Body image course
Monday 14th December 2015
We have recently advertised a new date for the course: "Promoting Positive Body Image through PSHE Education" with Dr Pooky Knightsmith.
This event will take place on the morning of the 16th May 2016. The flyer can be downloaded here.
Promoting positive body image can increase self-esteem and decrease the likelihood of developing mental health issues including eating disorders and the likelihood of self-harm.
Dr Pooky Knightsmith completed her PhD in child and adolescent mental health at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, where she specialised in developing practical strategies for supporting self-harm and eating disorders in schools and other non-clinical settings. In addition to freelance training, speaking and writing, Pooky is currently the mental health and emotional wellbeing advisor at the PSHE Association, an associate trainer for the Charlie Waller Memorial trust, a trustee of Beat, the eating disorders charity and a trustee of the Kidstime Foundation which supports children of parents with mental health issues.
Pooky Chairs the expert advisory group for Body Image in Education and researched and wrote recent government guidance on the safe teaching of body image.
Pooky was a speaker at our Wiltshire & Swindon Healthy Relationships conference for schools in 2014.
Further information can be found here.
