Understanding Emotional Needs of Boys

Exploring Boys' Emotional Worlds: Investigate the internal and external factors influencing boys’ emotional identities, including gender expectations, race, LGBTQ+ perspectives, and poverty.

The Circle of Courage Model: Learn this robust framework for understanding boys' emotional needs and developing effective strategies to support them.

Addressing Urgent Challenges: Discuss critical issues such as overrepresentation in mental health and prison systems and the high prevalence of suicide among young men in the UK.

Promoting Healthy Emotional Expression: Discover ways to help boys process, communicate, and manage their emotions for their well-being and that of their communities.

Increased understanding of boys’ unique emotional and behavioural needs.

Practical strategies to address emotional and behavioural challenges in boys.

Deeper insight into professional attitudes and behaviours toward boys’ emotional challenges.

Tools to support boys' inclusion, emotional development, and achievement.

A chance to reflect on the societal impact of unmet emotional needs in boys.

Educators, SENCOs, and teaching assistants.

Parents, guardians, and caregivers.

Social workers and community practitioners.

Mental health and inclusion specialists.

Suicide is the leading cause of death among UK men aged 16-35, with 3 men to every 1 woman dying by suicide annually.

Boys and men are overrepresented in the prison system and account for the majority of severe mental health cases.