A report by the Mental Health Foundation, called I want to be your friend but I don't know how, published yesterday (Wednesday), examines the impact of a number of projects funded by the charity which evaluated specific support for children aged four to eight who were showing signs of depression, isolation or disruptive behaviour in school.
Among the report's recommendations are that every primary school should identify a mental health co-ordinator to develop practice promoting children's mental health and provide a link to specialist mental health services; all teachers in mainstream schools should have ongoing training on child development issues, including mental health difficulties and straightforward school-based work with children at risk of developing mental health problems; and for Ofsted inspections to additionally take account of children's emotional development and assess schools on their ability to work effectively with children who have emotional and behavioural problems.
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