Upon degree completion, participants will be able to:

• Understand the foundation courses of mental disorders and recognize various mental health problems.
• Recognize early warning signs of mental health problems in pupils and respond appropriately.
• Provide appropriate support to pupils with mental health problems and refer them to further support services as appropriate.
• Develop and implement preventive strategies to promote pupils' mental health.

The course provides a comprehensive overview of mental disorders in the school context. It provides a basic understanding of the various mental health problems affecting children and adolescents.

• Foundation courses in mental health and mental disorders, including factors that influence mental health.
• Specific mental disorders such as anxiety disorders, ADHD, depression, eating disorders, and conduct disorders - symptoms, causes, risk factors.
• Training on recognizing early warning signs of mental health problems in pupils and strategies for appropriate support.
• Focus on supporting pupils with mental health problems - creating a supportive basis for discussion and referral to appropriate support services.
• Preventive measures to promote pupils' mental health - creating a positive learning environment.

Pedagogues, teachers, (school) social workers, specialists from pedagogical and social work, parents, interested persons, others by arrangement

1 half day training from 9 am - 1 pm

If you are interested, please ask for dates at weiterbildung(at)hsnr.de

80 € per person per appointment

Prof. Dr. Anne-Friederike Hübener, M.Sc. M.A. is professor for social medicine / esp. social psychiatry at the Hochschule Niederrhein. As a double specialist for adult psychiatry as well as child and adolescent psychiatry, psychotherapy, medical quality management, with degrees in Public Health and Social Work , Community Psychiatry and over 10 years of practical experience in all areas of Health Care, her teaching approach is based on the idea of long-life-learning.

Her motto is: You cannot not learn!

Due to her good knowledge from different educational contexts she has a large treasure of innovative methods and concepts especially in areas of transdisciplinary - multiperspectival and multiprofessional learning. Besides the digitalization of the helping professions, she is interested in AI use in teaching education.