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Contacts: Dr Araba Chintoh (Roo) Boluwatito Mafikuyomi (Tito) https://www.linkedin.com/in/boluwatitomafikuyomi?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios Heather Lewis - heathernaomilewis@gmail.com For the Love of Rugby Episode - ' The Lowest Moments of our Careers' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgkRDTCjlHU&t=4s Coaching and Mental Health Research: Stu Edwards.

Resources: Self Care, Mental Health Foundation - https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/publications/our-best-mental-health-tips Mental Health in the Workplace - How to support mental health at work publication | Mental Health Foundation ReThink Mental Illness - Discrimination and mental health Mind Disability Discrimination - What is the Equality Act 2010? | Legal rights | Mind The Hand Model of the Brain and Coaches Guide - https://chjs.org/resources/read-not

Resources: Self Care, Mental Health Foundation - https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/publications/our-best-mental-health-tips The Hand Model of the Brain and Coaches Guide - https://chjs.org/resources/read-nothing-heals-like-sport-a-new-playbook-for-coaches/ The Drama Triangle - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E_XSeUYa0-8&xstg=CAMSEBUJ_b-oH-PhF0yjBgavkzY%3D This image is inspired by a podcast with Christine Bright from CHJS. Definitions: Good mental health do

Resources and reports cited from the webinar, are all listed below: The Good Childhood Report, 2025: https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-10/GCR2025%20Summary%20Report.pdf The Children's Society Statistics: Children's Mental Health Statistics | The Children's Society Understanding Drivers in Recent Trends of Young People's Mental Health, 2025: https://youthfuturesfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Research-report_Understanding-drivers-of-recent-

Dr Josephine Perry - Performance in Mind | Dr Josephine Perry | Sport Psychology Josephine's books are so practical and easy to read, available in many places, for ease here's Amazon's link to see the books. I Can: The Teenage Athlete's Guide to Mental Fitness : Perry, Josephine: Amazon.co.uk: Books ADHD IN SPORT: Strategies for Success: Amazon.co.uk: Perry, Josephine: 9781914110481: Books Football - How to support players with ADHD | England Football Learning

Resources and reports cited from the webinar, are all listed below: The Good Childhood Report, 2025: https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-10/GCR2025%20Summary%20Report.pdf The Children's Society Statistics: Children's Mental Health Statistics | The Children's Society Understanding Drivers in Recent Trends of Young People's Mental Health, 2025: https://youthfuturesfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Research-report_Understanding-drivers-of-recent-

Thank you so much for being such a joy to work with! Here are a heap of resources, which I hope will be useful as you reflect on the course and continue to practice in a trauma informed way. As always, get in touch if you want to ask about anything. Definitions Used: Mental Health - Good mental health doesn’t mean being happy all the time. It means being able to feel and manage a range of emotions. Good mental health is a state of mental wellbeing that enables people to cop

Definitions Used: Mental Health - Good mental health doesn’t mean being happy all the time. It means being able to feel and manage a range of emotions. Good mental health is a state of mental wellbeing that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community. Ad apted from the https://www.who.int/ Traumatic Event - "a traumatic event is any pattern of activation of your stress response syste

Thank you for attending our symposium... ' Rugby Union, from Grassroots to Global ​ Using Lived Experience to Pioneer the Way for Mental Health in Sport.' Dr Araba Chintoh - araba.chintoh@ucalgary.ca Dr Steffan Griffin - steffan.griffin@ed.ac.uk Tito Mafikuyomi - boluwatito.mafikuyomi@mail.utoronto.ca Heather Lewis - heathernaomilewis@gmail.com

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