young people
- Reflect on transitions and how they may be managed
- Discuss strategies to help children manage the impact of the Covid pandemic
Who is the course for?
This course has been designed for professionals from across the education and social care sector.
It is also suitable for current or prospective foster and adoptive parents who wish to learn more about supportive mental wellbeing strategies.
