Health & wellbeing
Youth Mental Health Awareness
This course is an introduction to mental health for children and adolescents and explains the spectrum of mental health, from mental wellness to mental illness. Understanding what mental health is, and what it isn’t, is very important for breaking through the stigma that surrounds it.
What you will learn
- How common mental health issues are.
- The stigma and discrimination that surround them.
- The risk and protective factors.
- How to spot the signs of a child with mental ill-health.
- Brief overviews of several specific mental disorders.
How the course works
The course is broken into manageable online units and includes knowledge checks or quizzes where appropriate. Progress saves automatically, so learners can pause and return on any device.
A certificate is available when all required course elements are completed successfully.
Who it is for
Foster carers, support carers and fostering-service staff who need practical, up-to-date learning in this topic.