Everything we do is evidence-based and student-centred. Our work is aligned with the Ontario curriculum.
Goals
To achieve our collective vision, we work together with schools and systems on five collaborative goals:
- Students are welcomed and included and feel a sense of belonging and caring at school
- Students learn skills that help them to identify emotions and cope with stress
- Students learn about mental health and know when and how to ask for help
- Students receive timely and responsive evidence-based prevention and early intervention services at school
- Students and families know where to turn for more intensive support when needed
Strategies
For 2019-2022, we have six key strategies to achieve these goals:
- Welcoming, safe, inclusive, and culturally-responsive settings for in-person and remote learning
- Evidence-based, culturally-responsive wellness promotion and social-emotional skill development
- Student mental health literacy, help-seeking and peer help-giving, family information and support
- Early identification and early intervention for students with mild to moderate mental health and/or substance use problems
- Framework for system collaboration and service pathways, family information and support, suicide prevention
- Implementation coaching, communication and co-creation, measurement and monitoring, ISU Lab, equity-focused mental health