The BC Children's Health Promotion and Schools team and Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre offer a variety of free services, supports and resources specifically for school communities. Our teams can assist professionals working to support the mental health and well-being of children, youth and families in BC schools.
We offer:
- Support with school mental health promotion planning and implementation
- Acting as a contact point for school professionals looking for information and resources to support school and system wide changes to promote mental health and well-being
- Helping school professionals understand and move to action based on available student well-being data
- Providing evidence based mental health promotion and social emotional learning resources, information and tools to school professionals across BC
- Connecting school communities with other mental health and wellness programs and initiatives in BC
- Customized professional learning opportunities - for examples see here
- Resources and support for parents and caregivers via the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
- Support for school counsellors who are providing mental health and substance use care to students through the Compass Mental Health Program
Our approach to supporting schools is aligned with the BC Ministry for Education's Mental Health in Schools Strategy and the Key Principles and Strategies for K-12 Mental Health Promotion in Schools.