CBC News: More mental health training to help young Canadians
Kudos to TDSB for taking action on what we believe is vital to the health of our young people. This is a major step forward for both, theProvince
of Ontario and Canada
Kudos to TDSB for taking action on what we believe is vital to the health of our young people. This is a major step forward for both, the
We have recently
collaborated with the Department of Education and the Teacher’s Plus Credit
Union to implement a larger, but similar approach in Nova Scotia implementing our
seminal resource Mental Health & High
School Curriculum Guide, into each school board across the province. The
approach included a two-day mental health literacy training on the Curriculum Guide as well as the ‘Go-To’
Teacher training model which focuses on improving educators’ knowledge. It has
provided educators with the capacity to learn how to identify adolescents with
mental health problems or disorders and how to link them with appropriate
services for help.
Evidence-based results
have demonstrated:
- A substantial improvement on knowledge
regarding mental health and mental illnesses.
- Increased positive attitudes towards mental illness
and people who live with them.
- Increased capacity to learn how to identify
adolescents with mental health problems or disorders and how to link them
with appropriate services for help
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| Dr. Stan Kutcher delivering school mental health training in Nova Scotia |
The full ‘Go-To’ Teacher training report is available here.
These developments have made Nova
Teens are the least likely
to seek out help for a mental illness or disorder further requiring the education
of school staff and administration. In addition to the Guide, it’s important to
provide a resource specific to those that continue to make the move at their final
years of school over to colleges/universities and to fill this gap, Transitions has been made available both in the
schools as well as in post-secondary intuitions. Transitions helps teens
understand, self-help and assist others on various topics, ranging from
different mental illnesses, finances, sexuality and much more. It’s
availability as an App, an e-book, online and as a hard-copy makes it easily
accessible for teens in the form and platform of their choice.
Once launched, the App was
made available to 6000 post-secondary students across Nova Scotia
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While the initial focus
was on Nova Scotia , it will be rolled out
across Canada throughout
2014 with interest now coming in from the United
States , United Kingdom ,
and as far as China
To learn more about Transitions, have a look at promotional video, 'Transitioning as a student.'
A comprehensive approach
to dealing with Mental Health in the classroom is required and with the two
strategies noted above we believe a true difference can be made at a critical
point in the lives of the youth we hope to serve and protect.
For more information,
please do not hesitate to get in touch with Faten Alshazly, the Advisor to the
Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health at info@teenmentalhealth.org .
Mitch Shea & Faten Alshazly
Mitch Shea & Faten Alshazly
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