Dr Margot Sunderland has written the following published articles:
LONDON MUMS MAGAZINE
https://londonmumsmagazine.com/mums-tips/parenting-skills/teenager-wellbeing-what-every-teenager-needs-to-know-to-live-well/
Teenage Well-being: What every teenager needs to know to live well
EDUCATION EXECUTIVE
https://edexec.co.uk/sensory-work-environments-and-staff-wellbeing/
Sensory work environments and staff wellbeing
Providing a special sensory, work-free and student-free ‘nurture room’, where teachers can unwind, is an effective and achievable way to bring down toxic stress levels and improve staff wellbeing.
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS MAGAZINE
http://www.independentschoolsmagazine.co.uk/issues/files/downloads/March%202019%20WEB.pdf
Why are Senior school leaders so stressed and how can they be helped?
A cold radiator can’t warm people: translated, if a senior leader is not receiving sufficient human warmth, empathy and help to psychologically reflect, they will almost certainly be ill-equipped to be ‘emotionally available’ for staff and pupils suggests Dr Margot Sunderland.
EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY
A sensory work environment and the positive impact on teacher wellbeing
https://educationforeverybody.co.uk/content/sensory-work-environment#
INDEPENDENT EDUCATION TODAY
The key components for a mentally healthy school
Dr Margot Sunderland, director of the Centre for Child Mental Health, advocates a whole-school approach to wellbeing, with care for teachers as well as students
https://ie-today.co.uk/Blog/the-key-components-for-a-mentally-healthy-school/
OPEN ACCESS GOVERNMENT
The key components for a mentally healthy school
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/a-mentally-healthy-school/58283/
OEPN ACCESS TODAY
Child diagnosis: the need to be trauma informed
Whilst autism spectrum disorder has neurological evidence, it is often misdiagnosed in children with Trauma: read on to find out how you can prevent this
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/be-trauma-informed/58155/
UKEdChat
Key components of a mentally healthy school
Mentally healthy schools are schools that pay ongoing and dedicated attention to the emotional wellbeing of both students and staff and put in place policies and interventions to ensure that students and staff feel cared for, listened to, understand, nurtured and valued for what each of them, individually bring to the school community.
https://ukedchat.com/2019/01/14/mentally-healthy-school/
OPEN ACCESS GOVERNEMENT
What can schools do to spot and avert mental health issues?
Schools across the UK are dealing with a mental health epidemic, with both primary and secondary school leaders reporting a rise in stress, anxiety and panic attacks in their pupils as well as depression, self-harm and eating disorders
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/schools-mental-health-issues/56640/
EDUCATION EXECUTIVE ONLINE
THE KEY COMPONENETS OF A MENTALLY HEALTHY SCHOOL – PART 2
School leaders have really got their work cut out in ensuring schools are mentally healthy environments.
https://edexec.co.uk/the-key-components-of-a-mentally-healthy-school-part-2/
THE EDUCATOR
How does harsh discipline affect a teens brain?
http://flickread.com/edition/html/free/5c4239d31f3ca#45
CONFERENCE AND COMMON ROOM
Creating mentally healthy schools
Margot Sunderland argues that in ensuring that their school is a mentally healthy environment, heads and other school leaders have really got their work cut out
https://cloud.3dissue.com/2389/3124/7030/ccr56-1/offline/download.pdf
ACADEMY TODAY
Senior leads have important role to play in mental health
Dr Margot Sunderland, Director of the Centre for Child Mental Health (CCMH), discusses how heads and senior leads can tackle mental health
https://academytoday.co.uk/Article/senior-leads-have-important-role-to-play-in-mentally-health
SecEd
Mental health: Spotting and averting issues in schools
With NHS figures showing that one in eight students now have a mental health disorder, what can schools do to spot and avert mental health issues? Dr Margot Sunderland advises
http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/best-practice/mental-health-spotting-and-averting-issues-in-schools/
EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY
Child psychologist calls for mentally healthy schools
https://www.educationforeverybody.co.uk/3dissue/e4e60/index.html
EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY
The key components of a mentally healthy school
Dr Margot Sunderland, Director of the Centre for Child Mental Health(CCMH) and Co-Director of Trauma Informed Schools UK– discusses the key components of a mentally healthy school.
https://educationforeverybody.co.uk/content-components-mental-health
EDUCATION EXECUTIVE
With children’s mental health experiences at school proven to have long-lasting effects into later life, we caught up with child psychologist Dr Margot Sunderland to find out what school leadership teams can do to create a mentally healthy school for staff and students
https://edexec.co.uk/the-key-components-of-a-mentally-healthy-school/
EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY
Dr Margot Sunderland, Director of Education and Training at The Centre for Child Mental Health, writes about trauma and loss and how teachers and other agencies must be well-informed to ensure correct diagnoses…
https://www.educationforeverybody.co.uk/blog/Child-Mental-Health
TEACHING TIMES
Schools across the UK are dealing with a mental health epidemic, with both primary and secondary school leaders reporting a rise in stress, anxiety and panic attacks in their pupils as well as depression, self-harm and eating disorders. Dr Margot Sunderland believes that schools can spot and avert mental health issues.
