They point to SEL lessons that encourage children to celebrate diversity, sometimes introducing students to conversations about race, gender and sexuality.Īctivists have accused school districts of using the programs to ask children invasive questions - about their feelings, sexuality and the way race shapes their lives - as part of a ploy to “ brainwash” them with liberal values and to trample parents’ rights. Conservative groups argue that social emotional learning has become a “Trojan horse” for critical race theory, a separate academic concept that examines how systemic racism is embedded in society. Many of the school programs under attack fall under the umbrella of social emotional learning, or SEL, a teaching philosophy popularized in recent years that aims to help children manage their feelings and show empathy for others. And in Fairfax County, Virginia, a national activist group condemned school officials for sending a survey to students that included questions like “During the past week, how often did you feel sad?” In Carmel, Indiana, activists swarmed school board meetings this fall to demand that a district fire its mental health coordinator from what they said was a “dangerous, worthless” job. As school districts struggle to address accusations that administrators are indoctrinating students in progressive ideas about race, gender and sexuality, the same parents and activists making the claims have begun targeting school initiatives centered on students’ mental health and emotional well-being. The data from this cookie is anonymised.Ĭookies are used to help distinguish between humans and bots on contact forms on thisĪ cookie is used to store your cookie preferences for this website.Ĭookies that are not necessary to make the website work, but which enable additionalįunctionality, can also be set.But that’s what’s now being debated in communities across the country. To improve the website performance by capturing information such as browser and device Used to prevent cross site request forgery.Īn 'alertDismissed' token is used to prevent certain alerts from re-appearing if they haveĪn 'awsUploads' object is used to facilitate file uploads. The necessary cookies set on this website are as follows:Ī 'sessionid' token is required for logging in to the website and a 'crfstoken' token is These are setīy default and whilst you can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, someįunctionality such as being able to log in to the website will not work if you do this. Some cookies are necessary in order to make this website function correctly. Thrive Approach Practitioners: Mrs E Knight

Mental Health First Aiders: Miss M Cushnie, Miss L Simpson, Mrs V Goram & Mrs T Keenan.Įmotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA): Mrs E Bennett & Mrs E Knight. Mental Health & Wellbeing Lead and Mental Health First Aider: Miss M Cushnie We also have a role in ensuring that children learn about: what they can do to maintain positive mental health what affects their mental health how they can help reduce the stigma surrounding mental health issues and where they can go if they need help or support.Īt The Greville, we have a dedicated Mental Health and Wellbeing Team: We aim to ensure that they are supported to reach their potential or access help when they need it. We endeavour to ensure that children are able to manage times of change and stress. We recognise that mental health and emotional wellbeing is just as important to our lives as physical health. Layout: .VERTICAL,Īt The Greville Primary School, we are committed to supporting the positive mental health and wellbeing of our whole school community (children, staff, parents and carers).

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