Toolkit guide
Topic
Promising practice - whole-school/systems approach, leadership and family engagement, sustained staff development.
Tools & Frameworks
Good practice
Language
EN
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for whole-school frameworks for supportive behavioural and emotional climates.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
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School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS)
Area
2.2
Description

A whole-school framework that establishes a shared vision for a positive school culture, engages a representative leadership team, involves families and builds staff capacity through sustained professional development, supporting students' behavioural, social, emotional and mental health needs.

Brief description
Whole-school framework for supportive behavioural and emotional climates.
Country
Netherlands, Norway 
Keywords
whole-school systems approach, positive behaviour support, leadership, staff development, family engagement
Resource Title
School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS)
Topic
Promising practice — early identification, targeted prevention, links schools to care.
Tools & Frameworks
Good practice
Language
EN
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for school-based screening of at-risk pupils.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
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ProfScreen – Professional Screening of at-risk pupils
Area
2.2
Description

A school-based approach for the professional screening and identification of pupils at risk of mental health difficulties, supporting early detection and onward referral; implemented across many European countries and documented in peer-reviewed studies.

Brief description
Professional screening of at-risk pupils in schools.
Country
Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden. 
Keywords
screening, early identification, targeted prevention, links to care, at-risk pupils
Resource Title
ProfScreen – Professional Screening of at-risk pupils
Topic
Promising practice - teacher workforce training, evidence-based, transferable.
Tools & Frameworks
Good practice
Language
EN
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for teacher training that strengthens safe, enabling school environments.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
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Incredible Years – Teacher Programs
Area
2.2
Description

The educator strand of Incredible Years works with teachers and school professionals in group sessions, equipping them to manage classrooms effectively, build positive relationships with students and foster children's resilience, social competence and academic engagement.

Brief description
Group-based training for teachers in classroom and relationship skills.
Country
Ireland, Portugal, Slovenia, UK 
Keywords
teacher workforce training, evidence-based, transferable, classroom management
Pdf file
Resource Title
Incredible Years – Teacher Programs
Topic
Innovative practice (*) - intersectoral education–health integration, early identification; evaluation/scale still developing.
Tools & Frameworks
Innovative practice
Language
EN
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for structural collaboration between education and mental health services.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
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Mental Health Clinical Liaison Programme for Schools *
Area
2.2
Description

A pilot initiative in the Community of Madrid that brings multidisciplinary mental health teams (psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses) directly into primary and secondary schools for early detection, multidisciplinary evaluation and specialised prevention. Regular professional presence improves early identification and inter-institutional coordination.

Brief description
Pilot bringing multidisciplinary mental health teams into schools (Madrid, Spain).
Country
Spain
Keywords
intersectoral, education-health integration, early identification, innovative practice, evaluation developing
Resource Title
Mental Health Clinical Liaison Programme for Schools *
Topic
Innovative practice (*) — addresses emerging digital-use risk; targeted/indicated prevention; evaluation developing.
Tools & Frameworks
Innovative practice
Language
EN
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for indicated prevention for problematic media use among young people.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
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PROTECT *
Area
2.2
Description

Developed at Heidelberg University of Education, PROTECT is an indicated prevention programme for students already showing signs of problematic media use. Delivered by trained practitioners in four structured sessions, it addresses underlying mechanisms - performance anxiety, social insecurity, boredom, dysfunctional emotion regulation - and builds healthier alternatives.

Brief description
Indicated prevention for students showing problematic media use (Germany).
Country
Germany 
Keywords
digital-use risk, targeted/indicated prevention, emerging risk, innovative practice
Resource Title
PROTECT *
Topic
Innovative practice (*) - digital/app-based, emerging-risk focus; formal evaluation developing.
Tools & Frameworks
Innovative practice
Language
EN
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for digital prevention of overlapping media, substance and gambling risk.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
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My Time Without - The Challenge *
Area
2.2
Description

An app-based intervention implemented in German vocational schools in which students receive a brief introduction to habits and risky health behaviours, followed by a structured, app-supported period of initiated abstinence. It addresses the intersection of media use, substance use and gambling.

Brief description
App-based abstinence challenge addressing risky media/substance/gambling habits (Germany).
Country
Germany 
Keywords
app-based, digital-use risk, targeted prevention, innovative practice, school
Resource Title
My Time Without — The Challenge *
Topic
Promising practice - universal SEL, curriculum-integrated, transferable.
Tools & Frameworks
Good practice
Language
EN
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for curriculum-based, whole-population mental health promotion in schools.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
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PROMEHS (Promoting Mental Health at Schools)
Area
2.2
Description

PROMEHS is a curriculum-based programme that builds social and emotional skills, resilience and positive functioning while preventing difficulties, designed for systematic integration into school curricula across several European countries.

Brief description
Curriculum-based programme promoting mental health at school.
Country
Croatia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Romania 
Keywords
SEL, curriculum-integrated, universal prevention, transferable, promotion
Resource Title
PROMEHS (Promoting Mental Health at Schools)
Topic
Promising practice - early-years SEL, SEN-adapted components, transferable.
Tools & Frameworks
Good practice
Language
EN
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for early emotional-regulation and coping-skills development.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
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Skills for Life (Zippy's & Apple's Friends)
Area
2.2
Description

Zippy's Friends and Apple's Friends build young children's emotional literacy and coping skills through structured, story-based sessions, with components designed for children with special educational needs. They are implemented across several European countries.

Brief description
Emotional coping-skills programmes for young children.
Country
Czechia, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, UK 
Keywords
early-years SEL, SEN-adapted, transferable, coping skills
Resource Title
Skills for Life (Zippy's & Apple's Friends)
Topic
Promising practice - universal life-skills/SEL, teacher-delivered.
Tools & Frameworks
Good practice
Language
EN
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for life-skills and social-emotional learning for adolescents.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
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Lions Quest 'Skills for Adolescence' (LQSFA)
Area
2.2
Description

A structured life-skills and social-emotional learning programme for adolescents that builds personal, social and resistance skills to support positive development and prevent risk behaviours; implemented in Slovenia and Croatia.

Brief description
Life-skills and SEL programme for adolescents.
Country
Slovenia, Croatia 
Keywords
life skills, universal prevention, teacher-delivered, SEL curriculum
Resource Title
Lions Quest 'Skills for Adolescence' (LQSFA)
Topic
Promising practice - universal SEL, research-evaluated.
Tools & Frameworks
Good practice
Language
EN
Use it to…
Use it to help identify, adapt, and apply effective solutions for observation-based approaches to social-emotional learning.
Where to look in this resource
The whole document is relevant - it summarises the main characteristics of the practice.
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Stop & Think - SEE+
Area
2.2
Description

A socio-emotional learning approach (Socio-Emotional Engagement through observation, SEE+) that supports children's emotional understanding and self-regulation; evaluated in the UK and documented in peer-reviewed research.

Brief description
Socio-emotional programme using observation-based engagement (UK).
Country
UK 
Keywords
SEL, universal prevention, research-evaluated
Resource Title
Stop & Think – SEE+