The BC Children's Health Promotion 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.
Featured Resources
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.
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.
Promoting Student Wellbeing: The ABC's of Substance Use Education
Bryn and guest co-host Cindy Andrew come together with Dave Mackenzie, School Counsellor and Art Steinmann, Youth Substance Use Health Promotion Specialist to talk about the ABCs of substance use education and schools.
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. You can find the slides used in the presentation here.
EASE
Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators (EASE) is a collection of school-based, evidence-informed anxiety management and resilience-building resources for use by B.C. educators with students in grades K-12.
Expect Respect & A Safe Education (ERASE)
ERASE is all about building safe and caring school communities. This includes empowering students, parents, educators and the community to get help with challenges, report concerns to schools, and learn about complex issues facing students. Topics include bullying, online safety, and discrimination.
Social Emotional Learning with a Cultural Lens Webinar Series
Join the BC Children's Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre, in partnership with SEL BC, for a free two-part webinar series for current and future teachers, counsellors, and other educators exploring ways to bring a cultural lens to our SEL practice.
When School Staff Are Well, Students Are Too - Strategies To Avoid Burnout
In this episode from the Kelty Centre's Where You Are podcast, you'll learn strategies school professionals can use to support their own well-being, support each other’s well-being, and engage at a system’s level to keep staff well-being a priority for mental health and wellness— all of which contributes to student health and achievement.