04 AprWorking together for mental health and wellbeing

Posted on 04 Apr 2019

Growing mentally healthy minds works best when everyone gets together…with support from Be You

Children’s mental health in the early years can influence lifelong wellbeing. Many young Australians have mental health issues, which can have lifetime impacts. The early years are crucial for establishing self-esteem, resilience, healthy growth and a capacity to learn – all essential elements of positive mental health and wellbeing.

Be You’s vision is that every learning community is positive, inclusive, and resilient – a place where every child, young person, educator and family can achieve their best possible mental health.

Why working together supports mental health and wellbeing

There are many influences on mental health and wellbeing. The most effective approaches to mental health promotion are those that involve everyone in the learning community – educators, children and families.

Families are children’s first educators so connecting with families helps support children’s wellbeing.

You can become a Be You Learning Community with educators and families working together.

Want to learn more? Check out the Be You Professional Learning modules Family Partnerships and Mentally Healthy Communities.

Benefits of Be You for everyone in your learning community

Be You offers:

Professional Learning to assist educators in developing valuable mental health skills and knowledge to support and promote positive mental health and wellbeing in the whole learning community
Be You Consultants guiding services with their professional learning, continuous improvement process and meeting the requirements of the National Quality Standard
Resources such as Wellbeing Tools to support educator wellbeing and the Always Be You resources to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives
Professional learning for all early childhood teachers with each module aligned to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.