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SLaM Recovery College Webinars for All 27th-31st July

24/7/2020

what depression is
what its causes are
what can get in the way of recovery from depression
what professional support is available
how we can help ourselves and support others.

There will be reflective practices/tasks between the sessions. This is not compulsory but may be helpful to prepare questions for the sessions.

Understanding the Impact of Substance Use on Mental Health part 3 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Friday 31st July
This three-part course explores the use of substances (drugs and alcohol) and their impact on mental wellbeing. At times, using substances can appear to be a solution but it often has a longer-term impact on our wellbeing. During these webinars we will explore why this happens and what support is available to aid recovery. In this first session, we examine the reasons why people use substances.

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION, if you haven’t signed up to a webinar with us before (even if you are a SLaM Recovery College student):
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqjpd3n-l3AxAj-8hQpHMfNlUOVlDNUtVWEhYUks3WTRFM0xHNDRQTUlMRy4u

RETURNING STUDENTS REGISTRATION, if you have already signed up to a webinar with us before:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqjpd3n-l3AxAj-8hQpHMfNlUMEhNWTRZOUdOMEhaN0U3OUU5NkJLSzhSQi4u

Please note: Microsoft Teams software is being used to deliver these sessions. If you are using a laptop or PC you'll be able to join via a web browser. If you are using a mobile phone or a tablet device to take part, you will need to visit the App Store (for iPad/iPhone) or Play Store (for Android tablet/phone) to download the Microsoft Teams app, but it's free and it's a very quick process. We will send you detailed joining guides for Android and iPad/iPhone, as well as laptop/PC, when we send you your webinar links. You will be able to join anonymously and no one will be able to see or hear you, but there's a Q&A component where you can type in questions or make comments.

Please feel free to share this offer of free to view webinars with anyone who you think might benefit.

Visit our COVID_19 resources page for details of crisis support, covid19 advice, online learning, online activities, and staying connected: https://www.slamrecoverycollege.co.uk/covid-19-resources.html

With very best wishes,

The team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College

Although these courses are free, SLaM Recovery College operates with charity funding. If you feel these webinars help you, and you are able to, please consider making a donation to the brilliant Maudsley Charity which supports innovative wellbeing projects in our communities.

There is, of course, no obligation to make a donation.

This is the link to make a donation if you’d like to:
https://maudsleycharity.org/support-us/make-a-donation/

SLaM Recovery College Webinars for All 20th-24th July

18/7/2020

Hello Students, Colleagues and Friends,

We understand how difficult a time this is for everybody, and particularly for people who experience long term health conditions.
As SLaM Recovery College is unable to offer any classroom-based workshops now, our team has been working behind the scenes to develop online content, including vlogs, webinars and e-learning.

These sessions are available to everyone, free of charge. You don’t need to be a SLaM Recovery College student or have any connection at all to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We just ask that you answer a few questions and let us know which sessions you’d like to be a part of, using one of the registration form links below, and we’ll then send you links to the webinars you’ve chosen.

Every Friday we will email you the details of the online learning we are offering in the following week.

N.B. If you can't make a particular live event you can still enrol and use the link we'll send you to watch a recording later on.

Here are next week’s webinars (20th-24th July). New this week: Understanding Depression (a three-part course)

Daily Mindfulness (you can attend as many or as few as you’d like):
Monday | 10:30am-11:15am | Monday 20th July
Tuesday | 10:30am-11:15am | Tuesday 21st July
Wednesday | 10:30am-11:15am | Wednesday 22nd July
Thursday | 10:30am-11:15am | Thursday 23rd July
Friday | 10:30am-11:15am | Friday 24th July.

Understanding Psychosis
A seven-part course about different aspects of psychosis, including schizophrenia, hearing voices and taking control of your medication. Although we recommend taking part in all seven sessions, they can also be watched as stand-alones :
Understanding Psychosis part 4: hearing voices A | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Monday 20th July
Understanding Psychosis part 5: hearing voices B | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Wednesday 22nd July

Keeping Safe Online
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us have relied, much more than previously, on the internet to live our daily lives. Seeing and communicating with family and friends, our working lives, studying, shopping - all those activities we once took for granted have shifted over to cyberspace: "we're living online now!" However, the internet is far from perfect. This four-part course explores what we can do to protect our privacy, finances, and mental health when we go online. We will look at online identity, scams, phishing, fake news and how to protect ourselves from trolls and from being targeted by negative communications. We will also look at both the advantages and the problems of online communication and start thinking about how we might manage this increasingly important aspect of our lives more skilfully. This course is recommended for people who already use personal email, social media and online shopping. For students who are looking for an IT skills course, we will soon have one available, so please watch this space!
Keeping Safe Online part 3: the truth is out there - how to spot fake news and information fraud | 11am-12noon | Tuesday 21st July
Keeping Safe Online part 4: connecting online - communicating and miscommunicating onscreen | 11am-12noon | Thursday 23rd July

