5 How to support learners with mental health challenges to become independent learners
One way to view the process of a learner becoming more independent is as a journey along a path, with yourself as mentor/facilitator. There is the past to reflect on and the future unknown, but planned for (with signposts to follow), and with skilful scaffolding (to reach out for, grab or climb on, or not) along the way. Some of the time, it is appropriate for you to join the path and develop a manageable landscape for and with them. However, sometimes you step back off the path, and the learner can explore and find their way through the landscape alone for a time.
