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Support student mental health: How to get started

The work of learning about and supporting student mental health is on-going. These five steps will help you be prepared and enhance your impact.

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Continuity, Challenge and Community in a Time of Change 

School Mental Health Ontario provides preview of the 2022-2025 strategy, providing broad directions to the field and guiding supports to school boards in coming years.

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School board mental health leadership teams across Ontario come together to set directions for school mental health over the next three years. 

School board mental health leaders come together at the 2022 Spring Provincial Mental Health Leadership Meeting to reconnect, preview and to reflect on the next 3-year provincial strategic directions ...

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Community and school mental health leaders get a first look at Right time, right care – a collective vision, for strengthening Ontario’s mental health and addictions system of care for children and young people. 

 The Lead Agency Consortium and School Mental Health Ontario, along with the Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions and Children’s Mental Health Ontario,  have togethe...

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Watch: We All Have Mental Health – A Message to Parents and Caregivers

The second release in the new video series, By Your Side, School Mental Health Ontario Family/Caregiver Engagement and Literacy Lead Patricia Codner speaks directly to parents and caregivers to provid...

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Students – We want your thoughts!

SMH-ON is looking for students to share their thoughts on two new lesson plans that teachers can use to teach students about transitions out of secondary school and text/exam stress. These lessons are...

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