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
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/ |