Wellbeing Pathway

Emotional Regulation, Confidence & Mentoring Support

The foundation of all progress begins with emotional safety.

Learning can’t happen without emotional wellbeing.

The Wellbeing Pathway helps young people feel safe, supported, and ready to engage by providing trauma-informed mentoring, emotional regulation strategies, and wellbeing-focused education alongside all Moving Mindspace learning programmes.

This pathway underpins every stage of the Moving Mindspace model — ensuring learners have the confidence, co-regulation, and emotional safety they need to grow, learn, and thrive.

💬 Who It’s For

  • Young people aged 9–25 experiencing anxiety, trauma, or emotional overwhelm
  • Learners who struggle to regulate emotions or maintain focus in learning environments
  • Those on EOTAS or Alternative Provision who need consistent wellbeing support
  • Students with SEND, PDA, ADHD, or autism who require emotional and sensory co-regulation
  • Young people re-engaging with education after prolonged absence, stress, or crisis

The Wellbeing Pathway meets learners where they are — emotionally and developmentally — creating the conditions for calm, trust, and genuine readiness to learn.

🧩 What We Offer

This pathway integrates 1:1 mentoring, self-regulation support, and wellbeing education, using creative and practical tools tailored to each learner’s profile and needs.

Our support includes:

  • Emotional regulation and sensory-based strategies
  • Confidence-building and self-esteem mentoring
  • Guided reflection and wellbeing check-ins
  • Mindfulness, grounding, and stress management
  • Emotional literacy and communication development
  • Gentle goal-setting and motivation support

Wellbeing sessions can run as a standalone support service or as an embedded strand across all other Moving Mindspace pathways — ensuring every learner has emotional scaffolding alongside their education.

🌿 How It Works

    • Regular 1:1 or small-group sessions, online or in-person
    • Trauma-informed, neurodiversity-aware approach to all support
    • Co-regulation and sensory understanding built into every session
    • Progress measured through reflective tools and wellbeing indicators
    • Option to link with Safe Space Circles and Unmask Me for deeper self-expression or therapeutic development

    Every mentor is trained in trauma-informed practice, co-regulation, and neurodivergent communication, ensuring that every learner feels safe, understood, and respected from the first session.

💖 Trauma-Informed Wellbeing

Our mentors understand that learning requires a regulated nervous system.

Sessions focus on creating calm, predictable routines and helping learners move from survival states (fight, flight, freeze) into connection and engagement.

This approach is supported by evidence from neuroscience and trauma research (Dr. Bruce Perry, 2021; Polyvagal Theory, Porges, 2018), showing that safety, connection, and relationship-based support are essential precursors to learning and self-regulation.

By focusing on co-regulation first, we build the foundation for sustained emotional growth and learning success.

🧠 Our Approach

The Wellbeing Pathway is grounded in a relational and developmental model, built around three principles:

1️⃣ Safety Before Learning – Emotional safety and trust are prioritised before any academic goals.

2️⃣ Connection Before Correction – Behaviour and regulation are supported through understanding, not punishment.

3️⃣ Progress Through Relationship – Growth happens through consistent, authentic mentoring relationships.

This approach allows learners to gradually build resilience, autonomy, and confidence — unlocking readiness for learning, independence, and life.

💡 Why It Matters

  • Emotional wellbeing is the single greatest predictor of successful learning and life outcomes.

    Studies by the Education Endowment Foundation (2022) and Carnegie Centre for Mental Health in Schools highlight that improved emotional regulation directly enhances attention, motivation, and academic progress.

    The Wellbeing Pathway fills the gap where traditional education often fails — supporting the whole learner, not just the student.

    When young people feel emotionally supported, their capacity to learn, engage, and achieve naturally increases.

🌈 Outcomes

Learners completing the Wellbeing Pathway will:

  • Develop emotional literacy and self-regulation strategies
  • Strengthen confidence, resilience, and coping tools
  • Improve focus, communication, and learning engagement
  • Reduce anxiety and stress responses
  • Gain transferable emotional and relational skills for life and work

✉️ Get in Touch

If your child or a young person you support is struggling emotionally and needs support to re-engage with learning, the Wellbeing Pathway can help rebuild calm, confidence, and connection — one step at a time.


Because when we support wellbeing first, learning and life can finally begin to grow.

Contact Us