Mental Health Resources
Workplace Wellness for Alberta School Authorities PLAYBOOK
Format: PDF document
A document that supports the Planning and Implementation Guide.
From the Introduction: "The main purpose of the playbook is to support and enhance The CASS Workplace Wellness Planning and Implementation Guide (The Guide). It is intended to assist Alberta’s school authority leaders by providing a menu of workplace wellness practices from which to choose."
Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre launches toolkit empowering school staff to report child abuse
Format: Web Site
CALGARY, Alta. (October 19, 2017) – Today, the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre (SKCAC) launched a toolkit across Alberta to support teachers and school staff in recognizing and reporting child abuse. The need for this resource was identified following a survey conducted by the SKCAC that found school staff were not always confident in their ability to recognize and report abuse.
System Leadership in School Mental Health in Canada
CASSA Discussion Paper 2017
Format: PDF File
"Schools provide an excellent venue for enhancing the social-emotional skills and well-being of Canadian children and youth, and for identifying and supporting the 20% of students who struggle with a mental health problem.”
Link to File (updated November 6, 2017)
Advancing Education Effectiveness:
Interconnecting School Mental Health and School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
Format: PDF File
With contributions from over forty Authors, three Editors and a broad Advisory Panel this monograph “is about improving the quality of life and outcomes for children and youth, especially those children who are at risk for or experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges.”
Link to File
Mental Health Framework for Students
A Position Statement
Manitoba Association of School Superintendents (MASS)
Format: PDF File
“Informed by a current literature review, this paper will:
- describe the mental health needs of Manitoba’s children and youth, ?
- identify the current challenges, and ?
- recommend a comprehensive response. “?
Changing Directions Changing Lives
The Mental Health Strategy for Canada – Summary
Mental Health Commission of Canada
Format: PDF File
“This is the first mental health strategy for Canada. Its release marks a significant milestone in the journey to bring mental health ‘out of the shadows’ and to recognize, in both words and deeds, the truth of the saying that there can be no health without mental health.“
Link to File
Foundations for a Healthy School
Ontario Ministry of Education
Format: PDF File“The Foundations for a Healthy School resource is designed to help contribute
to a learning environment that promotes and supports child and student well-being – one of the four core goals in Ontario’s renewed vision for education.”
School Mental Health Assist
Format: Web Site
School Mental Health ASSIST (SMH ASSIST) is a provincial implementation support team designed to help Ontario school boards promote student mental well-being, and to enhance support for students who struggle with mental health and addictions problems, through a focus on leadership, capacity-building, and implementation support.
Mental Health Commission of Canada
Format: Web Site
The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) leads the development and dissemination of innovative programs and tools to support the mental health and wellness of Canadians. Through its unique mandate from the Government of Canada, the MHCC supports federal, provincial, and territorial governments as well as organizations in the implementation of sound public policy.
Mood Disorders Society of Canada
Format: Web Site
The Mood Disorders Society of Canada (MDSC) has evolved to become one of Canada’s best-connected mental health NGOs with a demonstrated track record for forging and maintaining meaningful and sustained partnerships with the public, private and non-profit sectors throughout Canada.The Mood Disorders Society of Canada (MDSC) has evolved to become one of Canada’s best-connected mental health NGOs with a demonstrated track record for forging and maintaining meaningful and sustained partnerships with the public, private and non-profit sectors throughout Canada.
St. Francis Xavier University Graduate Studies in Education
Format: Web Site
StFX offers an MEd degree with specialization either in Educational Administration and Leadership or in Curriculum and Instruction.
Winnipeg Teen on a Mission to Curb the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness
Format: Video
After losing a friend to suicide, Loizza Aquino a Winnipeg sixteen year old high school student, went on a mission to curb the stigma surrounding mental illness. This video was presented on the CTV News on September 18, 2015.