ROXY'S PROGRAMME

Mental and Emotional Health can be taught at home and school. One-to-one is the most effective way to help children develop long-term life skills. Reading Roxy's workbook at home can provide long-term support, normalise talking about our feelings and provide the best chance to build good relationships for the future. The main goal of this project and workbook is to Raise Awareness, Reduce Stigma and Increase Resilience in children.  This project and workbook will:

• Make more Efficient use of school resources: We work directly with parents, saving the school resources in (time and money), whilst still supporting the curriculum and obligations.

• Support for the child in the future: We engage parents directly to work with children. We are creating a psycho-logical anchor for the child where they can talk about their emotions and feelings, with a safe adult within the family unit. This space will support the child in their future after they have left primary school, into secondary education and beyond, with intention to have a positive impact on their future relationships.

• Document the results: Activities are documented and evidenced in the workbook resource.  We also provide a report with infographics from the feedback data received. This can be used as evidence to illustrate the project’s success.

The difference is you!

Roxy's school programme is now run online directly with adults, parents, carers or professionals. The original school project is described in the guide below and revolves around an interactive workbook resource. It's designed for pre-transition age i.e. for children before they move from primary to secondary school. The resource is called "Roxy says you're here".

It's a story about emotional wellbeing, focusing on the experiences of the main character Roxy, the dog, her friends and family.

The stories in each chapter contain everyday experiences that build up to an emotional climax that is resolved in a happy ending at the end of each chapter. Through the discussion exercises at the end of each chapter, we subtly allow the child to empathise with the character’s experiences and then analyse them through further discussion to help them understand and manage their emotions and feelings. The workbook is designed to allow both the reader and the child to interact about the characters' feelings and emotions and to create a safe space to talk about their feelings. This interaction can help the child avoid poor coping strategies in the future to protect their mental health and emotional wellbeing.

The book can be used by parents, carers, older people (eg. Grandparents) or professionals to talk to the child about mental health. The exercises open up a valuable space facilitating the discussion, which is the most important aspect. There is an extensive emotional glossary to look up words providing emotional vocabulary and a space to complete action plans.

We try to obtain sponsors to provide the workbooks free of charge for participants and to support the programme, which is run over 3-4 weeks. From the feedback and data collected we can measure: 1. increased awareness of mental health, 2. reduced stigma and 3. increased resilience.

This workbook is a homework assignment to read, but can also be used as part of a school programme. The guide describes how to implement the programme and includes details of Roxy's Book.

We can deliver this programme directly with adults who choose to do so, or in primary schools, focusing on Key Stage 2 (Yr6) pre-transition children. The workbooks and supporting activities are sponsored by local businesses so there is no cost to the school or parents.

The Book is available below to purchase. The text has been reviewed by counsellors, a psychologists and mental health professionals for their feedback. 

Please check out the other reviews and more information here.

You can find all the downloads below or on Roxy's Resources Page (Click Here).

Below is a recorded presentation (34mins) about children's mental health and the benefits of using this resource.