Scale-up Youth Mental Health with Families
MVYPS Supporting Families in Navigating Youth Mental Health
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Youth Mental Health First Aid
This initiative supports MVYPS Strategic Priority Areas as follows:
A System-Wide Commitment to Our Children
Emphasis on Physical and Emotional Welfare of Our Students
A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture Within Our Schools
Emphasis on Relationships and Themes of Care
Focus on Strategies to Improve School Climate
How: Combining adult and youth mental health literacy in schools promotes school environments where students view adults as helpful and caring, thus improving school climates for learning. More positive school climate increases attendance rates and academic achieve, promotes student mental and physical wellbeing and teacher retention, and reduces violence in schools (Council for Children's Rights, 2019). Students who completed the teen MHFA curriculum expressed more positive school climates related to relationships with peers in school. Staff and adults completing a YMHFA training reported significantly higher levels of confidence, intentions to intervene, preparedness, and mental health literacy. Both Youth Mental Health
A Commitment to a Strong School Community Approach
Emphasis on Increasing Family Engagement
Explore Programs That Increase Support of Our Community
How: More efficient supports and access to school services may help mitigate growing budgets related to funding referrals to MH services, and additional costs to society in the long run (healthwise.org, 2019). Youth Mental Health First Aid is an effective, evidence-based approach to MH promotion, prevention, and intervention with youth. YMHFA is a mental health literacy and gate keeping program for adults who work with youth. MH literacy means "knowing when and where to seek help and developing competencies designed to improve one's mental health care and self-management capabilities” (Kutcher et al., 2016a, P154, 2016b).
Making SPACE for Parents
This initiative supports MVYPS Strategic Priority Areas as follows:
A System-Wide Commitment to Our Children
Emphasis on Physical and Emotional Welfare of Our Students
A Commitment to Nurturing the Culture Within Our Schools
Emphasis on Relationships and Themes of Care
Focus on Strategies to Improve School Climate
How:
A Commitment to a Strong School Community Approach
Emphasis on Increasing Family Engagement
Explore Programs That Increase Support of Our Community
How:
Collaborative Problem Solving for Parents
Isn't social- emotional learning (SEL) the same as mental health literacy (MHL)?
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