Improving staff wellbeing
Supporting school staff to raise emotional health across a whole community
The Solihull Approach is about relationships because social interactions are at the heart of human experience. For school staff, relationships and everyday interactions with children literally grow and shape their brains and their emotional development and wellbeing. Â
Solihull Approach trained staff internalise a way of thinking and develop techniques to help them model helpful behaviours, to tune into emotional needs and empathise in order to get the best from children. We know that if staff are beleaguered, stressed, disengaged or overwhelmed they are unable to effectively tune into children’s needs and that’s why our model is about all relationships – for staff and children.
Understanding the ingredients for positive relationships, brain development and emotional wellbeing to tune into your own needs and those of others
Supporting colleagues to effectively process experiences and restore their capacity to think in difficult situations
Positive whole school culture
Prioritising emotional wellbeing everyday and realising the benefits for everyone, to build great foundations for educational attainment too
Foundation training for school staff
Solihull Approach is evidence-based training for all staff:
- Understanding brain development
- Reading behaviours
- Communicating feelings
- Parallel process – understanding emotional health and the importance of ‘containment’ for clear thinking
- Recognising personal signs of stress and emotional needs
Solihull Approach Reflective Supervision
Solihull Approach school leaders build the model into staff coaching and daily supervisory support to ensure all staff are resourced to care for their own wellbeing and to support the emotional health of children and families in school.
Advanced CPD online training
Advanced training delivered through our online learning portal provides expert knowledge in the areas of understanding trauma, attachment and brain development. These courses can be followed at any time online.