1. Thursday 29th October - Sian Jorgensen Primary Students and the Counselling Service @ BSJ

2. Our mission statement ✓ To Inspire, Challenge and Nurture for Excellence

3. What is Play and Creative Arts therapy and how does it work? Could it be useful to your child? As Primary parents, what are the issues that concern you?

4. BSJ: Counselling Service Sian Jorgensen

5. Support through... ✓ Counselling ✓ Mental health education ✓ Working with teachers and year groups ✓ Peer helper programme ✓ Parent workshops, presentations

6. Counselling ✓ 1:1 counselling for young people in a private room. ✓ Group-work on key psychological well-being issues e.g. anger management; peer relationships etc. ✓ Working with any concerns experienced by young people that impacts on their emotional well-being and disrupts their engagement with life – studies, family, friends

7. Who needs counselling? I DO help students to recognise feelings they have, where they come from and how they can take control of those. I DO NOT diagnose conditions such as ADHD, OCD or Depression that is the role of a Doctor, Educational Psychologist or other specialists.

8. Emotional Cup Moved to a new country Dog back home died Worrying about growing up Best friend is leaving Not invited to a birthday party “Did you do your homework?”

9. Play Therapy Play is the highest form of research Albert Einstein

10. Play and Creative Art Therapy ✓ Using; paint, clay, sand trays, sculpture, drawings among other things ✓ Art is a way to connect with emotions and worries without having to put them into words. ✓ It is not about judging artistic ability or analysing the art.

12. Areas are commonly covered in Primary counselling Friendships Concentration Anxiety AngerBeing NewMoving Away Daily TransitionsIdentity Self Esteem

13. Practical information *Please contact their teacher first to discuss your concerns. *Classroom observation / parent meeting / teacher meeting * Parental consent *Sessions are 45 minutes long, once a week - same day / time. *After school sessions are rare for Primary *Confidentiality and Trust

14. Any questions? schoolcounsellor@bsj.sch.id@bsj.sch.id

15. Which areas of student’s emotional, behavioural and social welfare do you think should be covered in school? Which areas would you like to have parent workshops or presentations on?