Values-based Wellbeing
Values-based Education itself creates an environment which supports wellbeing directly. The wellbeing aspects of VbE are identified and explained through the Inner Curriculum. Students and staff develop stronger, more supportive relationships. They understand themselves and each other better. And they develop self-awareness, self-worth and a growing understanding of their meaning and purpose.
For the most impactful changes, the VbE philosophy is the transformational approach to wellbeing. Its initial impact will be felt within weeks. We commend the whole-school, environmental approach to wellbeing as the most effective way to improve the long-term wellbeing of students, staff and the whole community.
Values-based Wellbeing
Values-based Wellbeing supports schools that explicitly aim to improve students' and staff's wellbeing. There are three different approaches that meet the specific needs of schools in their particular circumstances.
Option 1: Wellbeing in the Classroom
Andrew Fuller is a leading, global child psychologist. He has developed a values-based approach to wellbeing specifically for schools and their students.
This option is well suited to a whole-school approach to wellbeing. It helps schools to understand how wellbeing builds within a school setting and offers concrete advice on what schools can do to increase students' and staff wellbeing.
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Option 2: Wellbeing Support
Wellbeing support comes in the form of the Wellbeing Support Tool. It is a values-based assessment tool to identify and handle specific challenges faced by individual students exhibiting behavioural difficulties.
It has been developed by David Bartlett, head of Pear Tree Projects. This is a school for students with special needs. The school works with children with severe social needs, such as bullying, exploitation and abuse.
This option is particularly well suited to schools with particularly challenging students who may need professional support but who are not able to access the support they need.
The tool helps schools to assess the individual needs of individual students. It was developed to help mainstream schools identify specific issues that the student may need to address. The tool is founded in values-based principles. It provides extensive suggestions and the school offers in-person support where needed.
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Option 3: Wellbeing Courses
SPARK is a range of courses from Moonshot for students and schools to develop strategies and mindsets for improved mental health.
This option is well suited to schools that want to support the general wellbeing of all students within individual classes or throughout the school. It is particularly well suited to schools that want to help students to develop their resilience and ability to take care of their own mental health but do not have sufficient staff time or expertise. It can be used as effectively in class with teachers as at home with parental carers.
The program was developed by psychologists for school students. It uses simple language, high-quality material and imagery and is supported by many high-profile role models such as England footballer Marcus Rashford and Olympic hockey player Helen Richardson-Walsh.
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