What do you know?
Before you start this unit, it is important that you take some time to think about what you already know in relation to understanding children and young people’s mental health. Please take some time to answer the questions below and rate your confidence in each topic area.
Use the following key to complete your answers to questions 1 to 5. You can then write out your answer in full for question 6.
At the end of the unit, you will be asked to take another look at these questions so that you can rate your confidence again and identify how you have progressed throughout the unit and how your knowledge and awareness in each area has developed.
1 – Not confident at all
2 – A little confident
3 – Confident
4 – Very confident
5 – Confident enough to share my knowledge with others
1. How confident do you feel in your knowledge about the concept of mental health? 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
2. How confident are you in your understanding of common mental health concerns in children and young people? 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
3. How confident do you feel in your knowledge of how mental health concepts relate to one another? 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
4. How confident are you in your knowledge of the Care Approach Programme? 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
5. How confident are you in your knowledge of the journey of recovery? 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
6. What are you hoping to learn in this unit?