Welcome to DEAL
Samaritans DEAL (Developing Emotional Awareness and Learning)
programme helps schools develop the skills that young people aged
14-16 need to cope with life's challenges and develop their
emotional health and wellbeing.
The resources aim to help
students to develop an understanding of the meaning of the term
‘emotional health’ as it relates to them, and their
friends/family/peers. The lessons also seek to help students to
identify coping strategies for stressful or difficult situations
they may face, and to reflect on the positive and negative
consequences their choices could have.
Flexibility
DEAL can be taught as part
of a lesson on a range of subjects, including English literature,
drama, RE and geography. Samaritans has developed DEAL so that
emotional health is seen as relevant to learning generally, rather
than any one specific area of the curriculum, reflecting the fact
that emotional health-related skills are important to all parts of
life.
DEAL materials are designed not just for use by PSHE
specialists, but also by generalist teachers like form tutors or
pastoral staff, and can be used as a series of lessons or as part
of a collapsed curriculum day.
The materials cater for different learning styles, and are based
on a facilitative style of teaching, which encourages pupils to
express and develop their own ideas and ways of thinking about the
issues in question.
Dealing with emotional stress
In this mp3 audio download, celebrity supporter Danny McNamara
of Embrace discusses how he dealt with emotional stress. Also
featuring Tonja Schmidt, Development Co-ordinator at Samaritans,
introducing DEAL, and Zia Forrai, a 17-year-old student.
If the audio file above does not
work, you can download
the mp3
More information
Every secondary school in the UK and ROI received a copy of the
DEAL resources as part of the launch in October 2006. For a limited
time a free copy of the DEAL electronic pack (containing a CD-ROM
with the teaching materials and DVD) is available to people who
will be using the materials directly with young people or with
schools. This is limited to one copy per organisation. To request a
copy please email schools@samaritans.org
Free lesson
plans and resources
DEAL
feedback
National
Curriculum links
Give your views on
DEAL
For more information, contact:
Amanda Edmondson,
Schools Consultation Officer,
a.edmondson@samaritans.org
Samaritans has 202 branches across the UK and Ireland and your
local branch may be able to support your staff in delivering DEAL,
or visit the school to talk about Samaritans. However, it does
depend on volunteers being available and will vary from region to
region. Find your local
branch