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School Mental Health Ontario Constructing a Bright Future: Through Student Mental Health and Well-Being Ontario Student Drug Use & Health Survey (OSDUHS) 20% of students will experience a mental health problem that meets the criteria

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Constructing a Bright Future: Through Student Mental Health and Well-Being

School Mental Health Ontario

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Ontario Student Drug Use & Health Survey (OSDUHS)

  • 20% of students will experience a mental health problem that

meets the criteria for at least one mental illness

  • Only 22-34% of children and youth with a mental illness access

professional mental health supports

  • 8% of students report thinking about suicide, and 4% indicate

that they made a suicide attempt in the 12 months preceding the study

  • In the past year, about 31% of students indicated that they were

experiencing psychological distress and did not know where to turn for help

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General Population Stats (CAMH):

  • 1 in 5 Canadians experiences a mental illness or addiction problem
  • By the time Canadians reach 40 years of age, 1 in 2 have—or have had—a

mental illness

  • 70% of mental health problems have their onset during childhood or

adolescence

  • Young people aged 15 to 24 are more likely to experience mental illness

and/or substance use disorders than any other age group

  • Men have higher rates of addiction than women, while women have

higher rates of mood and anxiety disorders

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ABOUT US

School Mental Health Ontario

We work together with Ontario school districts to support student mental health

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School Mental Health Ontario is…

  • A team of SMH professionals, system leaders, &

implementation scientists

  • Working alongside the Ministry of Education, all

Ontario school boards, education stakeholders, and cross-sectoral partners since 2011-2012

  • Pleased to highlight work of Mental Health Leaders in

Ontario school boards today!

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Portfolios at a glance:

✓ Learning & Training ✓ Family Resource ✓ Equity & Inclusion ✓ Innovation & Scale Up Lab ✓ Progress Measurement & Monitoring ✓ Technology-Enabled Mental Health ✓ Suicide Prevention ✓ Substance Use Prevention ✓ System Collaboration & Pathways ✓ Student Resources & Learning ✓ Resource & Program Development ✓ Northern Focus ✓ Communications (new website!)

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Foundational Partnerships

  • Offord Centre for Child Studies, Dr. Kathy Georgiades

Measurement and Monitoring

  • Western University, Dr. Claire Crooks

Innovation and Scale Up Lab

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School Mental Health Strategy for Ontario 2019-2022

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Key Goals

Set the stage for consistent uptake of effective and efficient mental health promotion and prevention programming within and across school boards… So that students have access to the best available upstream support, wherever they are, and whenever they seek it.

IIMHL, 2019

Enhance Quality Enhance Coherence Enhance Access

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Key Areas of Focus, 2019-2020

  • 1. Support role-specific learning about school mental health
  • 2. Equip schools with sustainable evidence-based programming / resources
  • Promotion, Prevention, Early Intervention
  • 3. Integrate equity, inclusion, and mental health
  • 4. Facilitate youth and family engagement
  • 5. Encourage system collaboration and pathways
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Focus on School-Based Supports and Services

Our work within the system of care is primarily upstream ~ promotion and prevention services

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Key Activities

  • Mental health literacy course for educators
  • Role specific resources
  • Curriculum development & Support
  • HPE
  • Career Studies
  • Innovation & Scale up lab
  • Circle of Support & Pathways
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Role specific training
  • Structured psychotherapy
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Northern Focus Resource Mapping – Summary of Findings

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Northern Focus Resource Mapping

Purpose and Objective

Purpose:

  • A mapping of the current state across the 8 English Language DSB is required to determine

required levels of support for the Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario Region.

