School Professionals

The BC Children's Health Promotion and Schools Team and Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre provide resources and information to people working to support mental health in the school community including teachers, counsellors, administrators, district staff, community partners and public health professionals.

The Schools team’s work involves:

Supporting with school mental health promotion planning and implementation
Helping to support school and system wide changes to promote mental health and well-being
Helping school professionals 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
Developing customized professional learning opportunities - for examples see here
Sharing resources and support for parents and caregivers via the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
Offering support for school counsellors and psychologists who are providing mental health and substance use care to students through the Compass Mental Health Program

For an overview of the supports and resources we offer to school communities and how to contact us, please see here.

Learn about our Approach to Supporting Schools

Find Mental Health Literacy Resources & Curriculum

Support Social Emotional Learning in Schools and Classrooms

Foster Teacher and Staff Well-being

School Mental Health Spotlight

Featured Resources

Where You Are | S5 E8

The Role of Schools in Promoting Protective Factors For Students

Back to School Resources for School Communities

The Health Promotion and Schools team, in partnership with the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre at BC Children’s Hospital, has some helpful resources for school professionals in time for back to school!

BC Children's Hospital

Webinar Recording: Introducing the Language Matters Resource for School Communities

In this webinar recording, we discuss the development of the guide, key mental health and substance use concepts in the guide, their relevance to child and youth mental health and well-being, and ideas for how the guide can be used in your school communities.

Language Matters: An Introductory Guide for Understanding Mental Health and Substance Use

The guide is meant to help facilitate conversations, build common understandings, and support practice by defining and discussing key mental health and substance use terms and topics.

BC Children's Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre

Youth Inspiring Action for Mental Health - Video Toolkit Premiere

The Balancing Our Minds (BOM) Toolkit is a series of videos that aims to support and inspire youth wanting to make changes for improved mental health and well-being in their schools and communities. You can find the slides used in the presentation here.

BC Children's Hospital

Rolling with ADHD for Teachers

An eight module series that covers practical tools and strategies for educators of children with ADHD. This series has been adapted from the long standing program at BC Children’s, and includes what research show really works for kids and school communities living with ADHD.

BC Children's Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre

Protective Factors for Student Mental Health and Well-being: Learnings from the YDI and Kids & Covid Project

Dr. Hasina Samji discusses mental health and well being in BC from recent findings from the Youth Development Instrument (YDI) and the Kids and COVID project – with a focus on protective factors and recommendations for improving mental health and well-being.