digital media and mental health

Academy in School Mental Health

Presented by: Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health



Digital Media and Mental Health

Presenter: Christina Carew, ABC





Overview

• Digital/Social Media Research• Teen Mental Health• Curriculum Website• Virtual Classroom• E-Learning Centre• Resources Available• Training Programs





Curriculum Website

Social Network for Social Goodwww.tigweb.org

http://ttc.tiged.org/

mentalhealth/





Virtual Classroom• TIGed offers teachers the ability to create and manage

private, advertising-free virtual classrooms, through which students can take advantage of the benefits of web 2.0 tools without sacrificing security.

• Teachers choose which tools to integrate into their online classrooms based on what is most appropriate for their students and projects. Available tools include: blogs, podcasts, maps, digital image galleries, discussion boards, online file space, and more.

Mental Health Virtual Classroom

• Incorporate technology and integrate more interactive tools into the classroom

• Lessons available as stand-alone activities

• Self-directed learning can be done as homework or in class

• Increase teacher comfort with teaching about mental health

Mental Health Classroom

• Classroom is comprised of 19 Assignments, divided into 4 Separate Modules:

• Get Informed!• Understanding Mental Illnesses• Keys to Mental Health• Mental Health and Society





Get Informed!

• Introduction to Mental Illness • History of the Understanding of

Mental Illness• Experiences with Mental Illness• The Brain • Stigma





Understanding Mental Illnesses

• Mood Disorders (depression, bipolar mood disorder

• Anxiety Disorders• Schizophrenia• Eating Disorders• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder





The Keys to Mental Health

• Stress • Sleep• Ingredients for Mental Health• Access to Mental Health Resources





Mental Health and Society

• Supporting Friends and Family• Mental Health in the Workplace• Mental Illness in the News• Mental Illness and the Law

Teacher’s Guide• PDF file that includes

information on mental illness, how to set up your classroom, online tools and support

• Overview of each individual activity included in the classroom, skills developed, and applicable school subjects





Resources





Videos: Youth Sharing Stories

• Lived experience with a variety of mental illnesses

• Youth connecting by telling their story





Videos: Animations

• Depression• Panic Disorder• OCD (August 2011)• SAD (August 2011)• ADHD (Sept 2011)• The Brain (Dec 2011)





Systematic Review of Suicide Postvention Programs

• Evidence-Based evaluation of effectiveness of programs

(harm vs. help)





Evergreen: A Child and Youth Mental Health Framework

• Context for decisions that impact youth mental health policy





Transitions

• Ease the transition from High School to Post-Secondary





Taking IT Global Guide to Action

• Empower youth to have a voice and fight stigma





Training Programs





Mental Health and High School Curriculum Training Program

• Improve mental health literacy while learning how to teach the HS&MH program to your target audience





Educator ‘Go-To’ Teacher Training Program

• Gatekeeper training empowers the ‘go-to’ teacher to help identify mental health problems in their students





Mental Health Overview Training

• Context to mental health and mental disorders relevant to youth

• Differentiate between typical adolescent behaviour and mental illness





Disorder Specific Training: Depression and Suicide for Educators

• Partner program to physicians program

• Recognize and assess depressed and/or suicidal youth





teenmentalhealth.org/curriculum

• Pre-Quiz • Teachers Training

Documents• Resource Links• E-Learning Centre

(Launched in 2012)

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