Presentations & Workshops:

Supporting Student Mental Health in Today’s World

Children and teens today are navigating a world vastly different from the one that their parents and teachers grew up in.

Academic pressures, social media influence, family expectations, and global uncertainty have contributed to a growing mental health crisis, one that is often invisible but profoundly impacting young people’s wellbeing.

Tailored for schools and parent groups, this engaging and informative presentation will help participants to:

  • Understand the key mental health challenges facing young people today

  • Recognise early signs and symptoms in the classroom and at home

  • Explore practical, evidence-based strategies to support both children and teen wellbeing

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Course Delivery

Face-to-face: We come to your school or workplace.

Online: Learn from us via webinar.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the current youth mental health landscape, data and trends

  • Decode the adolescent brain and why behaviour can change so quickly

  • Recognise early warning signs at school and at home

  • Navigate smartphone and social media impacts (and set healthy boundaries)

  • Start effective conversations: Notice → Ask → Support

  • Apply simple, evidence-based strategies for sleep, routines, mindset and connection

  • Use strengths, gratitude and mindfulness to build protective habits

  • Strengthen resilience in students and families

  • Implement whole-school approaches that prioritise prevention and early help

  • Connect with appropriate help-seeking pathways and crisis supports

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I have known Sal for nearly 20 years. We met as colleagues in a ‘Rock and water’ training program and was evident from the start how Sal is enthused about all things, ‘student wellbeing’.

For several years, Sal was the ‘champion’ for the intergenerational programs I facilitated at his school. We worked together on interactive sessions with students and their mothers at school and were alongside each other on the Yarra River at Canoeing Camps for the students and their dads/mentors.

Sal was a great contact internally within his school. He was a natural at being the host for events and thought about all aspects to enhance the experience for the families in his school community. That’s an important point because now Sal is offering wellbeing workshop experiences to school communities – he will know how to guide you if you are his key contact at your school. Sal’s attention to detail and vast experience of being in a wellbeing and positive education role means that he will know how to maximise the impact of the event he delivers for you.

Add to this Sal’s extraordinary passion for the wellbeing of young people in schools and in turn their families: this means that you will receive a workshop or seminar that has highly useful, actionable takeaways for your participants. And Sal’s thirst for knowledge in this area means you will receive up-to-date information in the wellbeing space.

It is worth stating again, it’s an honour to commend Sal Valentino to you. Sal is a great educator and communicator and perhaps most importantly, a person of high integrity.”

Bill Jennings: Founder- Time & Space