The education system plays an important role in contributing to enhanced positive mental health in children and youth. Promoting and supporting positive mental health and welcoming, caring, respectful, and safe learning environments is vital to ensuring children and youth are resilient better able to learn, achieve success and build healthy relationships. This is the shared responsibility of parents, educators, community and government. Alberta Education website https://www.alberta.ca/mental-health-in-schools#jumplinks-0
How will you show that students’ mental health has improved?
What evidence will you use?
Surveys with Therapists and those they serve
Decreased duration of services needed
volume of referrals
prevention and promotion supports reduce the need for increased levels of support - more access to mental health earlier
Wellness Team - collect data on their caseload
More classroom focus on academics meeting Bloom's Taxonomy rather than a need to focus on Maslow's Hierarchy