Who We Are The Student Support Leadership Initiative is focused on finding ways to better support children, youth and their families who experience mental health challenges. Working together, community and schools are creating collaborative pathways to enhance mental health programs and services. In our area, over the past five years, this initiative, a partnership between the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services and the Ministry of Health, has focused on the following:
• Creating a comprehensive resource list of all of the programs and services in the Thames Valley Region (Elgin, London/Middlesex and Oxford). Visit www.mentalhealth4kids.ca to take advantage of this amazing portal • Creating guidelines, protocols, and resources for school boards and community organizations to better serve children, youth and families. Such as: o Checklist for Partnership Protocols o Threat Assessment Protocol o Tragic Events Protocol o Transitions Guidelines o Exchange of Information Toolkit and video clips (this booklet!) • Joint Training and Communities of Practice initiatives in areas such as Resiliency, Threat Assessment, Tragic Events, Addiction, Privacy and Confidentiality |
Great Mental Health Week Resources
This is the link to the resources:
http://www.mentalhealth4kids.ca/healthlibrary_docs/Bounce%20Back%20Booklet%20web%20links%20NEW.pdf The first week of May is both Education Week and Mental Health Week. The Student Support Leadership Initiative has created a coordinated approach to celebrate mental health week across the community. Throughout the week, there will be a variety of ways in which children, youth and families can learn about resiliency – Bounce Back! As young people have described it, Bounce Back: To keep on trying; never giving up; coming back after hard times; getting back on your feet. The materials in this link provide assistance that work with children and youth in different context. Promote Mental Health by participating with your students in these activities and informative session!! |