Mental Health Promotion, Prevention, and Intervention With Children and Youth: A Guiding Framework for Occupational Therapy

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Prevention And Intervention

Implementing Statewide Practices That Promote Student Wellness and Resilience

2020 ◽  
pp. 459-480
Author(s):  
Amity Noltemeyer ◽  
Cricket Meehan ◽  
Emily Jordan ◽  
Michael Petrasek
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
State Level ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Youth Organizations ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Federal Grants ◽  
Student Wellness

Wellness and resilience promotion efforts are often an underutilized opportunity to address the mental health needs of children and youth. Organizations and individuals with state-level reach are ideally poised to develop and disseminate infrastructure, training, and resources to support wellness and resilience promotion efforts. This chapter highlights 8 key systems and practices that can inform and support such statewide efforts. Examples within Ohio, a recipient of 2 federal grants to support behavioral and mental health promotion, are used to illustrate the eight systems and practices. The chapter incorporates recommendations for others seeking to promote wellness and resilience in their respective contexts.

scholarly journals Mental Health Promotion Efforts for Children and Youth in Canada and Beyond: Evidence in Research, Policy and Practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Whitley ◽  
Suzanne Gooderham
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mental Health Difficulties

terms of both psychological and academic outcomes. Growing numbers of students are placed “at risk” as a result. A mental health promotion approach suggests that students can develop a number of skills and competencies, namely those related to social-emotional learning (SEL), which can reduce their chance of developing mental health difficulties. In Canada, a wide range of curricula, frameworks, initiatives, and programs have been put in place that address elements of SEL. In this paper, a sampling of these drawn from across the country is described. The emphasis on SEL apparent in many provinces and territories is evidence of the shared understanding of its importance with respect to improving student outcomes. However, a lack of evidence to support these approaches, inconsistencies in terms of terminology and practices, the lack of alignment between SEL and academics, and the piecemeal approach adopted within some provinces leave SEL and mental health promotion approaches vulnerable to being labelled “add-ons” and becoming transient initiatives.

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