Teachers have skills psychologists don't to manage students' mental health: expert

Dr Hayley Watson

By Dr Hayley Watson
Community contribution / July 2, 2019

Many teachers don’t feel equipped to manage mental health in their classrooms - but they are the best possible resource for their students.

With the rising rates of youth suicide, self-harm, and depression it can feel like a minefield that is best avoided ...

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By Dr Hayley Watson

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Dr Hayley Watson is a clinical psychologist with a PhD in bullying prevention. She has been creating and delivering intervention programs for youth and practitioners in Canada, the US, the UK, and Australia for the past 15 years. She has recently founded a video-based middle and high school mental health curriculum program that has been approved by Australian Government and is being delivered in schools across Australia, Canada, and the US. Hayley runs teacher trainings all over the world to empower educators with practical tools for self-care and for managing student mental health and behaviour concerns in the classroom.

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