Objective:

  • To identify strengths and needs related to school mental health in Northwestern ON DSB

across the SMHO Strategic Pillars:

  • Organizational Conditions
  • Capacity Building
  • EB MH Programming Across the Tiers of Intervention
  • Specific Populations
  • Student Engagement
  • System Pathways
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SMHO Strategic Pillars for SMH

Strategic Pillar Definition

Organizational Conditions Evidence of strong foundational organizational conditions for student mental health Capacity-Building Offerings underway related to learning and training for educators to create and sustain mentally health schools and districts Evidence-Based MH Programming Across the Tiers Implementation progress to initiate and scale evidence-based, implementation sensitive programming in Northwestern Ontario DSB Specific Populations Areas of consideration for enhancing the equity focus across mental health and substance misuse prevention initiatives with a strong focus on supporting culturally safe practices for indigenous students Student Mental Health and Engagement and leadership Establishment of best practices in student engagement. System Pathways Tools and resources that assist with strengthening care pathways for students and their families.

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Northern Focus Resource Mapping

Process

Through data collection and review as well as extensive consultation across all 8 Boards, a summary of themes related to strengths and needs have been identified across the SMHO Pillars. DATA COLLECTION:

  • Review of MH Strat Plan and Action Plan in all 8 Boards
  • Review of SMHO “Taking Flight” Strategic Plan (2017-2020)
  • Review of PPM #149
  • Review of sample MOU’s / PSA’s (DSB and CYMH agencies)
  • Review of referral pathway documents across several Boards

CONSULTATIONS: SMHO Coaches and Leadership; Mental Health Leaders and Supervisory Officers; NSI Leads, EDU Regional Staff, MHW’s, CYMH and Public Health community providers, NOEL, Northbeat Research Collaborative, RSEC

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Recommendations – Organizational Conditions

  • Strengthen collaboration through engagement with

CODE / SMHO Advisory Group; EDU regional staff and NOEL to align priorities that support school mental health in the Northwest.

  • Recruit an Indigenous Lead and SMHO coach with

experience as a Senior Administrator to support a team based, culturally sensitive regional approach for SMH.

Northern Focus Organizational Conditions

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Recommendations – Capacity Building

  • Strategic Coaching support to all Northwestern ON DSB

to scale and standardize Mental Health Literacy for Educators differentiated by role.

  • Strong collaboration with NOEL and the NSI Leads to

maximize implementation of the MH Lit offerings through SMHO to ensure alignment to Provincial direction and priorities.

  • Implementation coaching to leverage upcoming Tier 1

learning offerings for schools (SEL, MH Lit Modules).

Northern Focus Capacity Building

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Recommendations – EBP Across the Tiers

  • Formalize / standardize Memorandum of Understanding

template for partnering with Community CYMH providers in contracting regulated MHP working in DSB.

  • In partnership with NSI Leads and NOEL – develop a

Northern Focus Clinical Support and Supervision protocol for School Mental Health.

  • In partnership with NSI and NOEL, coordinate and

support participation of school MH professionals in structured psychotherapy offerings for those who serve students with Tier 2 needs. (BRISC, CBT)

Northern Focus Evidence Based Programming across the Tiers

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Recommendations – Specific Populations

  • Strengthen collaboration through Regional meetings,

with CSCD des Aurores boreales to better address needs

  • f Francophone students in Northwestern ON DSB.
  • Strengthen existing relationships with Indigenous

communities and service providers to ensure that Indigenous approaches are woven into mental health services and supports for students.

Northern Focus Specific Populations

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Recommendations – Student Engagement and MH Literacy

  • Regional SMHO coaching support for resource

implementation of student MH literacy offerings developed through #HearNowON

  • Support for student participation in SMHThrive Student

Group from Northwestern ON.

Northern Focus Student Engagement and MH Literacy

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Recommendations – System Pathways

  • Regional SMHO coaching support for implementation of

Suite of Circle of Support resources, tools and templates for SMH professionals, educators, parents/families, and students.

  • Coaching support for Boards to strengthen internal and

external pathways of care across the Tiers of Intervention for students that is localized to each community.

  • In partnership with NSI and Northbeat, supporting

implementation and dissemination of resource directory that has been developed for Northwestern Ontario.

Northern Focus System Pathways

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Next Steps- Action Plan Development

  • An overview that includes a summary of

recommendations related to resource mapping is to be provided to SMHO, EDU, NOEL, NSI Leads as well as Northwestern Ontario DSB’s.

