About the Curriculum

HISTORY OF CURRICULUM

Behind Happy Faces Mental Health Curriculum was created in 2013. The curriculum uses a public health approach to teach students about mental health. We felt it was important to move past mental health awareness and begin teaching students skills to help them address mental health challenges. This curriculum follows the model of many public health approaches before it. When alcohol/drugs, smoking, teenage pregnancy and other issues became a problem for young people we started to teach them about those issues in a classroom environment. Behind Happy Faces is one of the first curricula in the country to take this same approach with mental health.

Ross Szabo

The GMHS Speaker Series sponsored by the PTSA proudly presented Mr. Ross Szabo, on Thursday, March 28, 2019 to GM students and parents. Mr. Szabo is one of the most sought after mental health speakers in the country.

Ross has spent over half of his life finding ways to make mental health approachable for everyone. He was the Director of Outreach for the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign from 2002-2010. He had the opportunity to make challenging mental health messages relevant to large audiences

During his time with NMHAC he worked with some of the top mental health professionals in the country to create the first ever youth mental health speakers’ bureau, develop an effective high school program to increase help-seeking behavior and presented a positive mental health message to over 1 million people. He has trained over 50 speakers.

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