Development of e-learning modules for secondary schools to improve their response to students who self-harm

自我伤害是青少年中的一个常见问题，也是一个严重的健康问题。自我伤害是指你故意伤害自己。年轻人自残的原因有很多，但这通常是对困难和痛苦情绪的反应。研究表明，自残的年轻人在晚年更有可能出现心理健康问题，自杀的风险也更高。学校工作人员往往是第一个注意到年轻人自残的专业人士，并且处于为这些学生提供支持的理想位置。然而，许多教师说，他们没有正确的知识或培训来处理这个问题，他们对自己应该如何反应没有信心。许多学校没有一个自我伤害的政策到位，这意味着工作人员可能没有明确的指导，如何应对学生谁自我伤害。显然有必要为学校提供工具和培训，以帮助他们解决自我伤害的学生。我们预计，通过为学校工作人员提供适当应对自我伤害披露的技能和策略，这将鼓励年轻人寻求帮助，并促进获得社区资源和支持。为了解决这一差距，我们的研究团队共同制作了一个在线培训计划，供学校应对自我伤害（称为SORTS）。我们与年轻人、学校工作人员和心理健康专家合作，开发培训内容和在线平台。目前的研究将继续发展SORTS培训方案。我们将共同制作两个独立的电子学习模块，其中包括基于证据的信息和情景，供员工练习和巩固新技能，以及一个资源库，供员工为学生提供进一步的支持。这些模块将与学校工作人员和教育和心理健康专家共同制作。模块1将是对所有学校工作人员的自我伤害意识和应对培训，工作人员完成培训大约需要15 - 20分钟。他们将在培训结束时获得持续专业发展（CPD）证书。模块2将是一个简短的网关版本，将需要工作人员大约5 - 10分钟来完成，作为他们的上岗培训的一部分。这两个模块都将放在现有的SORTS门户网站上。然后，我们会寻求进一步拨款，进行评估，以确定该训练计划对学校是否有效和有用。

elf-harm is a common problem among adolescents and is a serious health concern. Self-harm is when you hurt yourself on purpose. There are lots of reasons why young people self-harm but it is often a reaction to difficult and distressing feelings. Research shows that young people who self-harm are more likely to have mental health difficulties in later life and are at a higher risk of suicide. School staff are often the first professionals to notice that a young person is self-harming and are in an ideal position to provide those students with support. However, many teachers say they do not have the right knowledge or training to deal with the problem, and they do not feel confident in how they should react. Many schools do not have a self-harm policy in place and this means staff may not have clear guidance in how to respond to students who self-harm. There is a clear need to provide schools with the tools and training to help them address pupils who self-harm. We anticipate that by equipping school staff with skills and strategies to appropriately respond to disclosure of self-harm, this will encourage young people to seek help, and facilitate access to community resources and support. To address this gap, our team of researchers have co-produced an online training programme for schools to respond to self-harm (called SORTS). We worked with young people, school staff and experts in mental health to develop the training content and online platform. The current study will continue the development of the SORTS training programme. We will co-produce two stand-alone e-learning modules which will consist of evidence-based information and scenarios for staff to practice and consolidate new skills, and a bank of resources for staff to signpost pupils to further support. The modules will be co-produced with school staff and experts in education and mental health. Module1 will be a self-harm awareness and response training for all school staff and will take about 15-20 minutes for staff to complete. They will receive a continuing professional development (CPD) certificate at the end of the training. Module2 will be a briefer gateway version and will take staff about 5-10 minutes to complete as part of their induction. Both modules will sit on the existing SORTS portal. We will then seek further funding to carry out an evaluation to find out if the SORTS training programme is effective and useful for schools.