Decider skills
What is Decider Skills?
The Decider Skills are proactive Mental Health skills to help Children learn strategies’ to cope with difficult emotions, thoughts and behaviours. The Decider Skills course use approaches from Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) which teach Children to recognise how they respond at times of difficulty and aims to support them with understanding more about their emotions and behaviours. This course also helps with confidence building, self esteem and empowers children to learn new ways of coping with difficulties. We also teach some mindfulness and relaxation within the content of the course. We have a maximum of six children on each course. This course will usually take place at our Mind Jersey town office and will always run outside of school hours. We also offer a parent session for each course to help the parent(s)/Carer(s) understand what we will be teaching so that they can continue to support the child with the skills that they have learnt. We receive referrals from parents, schools, family support workers, mental health professionals etc
For more information about Decider Skills, please visit the website – The Decider Skills | The Decider
We offer three different Decider Skills courses for this age range, Please see information on each course below.
Decider Skills for Children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
We have seen a large increase in our referrals for children with a diagnosis of ADHD. From this, we have a bespoke course for children with ADHD, which is facilitated in a specific way to meet their needs and supports them to engage in the leaning in an ADHD friendly way. The aim of this course is to help children with ADHD learn ways to cope with difficult thoughts, feelings and emotions, and they can support each other with understanding more about how ADHD might affect them if it feels appropriate. We mainly receive referrals from parents and CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) for this course.
Decider Skills Course for Children with ADHD with their Parent(s) Together
This is a similar course to the one above however the Parent(s) attends with the child. This course supports parents to understand their child’s experience, and to learn strategies together which work well for the child. The number of courses that we run is determined by need. Referrals come from Parents, schools and CAMHS. We also run a specific course for Parent(s) who have a child with ADHD – Please see our Parent Support section on our website for more information about this.
Decider Skills for Children aged 7 – 12
This is a course is for any child aged 7 – 12 years old who would like to learn more about their mental health and ways to cope with difficulties. This is a universal course and any child can attend whether they are experiencing a Mental health difficulty or not. We believe this course should be available for every child. We receive referrals from Parents, Schools, Family Support Workers and any other professionals.
We also offer many bespoke courses responding to the needs of the young people, which are usually run during the school holidays. Some examples of these courses are:
- Coping with Exam Stress
- School Transition Workshops from Year 6 to Year 7
- Mindfulness in Nature
- Participatory Photography
- Therapeutic Art
To enquire about the decider skills courses please email Amy on a.hall@mindjersey.org