SCHOOLS PROJECT
Promoting Mental Health
for the Whole School
Schools Project
HSE
PSYCHOLOGY
MEATH
VEC
NEPS
PSYCHOLOGY
SCHOOL
ADOLESCENT
HEALTH TEAMS
CARE TEAMS
Schools Project
REGULAR INTERAGENCY
MEETINGS
Child & Adolescent
Mental Health
Services
Youth Reach
Community
Garda
SCHOOL
Institute of
Guidance
Counsellors
Children Services
Committee
SPHE
Schools Project
St. Peter’s College,
Dunboyne
Beaufort College,
Navan
Annette Clarke,
Jigsaw Schools Facilitator,
Meath VEC
Athboy Community
School
St. Oliver’s Post Primary,
Oldcastle
Youth Reach, Laytown
Schools Project
EVALUATION & RESEARCH
UCD
PSYCHOLOGY
MY WORLD
SURVEY
ONGOING
EVALUATION
Schools Project
ADOLESCENT
HEALTH TEAMS
•Identifying
supports for the
whole school
•Examining policies
•Finding innovative
solutions locally
•Promoting mental
wellbeing
CARE TEAMS
Identifying
young people in
distress and
specific
interventions for
them
Model for Mental
Health Support
EDUCATION
AHT &
Care
Team
HEALTH
Adolescent Health Team
•Principal
•Guidance Counsellor
•SPHE Teachers
•2 Parents
•2 Students
•HSE Psychologist
•NEPS Psychologist
•Community Garda
•Student Counsellors
•Past Pupil
[2-3%]
Referrals to
HSE - NEPS
Whole School
Mental Health
System
Targeted Interventions
[20%]
Student Counsellor
Student Supports
At risk students
TARGETS ALL STUDENTS [100%]
Jigsaw School Project
Adolescent Health Team
Student Focus Group
Care-teams
Data – Projects
TARGETS ALL STUDENTS [100%]
SPHE - RSE - Pastoral Care System
Student Supports: Special Needs - Chaplain Guidance
Counselling - Student Counselling – NEPS - School
Nurse – Projects eg Rainbows, Friends 4 Life
What’s different
about this project?
The interaction between the Schools, NEPS and HSE
The evolution of counselling services to schools
Student Support Services within a whole school context and effects on
Anger, alienation and anxiety in young people
A positive impact on learning
A solutions focused approach to school retention and positive
behaviour
Identifying students at risk so that issues of self-harm and suicide are
promptly addressed
Access to and use of Data
The use of the student voice – stress; binge drinking; bullying; peermentoring
Raising the levels of connectedness and positivity towards school
Any Questions
EAMONN GAFFNEY , Principal,
CARLY CRAWFORD, Adolescent Health Team,
TARA MORAN & DEAN NGUYEN,
St. Peter’s College, Dunboyne
01 825 2552 stpeters@meathvec.ie
ANNETTE CLARKE, Jigsaw Schools Facilitator, Meath VEC
0861930400 aclarke22@meathvec.ie
LORCAN FINGLETON, Project Manager, Jigsaw Meath
0879435757 046 9071702
lorcan.fingleton@jigsaw.ie
Facebook
Presentation for the students of St.
Peters College, Dunboyne,
Co. Meath.
Introduction
Adolescent health team - teachers,
students, parents and other members of
the community.
Identifying the most common factors that
affect students mental, physical and
emotional health.
Presentation compiled by Carly Crawford,
Kim Deens, Ben Carolan and Brendan
Rowan.
Facebook Profiles
• We have set up to fake profiles to use as
demonstrations.
• These are completely fictional and for
demonstrative purposes only.
• Meet Sally and Peter!
Privacy Settings
• Who knows what their privacy setting is on
Facebook??
• Recommended - we do not recommed this.
• Friends of Friends This is not safe as most of your
friends contacts will be unknown to you.
• Custom - This is highly recommended.
• Friends only - This will not give you the protection
that
Mobile Phone Settings
• Facebook on your phone?
• Different settings to you PC settings.
• Checking in? you might want to think about
who can see that!
Changes in Settings
• What happens when Facebook changes its
privacy settings?
• You signed up for this - it was in you terms and
conditions that you agreed when you started
to use Facebook.
Who has your details?
• Facebook, of course!
• Applications
• Games - 22 million active users of farmville
and mafiawars
Get me off Facebook!!
• Sadly, once you’ve signed up, your profile will
remail online.
• You can never delete a profile - only
deactivate it.
What belongs to you?
• Information on your page - once you deactivate your
profile that information is no longer accessible - but
it can be retrieved.
• Posts on any one elses page from you remains
THEIRS. You cannot control anything once you’ve left
it on someone elses page.
• Those comments are now subject to your friends
privacy settings.
Advertising
• Ever noticed how all the ads you see on
Facebook are something you might be
interested in?
• Facebook tracks key words you use on
Facebook in order to direct specific advertising
your way.
Consequences
• Anything you share on Facebook can be retrieved by
anybody, anywhere, anytime.
• Once something is uploaded onto the internet it is
traceable.
• You may regret something you post up - but even if
you’ve deleted it - it can still be used against you!!
• Leaving your privacy settings open means that you
may attract unwanted attention.
Cyberbullying
• Who knows what cyberbullying is??
• Comments/status updates/pages/fake profiles have
all been used to cyberbully before.
• Cyberbullying is just as bad as any other type of
bullying - sometimes it can be worse because the
bully says it from behind a computer.
• Phoebe Prince and Facebook
• Megan Meier and MySpace
Our Goal
The purpose of this is not to make everyone
deactivate their Facebook accounts.
Responsible use of Facebook is our goal.
Understanding the privacy settings is
extremely important.
The End
• What have you learned?
• Any questions?
Thank You!
Any Questions
EAMONN GAFFNEY , Principal,
CARLY CRAWFORD, Adolescent Health Team,
TARA MORAN & DEAN NGUYEN,
St. Peter’s College, Dunboyne
01 825 2552 stpeters@meathvec.ie
ANNETTE CLARKE, Jigsaw Schools Facilitator, Meath VEC
0861930400 aclarke22@meathvec.ie
LORCAN FINGLETON, Project Manager, Jigsaw Meath
0879435757 046 9071702
lorcan.fingleton@jigsaw.ie