Young Scot and the Learning Zone
Young Scot spoke to SCCR's Emotional Health and Wellbeing Lead Ellie Goddard, and in this fantastic video Ellie chats about how changes in the brain when growing up can affect how we feel and act in our relationships.
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Over the ten years SCCR has worked towards reducing youth homelessness in Scotland, we’ve worked with several partners. Young Scot, as Scotland's national youth information platform, is a natural partner for us.
So much of our mission is sharing knowledge on how to reduce conflict within the family home – and Young Scot’s audience of, well, young scots, is a good match for us.
They also just produce great content. From sharing tips on finding cheaper public transport to Black History Month to speaking Gaelic, Young Scot has it covered.
We were thrilled, then, to take the opportunity to work with Young Scot on unpacking some of the content you’ll find in SCCR’s Learning Zone.
In April, SCCR launched the Learning Zone, a new section of its website which builds on previous psychoeducational digital resources. The Learning Zone partners information on the role adolescent brain development plays in family conflict with practical coping strategies young people can use to enhance their emotional health and wellbeing.
The Learning Zone tells the story of how our brains interpret the world around us and how this translates in our bodies, emotions and behaviours. If we can understand and recognise emotions in ourselves and others we can develop skills to regulate our emotions and improve our relationships.
Our Emotional Health and Wellbeing Lead Ellie appears on Young Scot’s video discussing how ‘neurochemicals’ affect mood and can feed into family conflicts; how typical adolescent behaviour that is often dismissed as ‘bad’ such as risk-taking or listening to peers over parents is in fact not only normal but an important part of development; and how to have difficult conversation. All in five minutes!
We were delighted Ellie was able to take part in the video. Ellie is moving on from the SCCR, and will be much missed. She put a tremendous amount of work into The Learning Zone and this video is a neat summation of her legacy.
Click here to visit the Young Person's Learning Zone.
Click here to visit the Learning Zone for professionals who work with families.
