Heads, deputies and pastoral leads from schools across the South East gathered at Cranleigh on March 8th to hear experts from the fields of neuroscience, mental wellness and adolescent psychology discuss the impact of technology on the mental health of teenagers. The conference brought together experts and educators with an interest in the impact of technology on teenage mental health, to share ideas and experiences, to learn from pioneering work going on in this area and to create a network of links. Held in partnership with leading mental health charity, The Charlie Waller Trust, the one-day conference featured keynote speeches and workshops. Further Information at: https://www.cranleigh.org/our-school/academics/resources/cranleigh-training/technology-teenage-mental-health-conference/

1. Technology & Teenage Mental Health
Practical approaches to Pastoral care
Dr Andrea Saxel & Sam Cooke

2. A Holistic Approach
Preventative
Proactive
Personal

3. Cranleigh’s technology decision
1. Addiction
2. Sleep
3. Perfectionism
4. Procrastination
5. Pornography
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4. Mental Health:
A holistic approach

5. Essential Issues:
How does your pastoral
care create a sense of
identity and authenticity?
Identity
Authenticity

6. Mental health:
Prevention & Proactive responses
Preventative
Strategies
Growth Mind-set
Mental health
first Aid
Resilience
Early
Identification
system & tracking
Proactive Non
Specialist
Support
Targeted response
pathways
Staff training
Individual
Education Plans
Peer Mentoring
Supportive WSP
Pastoral Pathways
Staff Wellbeing
Environmental
Factors
‘Whole School
Thinking’
Specialist
Interventions
General
Practitioners
School Counsellor
CAMHS &
external
counselling
services

7. Prevention: PSHE @ Cranleigh
Five Strands:
1. Personal Development: target
setting, self-awareness, study skills,
organisation and time management.
2. Physical Health: Healthy Lifestyle,
nutrition, fitness, drugs and alcohol.
3. Relational Health: banter, bullying,
social networking, E-Safety,
discrimination.
4. Mental & Emotional Health:
Growth Mind-set, Resilience, Mental
health First Aid.
5. Future Health: Careers & survival
beyond school.

8. Proactive Identification:
AS tracking
Four Descriptors:
1. Self disclosure
2. Trust of others
3. Trust of self
4. Seeking change
Benefits:
• Early identification
• Deeper insights & explanations
• Terminology
• Action plans
• Measureable outcomes
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9. • Tutoring & mentoring
• Teacher training: mental
health first aid
• Care pathways
• Whole school culture
Proactive Responses:

10. Personal: Child Centred
• Every child is
different, celebrate
the differences.
• Fairness doesn’t
mean everyone
gets treated the
same.
“Be yourself, because the
people who mind, don’t
matter, and the people
that matter, don’t mind.”-
Dr Seuss

11. Where and how does your school teach &
nurture the following?