![]() ![]() Forty two teachers attended a three day training session to become accredited facilitators in the ‘FRIENDS for Life’ programme.These teachers subsequently delivered the programme within their respective schools. Of the 14 schools, two taught the programme to all 1 st year students and the remaining 12 schools focused on small groups of 1 st year students, some of whom had elevated anxiety levels. In collaboration with the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) and the Social, Personal and Health Education Support Service (SPHE) fourteen NBSS partner schools participated in the research project. Teachers can run the programme as a whole school anxiety prevention programme, as a whole class or small group intervention or with an individual student.ĭue to the increasing awareness in education of the need to understand and address the emotional and mental well-being needs of children and young people, the NBSS decided to pilot and research the ‘FRIENDS for Life’ programme in partner schools. It is beneficial for all students, irrespective of their anxiety level. The programme helps students to develop effective strategies to deal with worry, stress and change and teaches the skills required to reduce anxiety and promote resilience. The World Health Organisation cites ‘FRIENDS for Life’ as the only evidence-based programme effective at all levels of intervention for anxiety in children (WHO 2004). The ‘FRIENDS for Life’ programme is a school-based positive mental health programme.
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