Moving Towards Self-Compassion 7 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Tuesday 21st July
This eight-part course explores the idea of self-compassion and how this can lead to a greater sense of self-acceptance and empathy with other people. Each week, we will explore a different topic, practise some self-compassion exercises then reflect on our experience. There will be pre-session and post-session activities which you can complete at home. We hope this course would be of interest to and benefit anyone who might struggle with perfectionism or self-criticism. We also warmly welcome anyone curious about this course, and who enjoys reflecting on what it means to be human.

Smoking and COVID-19 | 11am-12noon | Wednesday 22nd July
In this session, Mary Yates, Nurse Consultant in SLaM, outlines why it’s more important than ever before to quit smoking during the COVID-19 pandemic. She will give an overview of the best ways to quit and how to access support. She will also explain why some researchers think that nicotine (NOT SMOKING!) may actually help protect against COVID-19.

Introduction to Beth: a new way for service users, carers and staff to communicate and collaborate | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Wednesday 22nd July
For service users, Beth is very friendly and overall easy to use and supports personal choice and autonomy. You can link your Beth account with your NHS number to access your health records and:

see who is in your care team and support network
securely message your care team
access your current care plan
see all your appointments
keep track of your mood and sleep
use online free and trusted health resources

For people caring for someone under SLaM services you can create your own account to look after your own wellbeing and securely message their care team.

NEW!! Understanding Depression part 1 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Thursday 23rd July
This course will run over 4 sessions. It will focus on different aspects of depression. The content will cover:

what depression is
what its causes are
what can get in the way of recovery from depression
what professional support is available
how we can help ourselves and support others.

There is a homework component at the end of the first 3 sessions.

Understanding the Impact of Substance Use on Mental Health part 2 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Friday 24th July
This three-part course explores the use of substances (drugs and alcohol) and their impact on mental wellbeing. At times, using substances can appear to be a solution but it often has a longer-term impact on our wellbeing. During these webinars we will explore why this happens and what support is available to aid recovery. In this first session, we examine the reasons why people use substances.

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION, if you haven’t signed up to a webinar with us before (even if you are a SLaM Recovery College student):
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqjpd3n-l3AxAj-8hQpHMfNlUNFVEUjdCVzhVS045Q1A4STYwME9HVUw4MS4u

RETURNING STUDENTS REGISTRATION, if you have already signed up to a webinar with us before:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqjpd3n-l3AxAj-8hQpHMfNlUN1kwUE41RUxNV0NFRUlGNjg4RTNXQjk3MC4u

Please note: Microsoft Teams software is being used to deliver these sessions. If you are using a laptop or PC you'll be able to join via a web browser. If you are using a mobile phone or a tablet device to take part, you will need to visit the App Store (for iPad/iPhone) or Play Store (for Android tablet/phone) to download the Microsoft Teams app, but it's free and it's a very quick process. We will send you detailed joining guides for Android and iPad/iPhone, as well as laptop/PC, when we send you your webinar links. You will be able to join anonymously and no one will be able to see or hear you, but there's a Q&A component where you can type in questions or make comments.

Please feel free to share this offer of free to view webinars with anyone who you think might benefit.

Visit our COVID_19 resources page for details of crisis support, covid19 advice, online learning, online activities, and staying connected: https://www.slamrecoverycollege.co.uk/covid-19-resources.html

With very best wishes,

The team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College

SLaM Recovery College Webinars for All 13th-17th July

10/7/2020

Hello Students, Colleagues and Friends,

We understand how difficult a time this is for everybody, and particularly for people who experience long term health conditions.
As SLaM Recovery College is unable to offer any classroom-based workshops now, our team has been working behind the scenes to develop online content, including vlogs, webinars and e-learning.

These sessions are available to everyone, free of charge. You don’t need to be a SLaM Recovery College student or have any connection at all to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We just ask that you answer a few questions and let us know which sessions you’d like to be a part of, using one of the registration form links below, and we’ll then send you links to the webinars you’ve chosen. Every Friday we will email you the details of the online learning we are offering in the following week.

N.B. If you can't make a particular live event you can still enrol and use the link we'll send you to watch a recording later on.

