Managing Student Mental Health as a Personal Tutor

The ABCs of personal tutoring: awareness, boundaries, communication.

The film highlights the ABCs of personal tutoring and mental health: awareness, boundaries, communication.

• The ABCs of personal tutoring: awareness, boundaries, communication. (0.00)

Using early personal tutor meetings to build relationships.

The film shows a number of personal tutors discussing how they have built relationships with students.

• Using early personal tutor meetings to build relationships. (0.00)

Understanding student mental health.

An introduction to mental health and how different student experiences may have an impact on student mental health.

• Understanding student mental health (00:00)
• Risk factors (00.21)
• Biological risk factors (01.05)
• Protective factors (01.31)
• Identifying what’s normal for our students (02.07)
• How might these signs present to personal tutors (02.40)

Recognising signs and handling difficulties with students’ mental health.

The film shows a number of personal tutors discussing how they have spotted signs of student mental health stress and how they responded as personal tutors.

• Recognising signs and handling difficulties with students’ mental health. (0.00)

Student mental health support from the University Counselling and Health Services.

University Counselling and Health Services discuss the help they provide to students and personal tutors in their engagement with students.

[Richard Ward, Louise Knowles, Dr Helen Winter]

• Student mental health support from the University Counselling and Health Services (00:00)
• Support available to students from the University Counselling Service (00.50)
• Support available from the University Health Service (02.28)
• What questions might be asked during an appointment at the University Health Service (05.33)
• Lifestyle changes for student wellbeing (06.21)
• Discussing mental health with your students (07.05)

Colleagues and central services: Referrals for students and support for staff.

The film shows a number of personal tutors discussing examples of helping students seek support from University services.

[Dr Sam Marsh, Dr Katherine Inskip, Dr Asha Akram]

• Colleagues and central services: Referrals for students and support for staff. (0.00)

Looking after your own mental health.

The film sets out tips on how to look after your own mental health as a personal tutor.

• Looking after your own mental health. (0.00)

Self-care tips from personal tutors.

The film shows a number of personal tutors discussing their self-care tips.

• Self-care tips from personal tutors. (0.00)

Fostering student mental health and wellbeing in the context of being a personal tutor.

A presentation on the issue of student mental health in higher education and the role personal tutors can play in helping students.

[Dr Emma Broglia SRHE video]

• Fostering student mental health and wellbeing in the context of being a personal tutor. (0.00)
• Q&A: Fostering student mental health and wellbeing in the context of being a personal tutor. (0.00)