Mental Health Education Program

Schools play an important role in supporting the mental health needs of young people and their families. This program delivers free mental health education workshops to primary* and secondary school communities across Australia.

Our aim is to increase student understanding of mental health and wellbeing, what impacts it, reduce stigma and help young people and their families build strategies and skills to manage challenges and changes, including where to get help.

*Note we only offer for Grade 6 in Primary schools through the Transitions: Primary to secondary school workshop

Our Workshops

These workshops are available to all schools across Australia, including regional and remote areas. They are interactive, strength-based and evidence-informed and timed to fit a standard school lesson.

Workshops are facilitated onsite at schools, and/or via webinar at no cost.

School staff and local headspace centre staff are invited to participate in the workshops where possible. These workshops complement mental health and wellbeing strategies that schools already have in place, including the Be You National Initiative for educators.

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In-person workshops

For Students

For Parents and Carers

Contact information

Online workshops

For Students

For Parents and Carers

In-Person Workshops

Our program delivers free in-person mental health education workshops to secondary school communities across Australia. Our workshops are interactive, strength-based, evidence-informed and timed to fit a standard school lesson. The following outlines our in-person workshops:

For Students

Year 6-7:

Transitions: Primary to Secondary - Our program delivers an in-person workshop at primary and combined schools for year 6 students moving into secondary school to prepare them for the changes ahead.

Year 10-12:

Transitions: Leaving School - Our program delivers an in-person workshop at secondary schools for senior students transitioning out of school, to prepare them for the changes ahead.

Year 7-12:

Our program delivers a range of in-person workshops at secondary schools covering topics that impact young people, including:

Let’s Talk About It: mental health
Looking out for your friends: Notice, Ask, Connect
In Your Power: Navigating Bullying and Mental Health
Self-care: looking after your mental health
Naming and understanding our emotions
Culture, identity and wellbeing
Connection & Wellbeing

Book an in-person session

* These workshops can also be offered online. Read more here.

For Parent/Carers

We also offer a parent and carer workshop, to complement our student workshops called:

Supporting young people: Notice, Inquire, Provide

*Please note, we are unable to only offer the Parent & Carer workshop to schools. Student workshops must also be booked

Contact information

For more information, or to book a session for your school community, email:

MHEP@headspace.org.au

Download Mental Health Education Programs In-Person Flyer

Online Workshops

For Students

Year 7-12

Virtual Classrooms

Our program delivers free online mental health education virtual classrooms to secondary school communities across Australia. Our workshops aim to increase mental health literacy, reduce stigma, and build the capacity of young people to understand their own wellbeing needs, support their peers and explore pathways for help-seeking.

We provide the following workshops: