Created on: 06 Oct 2016 | Last modified: 13 Feb 2017
The EIS Edinburgh Learning Rep, Jim Pringle, has organised a Health and Wellbeing event to be held on Friday 11 November 2016 in Holyrood High School, Duddingston Road West, Edinburgh EH15 3ST from 1.45 pm to 4 pm. Registration and a light buffet will be available from 1 pm.
Participants can attend 2 workshops from the list below and should also give a third option to use as a reserve in the event a workshop is full:
1. Stress Management – Ronnie Menzies:
Ronnie Menzies is a Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology, works for NHS Lothian.
Ronnie’s talk will focus on a cognitive behavioural therapy approach to understanding and managing stress, where appropriate highlighting issues in relation to teaching. The presentation will consider managing the effects of stress on our body and how to change our thinking and actions to reduce stress.
2. Back Pain, How you get Back Pain, How to Avoid It and How to Feel Great Again – Gavin Routledge:
Gavin Routledge has 25 years clinical experience and an MSc in the Management of Pain.
Lower back pain is the single biggest cause of disability in the world, causing more disability than cancer, diabetes, asthma, heart disease and Alzheimers combined, affecting 80% of adults at some time in their lives – and now affecting twice as many teenagers as it did 16 years ago.
In this practical session you will learn the underlying causes of back pain, why it recurs so commonly, and how to reduce your future risk.
3. Happiness and Wellbeing – Dr Neil Thin:
Dr Neil Thin is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh.
What difference does to make to adopt a ‘wellbeing’ lens in policy, practice and personal life planning? After a brief presentation on the rapid growth of attention to happiness and wellbeing in scholarship and planning, we will discuss the personal and collective implications of this as we try to enable schools to become places where teachers and pupils ‘flourish’. We will explore the roles of positivity (appreciative and aspirational planning), ‘empathy’ (considering people’s feelings and perspectives) and ‘integration’ (thinking about how the many different parts of people’s lives and identities to result in wellbeing or illbeing.
If you wish to attend the event please email Ashley at agray@eis.org.uk and give all of the following information:
1. Your name and contact email address
2. Your establishment
3. The two workshops you wish to attend and also give a third option
4. Any special requirements, including dietary and access, to allow you to attend the event
The closing date for registration is Monday 31 October 2016. Book your place now to ensure that you can attend this event.