Emotional Health & Well-being
Information, from selected websites, about emotional health and well-being including self-esteem.
Getting Connected
www.gettingconnected.org.uk
Getting Connected is a curriculum framework which supports the re-engagement of disaffected young adults into learning and work. The curriculum is intended to enhance the self-esteem and emotional literacy of those young people outside the formal education and training system.
National Emotional Literacy Interest Group
www.nelig.com
NELIG is dedicated to the promotion of emotional literacy for everyone, adults and children alike. Their aim is to promote and resource emotional literacy defined as, "the ability to recognise, understand, handle and appropriately express emotions".
The Advisory Centre for Education
www.ace-ed.org.uk
The Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) is an independent advice centre for parents, offering information about state education for 5-16 year olds. They offer free advice on many topics like exclusion from school, bullying, special educational needs and school admission appeals.
National Pyramid Trust
www.nptrust.org.uk
The National Pyramid Trust (NPT) for children helps primary school aged children to fulfil their potential in school and in life by building their self-esteem and resilience. The Trust, through local partnerships of statutory and voluntary agencies, runs programmes for 7 to 10 year olds who are causing concern as a result of significant emotional, social and behavioural difficulties.
Antidote: Campaign For Emotional Literacy
www.antidote.org.uk
Antidote was set up in 1997 to work for the vision of an emotionally literate society where the facility to handle the complexities of emotional life is as widespread as the capacity to read, write and do arithmetic.
National Children's Bureau - Peer Support Forum
www.ncb.org.uk/psf
The Mental Health Foundation and ChildLine founded the Peer Support Forum in 1998 and peer support projects in schools enable students to offer help and support to fellow students by setting up projects run by and for children and young people with adult supervision.
Wired for Health - Links between emotional well-being and learning
www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/Word/findings_updated_website.rtf
"Literature search on the links between emotional well-being and participation and progression in learning". This 'Word' document outlines the current evidence (15 August 2003) available to support the promotion of emotional health and well-being in school, specifically in relation to raising achievement, school improvement and effectiveness and social inclusion.