  • A Northwestern Ontario SMH Action and Support Plan

will be developed based on resource mapping findings and NSI alignment.

  • Priority setting for the Regional SMH Action and

Support Plan will occur in collaboration with Northwestern ON DSB.

Lights, camera, ACTION!

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Mental Health Training and Learning

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Key Areas of Focus, 2019-2020

  • 1. Support role-specific learning about school mental health
  • 2. Equip schools with sustainable evidence-based programming / resources
  • Promotion, Prevention, Early Intervention
  • 3. Integrate equity, inclusion, and mental health
  • 4. Facilitate youth and family engagement
  • 5. Encourage system collaboration and pathways
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What is Mental Health Literacy??

  • Acquiring knowledge about student mental health and

mental illness

  • Exploring our beliefs and attitudes related to mental

health

  • Building confidence in skills and actions that encourage

positive mental health at school

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MH LIT: Mental Health In Action

Learn – Inspire - Teach

  • Elementary & Secondary Course
  • 6 One-hour Online Learning Modules
  • Guidance Extension Modules
  • New Supplementary Resources
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Module Topics:

1. The educator's role in supporting student mental health at school 2. Creating a mentally healthy classroom 3. Helping students to build social-emotional learning skills 4. Helping students to learn about mental health 5. Understanding common mental health problems 6. Supporting students when they need additional mental health supports & services

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Module 1

  • Why mental health literacy in the

classroom matters

  • Sharing a common understanding of

mental health

  • Understanding multi-tiered systems of

support

  • Creating a stigma free classroom

environment

  • Effective communication for supporting

student mental health

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Module 2

  • What is a mentally healthy classroom
  • Welcome
  • Include
  • Understand
  • Promote
  • Partner
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Module Module 3

  • Rationale for social-emotional

learning

  • Key components of social-

emotional learning

  • Integrating social and emotional

skills in and outside the classroom

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Module 4

  • Mental health at school and it’s

connection to student development and learning

  • Engaging in developmentally appropriate

conversations

  • Safe and sensitive conversations in the

classroom

  • Integrating mental health conversations

across subject areas

  • The importance of self-care
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Module 5

  • Understanding the body’s stress response

system

  • When to be concerned about a student
  • Possible signs of student mental health

issues

  • Understanding anxiety in the classroom
  • Understanding depression in the

classroom

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Module 6

  • Understanding the circle of support
  • How to access additional support for a

student

  • Supporting students as they engage with

mental health professionals

  • Your role as part of students’ circle of

support

  • How to speak with families and caregivers

when you are concerned

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Guidance Extension Topics:

  • The role of the school guidance teacher
  • Deepening learning through the 6R’s

Receive Relax Reframe Redirect Refer Record

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MH LIT - Interactive Components

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Supplementary Resources

  • Classroom Strategies for Supporting

Students with Mental Health Concerns

  • Decision Support Tools
  • ONE CALL Desk Reference
  • Planning for Effective Conversations

with Parents

  • And others!
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Resource Development For Educators

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Course Supplementary Resources

Decision Support Tool and Checklist

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Course Supplementary Resources

Classroom Strategies for Supporting Students with Mental Health Concerns

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Course Supplementary Resources

Mentally Healthy Classroom Reflection Tool

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Course Supplementary Resources

ONE-CALL Desk Reference Guide

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Course Supplementary Resources

Everyday Mental Health Posters

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Course Supplementary Resources

Circle of Support

Parent Tip Sheets:

  • Planning for Effective Conversations

with Parents

  • Talking with Parents/Families about

Mental Health & Well-Being Mental Health Mentor Texts

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6R’s Resource for Guidance Teachers Student Help Seeking Resource

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Resources to Support Social-Emotional Learning

https://smh-assist.ca/emhc/background/

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Contact Us: School Mental Health Ontario Gail, Lalonde, MSW, RSW glalonde@smho-smso.ca Web: www.smho-smso.ca Email: info@smho-smso.ca Twitter: @SMHO_SMSO