Mental health programme may improve students’ schoolwork

A MENTAL health programme aimed at young children could improve academic performance, a conference has heard.

Zippy’s Friends, a programme which has already run in 16 other countries, was operated on a pilot basis in the north west, with academics concluding that it increased children’s emotional literacy skills and helped them to cope more with bereavement.

Details of the programme were outlined at the National Office for Suicide Prevention’s (NOSP) annual conference in Dublin.