Mental Health
Mental Health at Crosby Ravensworth Church of England Primary School
Mrs Tara Hollis is the school's Senior Mental Health Lead. Tara completed the Beginner Senior Mental Health Training through Anna Freud in February 2025. Tara is implementing a whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Decider Skills
We are teaching our pupils the Decider Life Skills which are winning strategies for mental health. These strategies are often used in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. There are 12 skills:
1. STOPP
2. It will pass
3. Right Now
4. Name the Emotion
5. Opposite Action
6. Fact or Opinion
7. Self-care
8. Values
9. Listen
10. RESPECT
11. Crystal Clear
12. Reflect
Pupils learn to recognise the physical signs in their body when they feel an emotion and deploy a Decider Skill to help them manage it appropriately.
Additional information about the Decider Skills
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