Student Mental Health and Addictions Newsletter - March 2022
March Break: Taking Time to Pause
Dear families and caregivers,
Student Mental Health and Addictions Newsletter - February 2022
Getting Through the Winter Blues
Dear families and caregivers,
In this month's edition of our Mental Health newsletter, we will focus on the “winter blues'' and offer some suggestions of ways to maintain positive mental health during these cold months.
Student Mental Health and Addictions Newsletter - December 2021
The ABCs of Mental Health: A focus upon Bridge & Connection
In this Newsletter, we continue our focus on the ABCs of Mental Health framework with a closer look at B-Bridge and C-Connect both at school and at home.
Student Mental Health and Addictions Newsletter - November 2021
The ABCs of Mental Health: Acknowledging
In our September Newsletter, we introduced the ABCs (Acknowledge, Bridge and Connection) of Mental Health Framework and mandatory mental health student lesson series.
Student Mental Health and Addictions Newsletter - September 2021 - The ABCs of Mental Health
Welcome back to our outstanding students, staff, families, and community members. We are thrilled to have you back and excited to share the first Mental Health Newsletter of the school year with you. Our September Newsletter will focus on sharing how the YRDSB is centering on Mental Health, emotional connections, and Well-being through the ABCs of Mental Health Framework & Lesson Series.
June 2021: Hope for the Future: Beyond Academic Loss
For students, June usually marks a period of celebration and closure. It is when proms, graduations, capstone projects, final performances, and independent studies are completed. Each of these events serves as a rite of passage, the conclusion of one period before commencing the next year.
Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week is May 3-7, 2021
Each year in Ontario, the first week in May is acknowledged as Children's Mental Health Awareness Week CMHAW. While there are many definitions of Mental Health, The First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework provides an insightful and holistic understanding of mental health and wellness, described as “a balance of the mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional.