Webinar Recording: Are Students Missing School, or Missing Support?
Hear our expert panel discuss barriers and support for students who are facing challenges with attendance at schools and colleges in this recorded webinar.
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About this webinar
Many children and young people face barriers to attending school, from challenges with mental health and wellbeing to pressures at home or within the school environment. A whole-school and college approach to attendance, alongside individual support for those who need it, can make a vital difference in ensuring every student feels able to attend and engage.
With attendance a growing focus for education settings, this webinar will discuss practical insights, explore how education settings can foster a culture of belonging, prevent persistent absence, and provide the right support when students are struggling to attend.
Aims of this webinar
In this webinar, you will:
understand some of the barriers children and young people face to attending school or college
explore practical strategies for whole school prevention and individual support
hear from an expert panel sharing insights, evidence, and personal experience
be able to ask questions to the panel through a live Q&A.
Who is this webinar for?
This webinar is recommended for professionals working in education settings, but it may be relevant to a range of professionals working with children and young people, including:
Senior mental health leads (SMHLs)
Designated safeguarding leads (DSLs)
Senior leaders
Pastoral staff
Teachers
Local authority colleagues
Mental health practitioners
Social workers
For enquiries, please contact schoolsinmind@annafreud.org.
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Roisin McEvoy, Head of Schools Training and National Programmes at Anna Freud (Chair)
Roisin leads the team of education and clinical experts who deliver professional learning and national programmes around whole-school approaches to mental health and wellbeing. She is a former teacher and school leader in London secondary schools.
Em Orchard, Young Participation Programme Assistant at Anna Freud
Emily has been a Young Participation Programme Assistant at Anna Freud for the last 4 years and is currently training to be a midwife. At school, Emily faced her own challenges when it came to attendance and is keen to share her lived experience to support other young people. Over her time at Anna Freud, she has supported a range of projects including Your Choice and Children in Need and is currently working on Vanguard, EOPS and DCYPHR.
Hannah Tippler, Child and Family Specialist and Modality Lead at Anna Freud
Hannah qualified as a teacher in 1998 and has worked in a variety of educational and therapeutic settings with children, young people, families, and adults. This also includes teaching in both primary and secondary schools, as a support worker in a therapeutic children’s camp, and as a volunteer with adults in a residential rehab.
Hannah is a CBT therapist having completed the UCL Diploma in CBT for Children and Young People in 2019. She became Deputy SENCo and Senior Mental Health Lead in a secondary school where she set up a CBT service and was the link for the school MHST, taking responsibility for referrals to their service.
Hannah is currently Deputy Team Manager and Child and Family Specialist for Brent Wellbeing and Emotional Support Team, working with children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. Her main focus is on children with complex backgrounds. As part of this role, she worked as part of a multi-agency team to develop the Borough’s response to Emotionally Based School Absence including setting up a service within the WEST team to respond to the growing need in this area and delivering training to schools and local authority partners. Hannah is also Deputy Programme Director for EMHP PG Dip EMHP at UCL/AF and teaches on school attendance issues to trainee SWPs across the country.
Nic Petri, School Engagement Trainer at Anna Freud
With over 25 years in teaching and school leadership across mainstream and special education, Nic has a passion to support schools and students around issues of non-attendance. She has developed practical, wellbeing led strategies to restore connection to education for learners and strengthen school–family relationships.
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Tickets include access to recording of the webinar and Q&A discussion and follow-up resources. Access will be provided for 30 days.
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