School leaders, like principals and vice-principals, and system leaders, like directors and superintendents of education, establish foundations for quality, consistency, and sustainability in school mental health.

Your Role

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You create the supportive environments needed for effective and sustainable practices in school mental health. Discover how mental health leadership strategies build foundations for upstream promotion and prevention services.

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Learning never stops. Explore this section to build your mental health knowledge and related leadership skills so you can effectively set the stage, bring people along, and foster compassionate collaboration and care.

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Working alongside system and school leaders, we have compiled resources and tools to make your work easier.

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Latest Resources

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Stress Management and Coping Virtual Field Trips – Distraction

These virtual field trips on distraction are the fourth in a series of six lessons to support the development of stress management and healthy coping skills. Each lesson&...

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Stress Management and Coping Virtual Field Trips – Visualization Strategies

These virtual field trips on visualization are the third in a series of six lessons to support the development of stress management and healthy coping skills. Each lesson...

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Mentally Healthy Return to School Following Winter Break and Beyond

This tool provides guidance for educators to support students as they transition back from the winter break and engage in remote learning. This resource was originally prepared for January 2021, but t...

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Video: What is Social-Emotional Learning?

This video provides an introduction to culturally-responsive social-emotional learning. It may be a useful tool to share with staff members during presentations, or as a starting point to a discussion...

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Tip Sheet for Staff to Support the Positive Mental Health of All Students

School is an important place in promoting positive mental health, and helping to build student skills and resiliency. This tip sheet provides ideas for school staff on how to suppo...

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Supporting the Mental Health and Well-Being Of Students Who Will Return to School Remotely

Students who are unable to return to in-person learning environments need opportunities to engage in learning, and access mental health promotion, prevention and intervention supports. This resource p...

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