aims of the course…
- Promote Positive Emotional Health
- Provide Support & Reassurance
- Assist, with the appropriate adult(s) in the child’s life, the accessing of appropriate services
- Undertake risk assessment to help prevent harm to self or to/from others
- Create a healthy emotional environment with the child to help find strategies that help dissipate emotional distress
- Look for early signs of emotional distress & intervene where appropriate to reduce risks of child developing mental health problems
- Increase knowledge, reduce stigma and increase skill base
- Develop a network with other Primary Emotional First Aiders to share skills and be part of a support network
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