Caring students achieve qualification to help others

CARING students at Haydon School are the first in the world to achieve a qualification which will enable them to help other pupils with their problems.

Today (22) the 19 students, who study at the school in Wiltshire Lane, Eastcote, will complete their last day of training to achieve the Student Practitioner of EmoTrance qualification.

EmoTrance stands for emotional transformation, and it helps the students to identify where emotions are being held in the body. The emotions can build up like a pressure cooker and can lead to outbursts of anger, frustration or crying.

The students were already peer mentors at their school running open clinics for other students for them to talk about their problems, such as bullying, exam stress and home life situations.

There are many Adult EmoTrance Practitioners worldwide in 21 countries but this new qualification is the first of its kind.

The trainer, Kim Bradley, from Emotional Freedom Training, said: "It has been an immense privilege to teach such young minds these skills that they will be able to use for the rest of their lives.

"EmoTrance is all about becoming the master of your emotions and not at the mercy of them. Being put in the driving seat of your feelings at such a young age is a fantastic gift".

As well as 19 students receiving such an accolade, 15 teachers were taught the basics of the technique for handling day to day stress and feeling overwhelmed with work, as well as handling difficult people including students and their peers.