This week’s webinars (13th-17th July), including two new additions, Keeping Safe Online and Understanding the Impact of Substance Use on Mental Health:

Daily Mindfulness (you can attend as many or as few as you’d like):
Monday | 10:30am-11:15am | Monday 13th July
Tuesday | 10:30am-11:15am | Tuesday 14th July
Wednesday | 10:30am-11:15am | Wednesday 15th July
Thursday | 10:30am-11:15am | Thursday 16th July
Friday | 10:30am-11:15am | Friday 17th July.

Understanding Psychosis
A seven-part course about different aspects of psychosis, including schizophrenia, hearing voices and taking control of your medication. Although we recommend taking part in all seven sessions, they can also be watched as stand-alones.
Understanding Psychosis part 2: schizophrenia | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Monday 13th July
Understanding Psychosis part 3 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Wednesday 15th July

NEW!! Keeping Safe Online
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us have relied, much more than previously, on the internet to live our daily lives. Seeing and communicating with family and friends, our working lives, studying, shopping - all those activities we once took for granted have shifted over to cyberspace: "we're living online now!" However, the internet is far from perfect. This four-part course explores what we can do to protect our privacy, finances, and mental health when we go online. We will look at online identity, scams, phishing, fake news and how to protect ourselves from trolls and from being targeted by negative communications. We will also look at both the advantages and the problems of online communication and start thinking about how we might manage this increasingly important aspect of our lives more skilfully. This course is recommended for people who already use personal email, social media and online shopping. For students who are looking for an IT skills course, we will soon have one available, so please watch this space!
Keeping Safe Online part 1: living online, the good, the bad and the ugly | 11am-12noon | Tuesday 14th July
Keeping Safe Online part 2: scams and how to avoid being caught| 11am-12noon | Thursday 16th July

Moving Towards Self-Compassion 6 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Tuesday 14th July
This eight-part course explores the idea of self-compassion and how this can lead to a greater sense of self-acceptance and empathy with other people. Each week, we will explore a different topic, practise some self-compassion exercises then reflect on our experience. There will be pre-session and post-session activities which you can complete at home. We hope this course would be of interest to and benefit anyone who might struggle with perfectionism or self-criticism. We also warmly welcome anyone curious about this course, and who enjoys reflecting on what it means to be human.

The Role of the Carer During the COVID-19 Pandemic part 2| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Thursday 16th July
A two-part course that focuses on the changes and challenges carers have experienced due to Covid-19. We will explore how the changes have affected carers in both inpatient and outpatient settings, share experiences, and look at how carers can cope with these new challenges.

NEW!! Understanding the Impact of Substance Use on Mental Health part 1 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Friday 17th July
This three-part course explores the use of substances (drugs and alcohol) and their impact on mental wellbeing. At times, using substances can appear to be a solution but it often has a longer-term impact on our wellbeing. During these webinars we will explore why this happens and what support is available to aid recovery. In this first session, we examine the reasons why people use substances.

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION, if you haven’t signed up to a webinar with us before (even if you are a SLaM Recovery College student):
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqjpd3n-l3AxAj-8hQpHMfNlUREVIODc0Slk5UUE5Uk42U1ZMUlc5UTBPTS4u

RETURNING STUDENTS REGISTRATION, if you have already signed up to a webinar with us before:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqjpd3n-l3AxAj-8hQpHMfNlUNjdIQ0wxMDBLR0xWQ0ZNODJYOTVWSE03Ry4u

Please note: Microsoft Teams software is being used to deliver these sessions. If you are using a laptop or PC you'll be able to join via a web browser. If you are using a mobile phone or a tablet device to take part, you will need to visit the App Store (for iPad/iPhone) or Play Store (for Android tablet/phone) to download the Microsoft Teams app, but it's free and it's a very quick process. We will send you detailed joining guides for Android and iPad/iPhone, as well as laptop/PC, when we send you your webinar links. You will be able to join anonymously and no one will be able to see or hear you, but there's a Q&A component where you can type in questions or make comments.

Please feel free to share this offer of free to view webinars with anyone who you think might benefit.

Visit our COVID_19 resources page for details of crisis support, covid19 advice, online learning, online activities, and staying connected: https://www.slamrecoverycollege.co.uk/covid-19-resources.html

With very best wishes,

The team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College

SLaM Recovery College Webinars for All 6th-10th July

5/7/2020

Hello Students, Colleagues and Friends,

We understand how difficult a time this is for everybody, and particularly for people who experience long term health conditions.
As SLaM Recovery College is unable to offer any classroom-based workshops now, our team has been working behind the scenes to develop online content, including vlogs, webinars and e-learning.

These sessions are available to everyone, free of charge. You don’t need to be a SLaM Recovery College student or have any connection at all to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. We just ask that you answer a few questions and let us know which sessions you’d like to be a part of, using one of the registration form links below, and we’ll then send you links to the webinars you’ve chosen.

