Case Study Youth Mental Health Summit

In October 2021, St Dunstan’s College was delighted to host its inaugural Youth Mental Health Summit for young people.

The summit, which was hosted in the College’s Great Hall, was attended by more than 100 students from schools across the country. Sir Anthony Seldon, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham and previous Deputy Head of St Dunstan’s, opened the summit with the keynote talk, ‘Enough talk: how does one improve student mental health in practice?’

St Dunstan’s Deputy Head, Jade McLellan also led a keynote talk ‘Child and adolescent brain development,’ and Tom Telford, Head of Adventurous Activities, spoke about ‘Thriving in a stressful environment.’

Following the keynote talks, students then took part in a carousel of workshops. This included ‘Adaptability in a changing digital world’ hosted by Finalsite’s Lori Foster and Jak Blackwood; ‘Managing your stress container’ led by St Dunstan’s Head of Psychology, Lois Haddington; and ‘Understanding thought processes’ with the school’s counsellors Julia Gray and Fugen Hassan.

The summit was kindly supported by KFH and Finalsite.

KEYNOTE TALK

Child and adolescent brain development

Thriving in a stressful environment