https://library.teachingtimes.com/articles/catchingthembeforetheyfall
WORK IN MIND
Teacher stress: The urgent need to reduce it from toxic to tolerable
Dr Margot Sunderland, Director of Education and Training at The Centre for Child Mental Health, says senior leaders need to start taking teachers’ stress levels seriously
https://workinmind.org/2018/08/31/teacher-stress-the-urgent-need-to-reduce-it-from-toxic-to-tolerable/
EDUCATION MAGAZINE
https://issuu.com/review-magazines/docs/ed78_for_web
QA MAGAZINE
The importance of senior leads in Mentally Healthy Schools
https://www.qaeducation.co.uk/article/mentally-healthy-schools
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Can digital technology improve mental health?
Neil Gilmour, Director of Motional, discusses how digital tools can bolster children's mental health, rather than eroding it
https://edtechnology.co.uk/Article/can-digital-technology-improve-mental-health/
TEACH SECONDARY/TEACHWIRE ONLINE
Zero tolerance policy towards bad behaviour is fueling a mental health crisis in schools NHAT say-What can be done?
https://content.yudu.com/web/69r/0Aiy7k/ETJulAug2018/html/index.html?page=21&origin=reader
THE TELEGRAPH
Are digital diversions robbing us of the vital lessons of play and connection when it comes to raising families?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/family-time/why-we-need-more-family-time/
UCB NEWS
What is Toxic Stress?
https://soundcloud.com/ucbnewsteam/ucb-news-what-is-toxic-stress
Education Executive
https://edexec.co.uk/the-key-components-of-a-mentally-healthy-school-part-2/
The Key Components of a Mentally Healthy School
School leaders have really got their work cut out in ensuring schools are mentally healthy environments - How do you bring Toxic stress down to a healthy level for all staff?
Open Access Government website
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/schools-mental-health-issues/56640/
What can schools do to spot and avert mental health issues - Dr Margot Sunderland discuses how schools can help deal with the current mental health epidemic
TES Magazine
https://www.tes.com/news/tes-magazine/tes-magazine/a-safe-haven-a-world-uncertainty
A Safe haven in a world of uncertainty
TeachWire November 14 2018
https://www.teachwire.net/news/what-really-happens-when-you-raise-your-voice-to-students
What Really Happens when you Raise your Voice to Students?
GOV.UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2
Guidance
Mental health and behaviour in schools
How schools can support pupils whose mental health problems manifest themselves in behaviour.
Special Educational Needs Magazine
https://senmagazine.co.uk/home/articles/senarticles-2/child-diagnosis-the-need-to-be-trauma-informed
Child Diagnosis: the need to be trauma informed
Education Technology
https://edtechnology.co.uk/Article/can-digital-technology-improve-mental-health
The role of technology in monitoring mental health
Education Today - Page 21 Print and Digital Editions
https://content.yudu.com/web/69r/0Aiy7k/ETJulAug2018/html/index.html?page=21&origin=reader
Zero tolerance policy towards bad behaviour is fuelling a mental health crisis in schools says NAHT - what can be done
Education Today – Pages 30-32 Print and Digital Editions
https://content.yudu.com/web/69r/0Aiy7k/ETJune2018/html/index.html?page=30&origin=reader
The stress epidemic – what can be done to address mental health and wellbeing in the staffroom?
Teach Secondary/Teach Wire online
https://www.teachwire.net/news/mental-health-should-secondary-schools-teach-happiness
Should schools teach happiness?
Education for Everybody
https://www.educationforeverybody.co.uk/blog/Child-Mental-Health
Child Mental Health Diagnosis: the need to be Trauma informed
Imaginative Minds Group Article Library
https://library.teachingtimes.com/articles/catchingthembeforetheyfall
Catching them before they fall
Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/family-time/why-we-need-more-family-time/
Why spending time with the family is more important than ever
Education Executive
https://edexec.co.uk/the-key-components-of-a-mentally-healthy-school/
The key components of a mentally healthy school and comment from Margot
Education for Everybody
https://educationforeverybody.co.uk/content-components-mental-health
The key components of a mentally healthy school
Sec-ed.co.uk
http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/best-practice/mental-health-spotting-and-averting-issues-in-schools/
Spotting and adverting mental health issues
QA Education - online
https://www.qaeducation.co.uk/blog/child-mental-health-policy
Spotting and adverting mental health issues
SEN Magazine - Facebook
https://goo.gl/usZvp9
Child diagnosis: the need to be trauma informed
SEN Magazine.co.uk
https://senmagazine.co.uk/home/articles/senarticles-2/child-diagnosis-the-need-to-be-trauma-informed
Child diagnosis: the need to be trauma informed
Academy Today
https://academytoday.co.uk/Article/senior-leads-have-important-role-to-play-in-mentally-health
Senior leads have important role to play in mental health