Every Friday we will email you the details of the online learning we are offering in the following week.

N.B. If you can't make a particular live event you can still enrol and use the link we'll send you to watch a recording later on.

Here are next week’s webinars 6th-10th July:

Daily Mindfulness (you can attend as many or as few as you’d like):
Monday | 10:30am-11:15am | Monday 6th July
Tuesday | 10:30am-11:15am | Tuesday 7th July
Wednesday | 10:30am-11:15am | Wednesday 8th July
N.B. This is a recording, so no Q&A interaction is possible.
Thursday | 10:30am-11:15am | Thursday 9th July
Friday | 10:30am-11:15am | Friday 10th July
N.B. This is a recording, so no Q&A interaction is possible.

Moving Towards Self-Compassion 5 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Tuesday 7th July
This eight-part course explores the idea of self-compassion and how this can lead to a greater sense of self-acceptance and empathy with other people. Each week, we will explore a different topic, practise some self-compassion exercises then reflect on our experience. There will be pre-session and post-session activities which you can complete at home (see attached pdf). We hope this course would be of interest to and benefit anyone who might struggle with perfectionism or self-criticism. We also warmly welcome anyone curious about this course, and who enjoys reflecting on what it means to be human.

Smoking and COVID-19 | 11am-12noon | Wednesday 8th July
In this session, Mary Yates, Nurse Consultant in SLaM, outlines why it’s more important than ever before to quit smoking during the COVID-19 pandemic. She will give an overview of the best ways to quit and how to access support. She will also explain why some researchers think that nicotine (NOT SMOKING!) may actually help protect against COVID-19.

NEW!! Understanding Psychosis part 1 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Wednesday 8th July
A seven-part course about different aspects of psychosis, including schizophrenia, hearing voices and taking control of your medication. Although we recommend taking part in all seven sessions, they can also be watched as stand-alones. During this session we will explore what psychosis is and how it is diagnosed.

Bereavement during the Covid-19 pandemic: supporting ourselves and others while grieving | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Wednesday 8th July
This course gently leads us through the four phases (or ‘layers’) of mourning as described by John Bowlby, the founder of attachment theory. We will be thinking about and sharing ways of supporting the grieving process within the restrictions of the pandemic. *

* We realise that by enrolling for this course, you may recently have been bereaved, or know someone who has and would like to help them. Your emotional wellbeing at this sad time is of absolute importance to us. With this in mind, we ask you to let someone who you trust know that you will be doing this course - this person will be your support contact. When you join us for the webinar, please keep your mobile beside you in case you need to call or text your support contact. Ask them to check how you are when the course starts at 2.30pm, and also when it ends around 3.30pm. Perhaps your contact might be able to join you online for the course. We want you to know that you are warmly welcome, and that you are not alone in your grief.

NEW!! The Role of the Carer During the COVID-19 Pandemic part 1 | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Thursday 9th July
A two-part course that focuses on the changes and challenges carers have experienced due to Covid-19. We will explore how the changes have affected carers in both inpatient and outpatient settings, share experiences, and look at how carers can cope with these new challenges.

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION, if you haven’t signed up to a webinar with us before (even if you are a SLaM Recovery College student):
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqjpd3n-l3AxAj-8hQpHMfNlUOTlNMDZRVVdWWTcwQ01TRFIwS05XQTA4NS4u

RETURNING STUDENTS REGISTRATION, if you have already signed up to a webinar with us before:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=SuTPoS5olUqOctA7m1iHqjpd3n-l3AxAj-8hQpHMfNlUQzlBTlpESjE1MFdQNVZVWk5VMFFTUFk0NC4u

Please note: Microsoft Teams software is being used to deliver these sessions. If you are using a laptop or PC you'll be able to join via a web browser. If you are using a mobile phone or a tablet device to take part, you will need to visit the App Store (for iPad/iPhone) or Play Store (for Android tablet/phone) to download the Microsoft Teams app, but it's free and it's a very quick process. We will send you detailed joining guides for Android and iPad/iPhone, as well as laptop/PC, when we send you your webinar links. You will be able to join anonymously and no one will be able to see or hear you, but there's a Q&A component where you can type in questions or make comments.

Please feel free to share this offer of free to view webinars with anyone who you think might benefit.

Visit our COVID_19 resources page for details of crisis support, covid19 advice, online learning, online activities, and staying connected: https://www.slamrecoverycollege.co.uk/covid-19-resources.html

With very best wishes,

The team at South London and Maudsley Recovery College

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