early intervention
There’s more than one way to build resilience
By Gary Lovatt
Working intensively with partners from Health, Crime and Education it’s hard to get through a meeting these days without the mention of needing to build ‘better resilience’ in young people.
Indeed it’s refreshing that after years of apparent compartmentalisation of behaviours into different areas (alcohol, smoking, sexual activity, anti-social behaviour, self-harming etc) we’re learning that attitudes and behaviours generally start with addressing the protective factors that allow young people to make better, informed choices.
So how do you achieve and measure resilience? The answer is that you need to adopt a multi-targeted strategy, starting with examining the determinants of those behaviours in more detail. Read the rest of this entry »
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Seek Prevention not Treatment
By Grace Kelly
It has been unavoidable in the news recently; from exam stress causing teen suicides to a report finding that more than 25% of young people referred to mental health services such as CAMHs are receiving no specialist help at all because cases are not deemed ‘serious’ enough.
The simple fact is that the numbers of young people suffering from crippling conditions like anxiety and depression is growing, with teen self-harm and suicide also on the increase; and mental health services simply cannot cope. Read the rest of this entry »
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We’re Changing Young Lives for the Better! Come & find out how!
Investment in Early Intervention and Prevention strategies can change lives and lead to incredible physical, emotional and financial benefits.
We’re therefore delighted that over 100,000 young people are benefitting from an approach that is changing attitudes and perceptions for the better, which in turn is leading to healthier lifestyle choices for young people.
Social Sense is launching a series of events in February and March 2015 and this is your invitation to come along to find out ‘what works’ when it comes to engaging young people. Read the rest of this entry »
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It’s the ‘why’ that inspires ‘what’ we do
The summer gives us all a great opportunity to reflect on what we need do over the next 12 months.
However, how many of us really take the time to stop and think about why we are going to do it?
Today I thought I’d share with you Social Sense’s ‘7 Big Why’s’ – i.e. the reasons we set up programmes like R U Different? to positively disrupt and improve the lives of thousands.
It is after all, the ‘why’s’ that inspire us all to do ‘what’ we do. Read the rest of this entry »
This entry was posted in Alcohol Reduction, Education and PSHE, Healthy Eating, Peer Pressure, Public Health, Sex and Relationship Education, Social Marketing, Social Norms and tagged early intervention, enterprise days, informed choice, mobile app', NHS, prevention, PSHE, risk taking behaviours, social marketing, social marketing campaigns, social media, social norms, teenagers, young people.
Alcohol Price Increase Ignores the Real Issue
The rise in minimum unit prices for Alcohol has been welcomed today – by supermarkets.
That’s because it is likely to have zero impact on consumption while it has been revealed Supermarkets will reap the benefits of extra profits from sales. Read the rest of this entry »
This entry was posted in Alcohol Reduction, Peer Pressure, Public Health, Social Norms and tagged alcohol, early intervention, minimum pricing, prevention, teenage drinking.
