Headstrong – Post-Primary Education Programme by Cycle Against Suicide
The Post-Primary programme, ‘HEADSTRONG,’ is designed as a whole school approach to mental health. It supports mental health education in schools, reduces stigma, promotes resilience and fosters a sense of belonging among young people.
Teachers are given access to a series of lesson plans as well as creative ideas for teaching students about the different themes and activities. These can be used in transition year, fifth year and 6th year, such as in Guidance and Social and Personal Health Education lessons, as well as cross curricular and outside of class.
1. Cycle Against Suicide provides all coursework, exercises, toolkits and resources.
2. The programme has a strong peer-to-peer education component. A group of students/learners, supported by a teacher, are trained in the programme. This committee of student/learners then in turn train the rest of their school population throughout the school year.
3. Teachers are supported by a core member of Cycle Against Suicide schools’ team.
This programme is free to all Post Primary schools.
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- CategoryMethodological and pedagogical approaches
- CountryIreland
- LanguageEnglish
- Type of resourceWebsite