Results from The Hub's (then part of Barnardo's) 2015 work at a Guernsey secondary school when teaching The Decider Life Skills as a targeted intervention for young people with mental health difficulties.
3 young people with mental health difficulties responded very positively to The Decider Life Skills.
Feedback included:
When he called me a name - I used Fact or Opinion to calm myself down. I told myself that it was their opinion and not fact.
I used STOPP in an argument when I was accused of something I didn't do.
I used 5 4 3 2 1 because my friend really annoyed me in class and I didn't want to lash out in front of everyone. It helped me calm down and think about what is really important.
James Murray & Lia Tostevin
Evidence suggesting increased mental health and wellbeing problems with children gives a rationale for developing and delivering proactive interventions. The Decider Skills is a framework that aims to teach children skills to manage their emotions and wellbeing. This study looked at whether students who participate in the programme as a whole-school approach would demonstrate an increased ability to recognise and better manage their emotions as rated by themselves, their parents, and their teachers.
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The Decider Life Skills as a whole school approach at Amherst Primary School, Guernsey
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Ladies College in Guernsey implemented The Decider Life Schools as a pilot project over the 2015-2016 academic year.
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Kintore School created a powerpoint presentation about the impact of The Decider Life Skills (Good2Go) on their school. The school has won a Wellbeing Award for Schools - The Decider Life Skills are an integral part of Kintore Primary School.
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During the academic year 2019 - 2020 several Guernsey primary schools are implementing The Life Skills into their schools using The Life Skills Good2Go videos
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November 2025
"We enjoy using the amazing Decider Skills in our ELSA sessions always as they are very useful to reach secondary students in their scenarios to empower them to cope. I have also used students of a whole class to act out the skills for each other in year 7. It was great fun and a big win on the feedback forms. We were able to get counselling sorted for a student that reached out for help on the feedback form - for this reason I want you to know how incorporating the Decider Skills in our ELSA work is helpful to students and adults alike, so thank you. Thank you for all the good you enable."
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