(UK) Cambridge: Program to train teachers about mental health needs

July 11, 2017, (UK) Cambridge News: Schools could provide better mental health support to kids thanks to new YMCA teacher training programme http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/schools-could-provide-better-mental-13313378 Schools in Cambridgeshire could soon offer better support to pupils with mental health problems thanks to a local charity. YMCA Cambridgeshire & Peterborough has launched a new training programme to help teachers recognise when their children and young people need extra support. 'Train the Trainer' will train teachers to identify specific mental health issues, deliver early intervention programmes to children in need, and signpost pupils needing clinical intervention. ... Last week, the first official estimate of the nation’s vulnerable minors was revealed by the Children’s Commissioner for England, which showed that around 800,000 children in the UK are living with mental health problems.