School Mental Health

Three courses for supporting students in schools. Suits UG final year and PG.

Three ELEVATE Foundations courses for students who want to work with children and young people in schools. You learn how to notice and respond to a student who may be at risk of suicide, how school counselling works day to day, and how child protection and the POCSO Act apply in a school. Best suited to UG final year and PG students. Take the courses in the order listed.

Courses included

1
ELEVATE Foundations: Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training
Best for: Best for: any year from UG Year 1. No prerequisites. For psychology students at undergraduate and postgraduate level who want to know what to do when someone they know may be thinking about suicide. Students of other subjects who support peers, such as hostel volunteers and student wellness cell members, will also find it useful.
2
ELEVATE Foundations: School Counselling Foundations
Best for: Best for: UG final year and PG Year 1 and 2, timed for school internship season and placement applications. For psychology students who want to work as school counsellors, or who are about to start a school internship, and want to know what the job involves day to day, where it ends, and how to work safely under supervision. No prior counselling experience needed.
3
ELEVATE Foundations: Child Protection and POCSO for Helping Professionals
Best for: Best for: UG Year 2 onwards. Students should complete it before any internship or volunteering with children. For psychology students preparing for placements in schools, hospitals, clinics, NGOs, shelters and community programmes, and for other students in helping roles who will work near children. No prior training needed.