Hello, I'm Mr. Nicholson.

And welcome to lesson on self-harm.

There may be some sensitive issues in this lesson, so you may want to stop the video now and talk to people before we begin.

If you don't want to do that, fine.

We'll carry on.

But if you do, please pause the video.

Also, if anything affects you during the video and the lesson itself, please stop the video lesson and talk to somebody about it.

There are going to be many issues here we're going to be discussing which are sensitive.

When you're ready, let's carry on with the lesson.

It's important in this lesson for you to make some notes and complete some activities for me.

So you'll need an exercise book and a piece of paper and a pen.

If you haven't got them, go and get them now.

When you're ready, we'll carry on with the lesson.

Now let's look at what we're going to do in this lesson.

You should have completed your introductory quiz already.

If not, please do so.

We're then going to go on to look at what is mental wellbeing? We're going to link that into the idea of what do we mean by self-harm? And then we're going to look at the idea of support for self-harmers.

And at the end of it, I'll need you to complete your exit quiz.

It will consolidate your learning.

Now, as I mentioned earlier, this is a sensitive topic.

So if at any point you want to pause the video and talk to somebody, please do so.

And then when you're ready, you can come back to the lesson.

I'd now like to think back to what you were doing in some of the previous lessons and also the introductory quiz.

And I'd like to define mental wellbeing.

Answer this question.

What do we mean by mental wellbeing? I'd like you to pause the video and write down your answers in your exercise book or on the piece of paper.

And when you're ready, I'd like you to press Play so we can look at this in more detail.

And here we are.

If you want to add something to your own definition, please do so.

It's going to be important during this lesson.

So mental wellbeing is about your thoughts and feelings and how you cope with the ups and downs of everyday life.

As I said to you, if you want to add something to your own definition, please do so.

It's important we have a common understanding of mental wellbeing before we carry on with this lesson.

Now here's another question I want you to answer in your notes.

I want you to pause the video and think carefully about your answer to this and the reasons why, and I want you to write those down for me.

So why is mental wellbeing important? Pause the video and when you're ready, press Play and we'll look at some ideas.

Now you've come up with your own idea, here's what the NHS says.

"Having good mental health helps us relax more, achieve more and enjoy our lives more." It's not my definition.

This is from the National Health Service.

I'd like you to write this down me now.

It's important we have this common understanding as well as your own ideas about why mental health is important to all of us.

When you're ready, carry on with the lesson.

We're now going to move on to look at the area of self-harm.

Now, as I said before, this is a rather sensitive area.

So before you do this, you might want to talk to somebody.

If you're going to do that one, pause the video, have a chat with a trusted adult, and then come back and finish the lesson.

It's important that you feel comfortable completing these activities and learning about self-harm.

We need to have a definition of self-harm that we're all working to.

In that way, it'll make our learning easier.

Self-harm is an act which involves deliberately inflicting pain and/or injury to one's own body without suicidal intent.

What I'd like you to do is I'd like you to write this down into your notes, and you'll need to pause the video for that.

But what I'd also like you to do is highlight what you think of the main words here, i.

e.

, things around inflicting pain, injury, one's own body, without suicidal intent.

And I think here as well, the word deliberately is important.

Make sure that's in your notes.

Pause it.

Write it down.

Highlight the key elements and then press Play when you're ready to move on.

With your definition of self-harm in front of you with those highlighted words, look at these nine things.

Which of these do you consider to be self-harm? What I'd like you to do is to write down the ones you think are self-harm in one column and the ones you think are not self-harm in another.

Think carefully and read that definition again.

I want you to pause the video here while you complete this activity.

You'll need some thinking time before you write anything.

So make sure you've thought carefully about each one of these nine.

By pausing the video, you'll have these in front of you as you do the activity.

When you've completed your activity and your thinking time, press Play.

Now, here's our definition again.

By looking at the definition, you can see they're all examples of self-harm.

They're all acts involve deliberately inflicting pain or injury to one's own body, but there is no suicidal intent there.

What I'd like you to do is to pause the video and move some over from one table to the other if you need to.

Thinking again, the idea is it's about involving deliberate infliction of pain or injury.

And in that way, all of those are examples of self-harm.

So pause the video, make sure you've got them down correctly, and then press Play when you're ready to move forward.

When we looked at the definition, I emphasised the idea of deliberate.

All of them are cases where someone is deliberately hurting or causing injury to themselves.

In that way, they are all self-harm.

I'd now like to look these four statements and pause the video while you're thinking about it.

Are these statements true or false? They are attention-seeking.

People who self-harm are seeking attention.

It's a way of releasing pressure.

It's easy to stop self-harm.

It's a cry for help.

Pause the video and jot down your ideas under these four headings for me.

But give me a reason why.

When you've done that and you've thought carefully about and written them down, press Play and we can carry on.

So let's see what you've written and check it against these.

They are attention-seeking is a false statement.

Self-harmers use it as a coping mechanism.

They injure themselves.

It's their way of coping with things.

It is releasing pressure.

True.

Self-harmers say the pain from self-harming can release an emotional pressure, therefore making them feel better about themselves.

It is easy to stop self-harm is false.

This is the only way someone will cope until they can find another way.

So until there's another way found to help them with the situation they find themselves in, it is not easy to stop self-harming.

And it is a cry for help is mostly false.

It's a coping mechanism as we mentioned earlier.

If you need to add something to your own notes, please do so now.

It's important we understand why people self-harm and the outcomes of that.

And we'll look at a scenario shortly that'll help us consolidate your learning.

I'd now to look at with you how we can support someone who self-harms. As I mentioned earlier, it's a sensitive topic.

So if you need to stop the video and talk to somebody, please do.

First of all, if somebody you know is self-harming or tells you they're self-harming, do not keep it to yourself.

Tell somebody so support can be offered to that person to help them.

This could be somebody in school or it could be a trusted adult.

In that way, we can get help for the person who's self-harming.

But please don't make a judgement.

Don't let your own feelings get in the way.

This may make the self-harmer feel worse about themselves.

Tell them support is available.

Let the person know there is support there for them and how they can find it.

But do ask them how they are feeling.

It shows that you care, that someone is there for them, helping them get the help they need by telling somebody else.

The overarching thing here is do not keep it to yourself.

You must inform somebody as soon as you either suspect self-harm or know that somebody is self-harming.

It's important that help is given straightaway.

I'd now like to read the scenario about Antony.

You suspect he's self-harming 'cause of anger about his parents splitting up and having to move away from his old home and having no friends.

We suspect it 'cause he's always hiding his arms under a long-sleeved shirt.

What I'd like you to do is read through this carefully.

Then when you're ready, we'll move on in the lesson.

I now want you to complete this task.

How can you help Antony? I want you to make a list of what you should do to help him and say why you would do that.

To do this, you're going to need to pause the video and think about everything we've done in this lesson.

And when you're ready, press Play and we can carry on to look at some ideas.

Now, here's my list.

Don't make a judgement.

Let someone at school know immediately.

Tell Antony it won't stop you listening to him.

Remind him he's still your friend.

And tell him where he can get help from school, the Samaritans, Childline, or other organisations.

It's important that you tell him you are still there for him, but that you're going to get some help for him as well by telling somebody else.

Remember please, never keep this confidential.

Even if he asks you to, you should not.

You should tell somebody immediately.

Thank you for taking part in this lesson.

As I said before, if you need to talk to somebody afterwards, please do so.

If you want to share your work with us, the links are here.

Once again, thank you very much.

Please remember to complete the exit quiz, and I hope to see you again soon.

Goodbye.