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      • Introduction and guidance
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      • Session 1: Setting the scene by looking at the past
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      • Session 1 practice quiz
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      • Session 2: Increasing your knowledge of mental health
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      • Session 3: Mental health promotion and education
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      • Session 4: A global view of children’s mental health and wellbeing
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      • Session 4 compulsory badge quiz
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      • Session 5: Wellbeing and mental health in education settings (1)
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        • Introduction
        • 1 Promoting wellbeing in young children’s care and education
        • 2 Early years education and care curriculum
          • 2.1 Aims of the Early Years Foundation Stage
            • The key person approach
        • 3 Primary school-aged children’s mental health (1)
        • 4 Listening to children
          • 4.1 Practical ways of listening to children: circle time
        • 5 The importance of play and creativity in promoting children’s wellbeing
        • 6 Promoting good mental health in primary education
          • 6.1 A whole school approach
        • 7 Policies to improve children’s mental health and wellbeing
          • 7.1 Government policy
          • 7.2 Policies in settings
            • Behaviour management
            • Safeguarding
            • Anti-bullying
        • 8 Early interventions: going beyond preventative
          • 8.1 Nurture groups in primary schools
          • 8.2 Developing resilience
        • 9 Personal reflection
        • 10 This session’s quiz
        • 11 Summary of Session 5
        • References
        • Further reading
        • Acknowledgements
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      • Session 6: Professional support for children and their mental health
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      • Session 7: Exploring some of the interventions to support children’s mental health
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      • Session 8: The influence of screen time on young children’s mental health and wellbeing
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    Further reading

    England: Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
    Northern Ireland: Curricular Guidance for Pre-School Education
    Scotland: The Early Years Framework
    Wales: Foundation Phase Framework
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