The Good2Go Programme

Making mental health a priority in schools.

Building on the success of The Life Skills, the Good2Go is a unique and cost-effective approach – young people teach primary children the skills via video.

The Decider Life Skills Good2Go videos are ideal when using remote teaching methods (see below).

Every school is different, every classroom has its unique challenges. Contact us to discuss your requirements and for a bespoke quote for your school. Average cost £300 per school + £2.50 per pupil.

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Good2Go Programme

The Life Skills Good2Go programme offers effective, adaptable, evidence based, memorable and creative mental health skills for primary schools that are easy to teach and fun to learn:

Manuals, handbooks and all props provided
Teaching videos – young people teaching children
Explanatory videos for students, teachers and parents
Embedding activities: Insider Decider for the classroom and Outsider Decider for the playground
Online training for lead teachers

Benefits for Schools

The Life Skills Good2Go programme:

Upskills teachers
Empowers and builds resilience and independence
Evidence based and cost effective
Complements mental health and wellbeing curriculum
Develops a common language between students, school and home
A whole school approach

Benefits for Teachers and Students

Schools find that teachers and students:

Improve emotional intelligence
Increase mind-body connection
Develop a shared common language
Ability to manage emotions and own mental health
Develop and strengthen new neural pathways
More skilful, less impulsive life
More resilient, resourceful, responsible, robust, reflective

Why Good2Go?

Teachers are busy. We provide all the strategies and resources to optimise teacher time and student learning. Taught by video in a weekly whole school assembly over seven weeks. Teachers embed the skills with fun indoor and outdoor activities in lesson time.

“The greatest gift we can give children and young people is the ability to manage their own emotions and mental health.”- Ayres and Vivyan 2018

Teaching the skills remotely: the skill videos can be shown to students via screen sharing when livestreaming (Zoom, Teams etc). Student handbooks and the parent information leaflet can then be sent, and a link to the online webapp from where they can also view the animated videos at home, and follow the link to download the STOPP app.

Experience the Programme

Watch the 1 minute extract of Right Now Skill (each video approx. 4-5 minutes each)

Link to Roots & Shoots Outsider Decider Video

Resilient Ratties is a series of books written for children about The Decider Life Skills, written by one of our Authorised Trainers in NHS Highland.

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“The Decider Skills is our universal language throughout the school. It has been life changing for some of our families. For me, they're fundamental; I can only advocate how important they’ve been in our school and for me personally."

Tracey Moore, Head Teacher, Amherst Primary School

“The Decider Skills are a very useful addition to the tools that we have. We use them with individuals as a stand-alone technique, and also alongside other interventions. The skills can be delivered by a range of clinicians.”

Dr James Murray, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, CAMHS