MAEL 208
Leadership, Mental Health and Well-Being at Work
This module will help educational leaders promote positive mental health and well-being. Participants will acquire essential notions and tools to facilitate the prevention of mental illness in children and young people in schools.
By the end of this programme, participants should be able to:
This programme adopts continuous and summative methods of assessment including assignments, online tasks, reflective journals, projects and video presentations. For further details, kindly refer to the Teaching, Learning and Assessment Policy and Procedures.
2. Cefai C., Cooper P., (Eds) 2017 Mental Health Promotion in Schools: Cross-cultural narratives and perspectives. Sense Publications: The Netherlands
1. Cooper P., Cefai C., (2013), Understanding and Supporting Students: With Social, emotional, and Behavioural difficulties. A practical guide for Staff in Schools: University of Malta.
2. Agius, M., Falzon Aquilina, F., Pace, C., Grech, A., (2016) Psychiatria Danubina, 2016; Vol. 28, Suppl. 1, pp 75-78 Conference paper © Medicinska naklada – Zagreb, Croatia STIGMA IN MALTA; A MEDITERRANEAN PERSPECTIVE
3. Alliance for Mental Health (2016). ”Mental Health Services in Malta”: A position paper. Retrieved from http://www.map-n.net/wpcontent/uploads/2016/10/Position-Paper-Mental-Health-Services-inMalta.pdf (PDF, 2.74MB).
4. Cachia, J.M. (2015). Office of the Commissioner for the Promotion of Rights of Persons with Mental Disorders: Annual Report 2014. Malta. Government of Malta (2016). Malta Psychology Profession Board. Retrieved from https://mfss.gov.mt/en/The-Ministry/Pages/MPPB.aspx
Links:
1) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/12025711/Schools-largely-to-blame-forrising-mental-health-issues.html
2) http://neatoday.org/2018/09/13/mental-health-in-schools/
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