Tara has worked for many years on mental health in schools.  She can offer packages with pupils, parents and school staff on mental health and psychology. 

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• With parents: Tara offers talks to parents  “Understanding Girls”; “Anxiety and Perfectionism”; “Eating Disorders”; "The Pursuit of Excellence, Perfectionism and Mental Health: What Parents need to know" and “Screens and Social Media”.

• With teachers, pastoral leads, school nurses and the SLT: Tara can offer both inset day training or one hour talks.  Her long trainings include a 3 hour training programme  on “Eating Disorders: What teachers need to know” and "The Pursuit of Excellence, Perfectionism and Mental Health - What Schools Need to Know" (see flyer below)  Either of these can be offered in short form too.  She also does a very popular talk on “Understanding Girls” as well. 

• With pupils: Tara can offer workshops or talks with your pupils on all aspects of their mental health, including anxiety, depression or social media.  Alternatively, as part of a book club, psychology club or psychology class Tara can talk to your pupils about her book, You Don’t Understand Me.  Tara can bring psychology A' level syllabus alive by making theory practice links.  

 

With her wide experience in mental health in schools and her thorough understanding of the school context and the pressure schools are under, please do get in touch if you wish to commission a bespoke training programme for your school. 

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Tara writes about mental health for the Times Educational Supplement (https://www.tes.com/author/tara-porter) and is one of their judges on their prestigious Schools of the Year award. 

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Pre-covid she was working for the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF) on their Schools in Mind project, where she was writing and delivering training at a regional and national level.  She has also contributed to school training through her NHS work. She has been a school governor.