mental-health-school-support
DO YOU HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN?
- Are you a student experiencing stress, worry or sadness?
- Are you a parent wondering how to support your child?
- Are you Board staff inquiring on behalf of a student?
If you are in need of urgent attention, please call 911 or go to your local emergency department.
If you are in crisis, please call:
24.7 Crisis Support Peel Dufferin: 905-278-9036; 1-888-811-2222 (for all ages)
Dufferin Child and Family Services Crisis Line: 519-941-1530 (for youth under 18)
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text "CONNECT" to 686868 (for any age).
Black youth can text “RISE” to 686868.
Indigenous Youth can text FIRST NATIONS, INUIT or METIS to 686868 to connect with an Indigenous volunteer crisis responder.
Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310 (support for all Indigenous peoples across Canada)
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
Black Youth Help Line: 1-833-294-8650 or 416-285-9944 (blackyouth.ca)
LGBT2Q+ Youth Line: 1-800-268-9688 (youthline.ca)
Naseeha Mental Health Hotline for Muslim Individuals: 1-866-NASEEHA (627-3342) (naseeha.org)
DPCDSB's THRIVE in Community Newsletters:
Mental Health and Well-Being Guiding Framework (2022-2025)
Global events over the past few years have affected the daily lives of all students and families, creating a need for DPCDSB to be responsive to student well-being. The DPCDSB approach to mental health and well-being is faith-based, inspired by scripture, and rooted in human dignity. In line with Catholic Social Teaching, there is preferential concern for those most in need. The Mental Health and Well-Being Guiding Framework 2022-2025 shows how DPCDSB will respond to students' needs to be validated, motivated, and feel a sense of belonging. Well-being strategies are positioned as the foundational work of all staff to welcome and include students, to understand them, to promote mentally healthy habits, and create a supportive learning environment in which all students can thrive. The Mental Health and Well-Being Guiding Framework builds on the previous Guiding Framework, is an extension of the Board's Multi-Year Strategic Plan, a reflection of student voice, and an articulation of the plan to help each student excel. "The God of all grace will restore, support, strengthen, and establish you" (1 Peter 5:10)
DPCDSB's 2024-2025 Mental Health and Addictions Annual Action Plan
Accompanying the Mental Health and Well-Being Guiding Framework is the DPCDSB's 2024-2025 Mental Health and Addictions Annual Action Plan. Developed yearly, this plan outlines the system priorities and key actions for how staff will promote and mental health and well-being and respond to student, family, and caregiver needs.
Resources for parents
and caregivers:
Tip Sheet for Parents and Families: Supporting Mental
Health and Wellness During the Return to School
Everyday Mental Health Activities for Home
Info
Sheet for Parents and Families: Noticing Mental Health Concerns for Your Child
Prepare;
Prevent; Respond: A Suicide Prevention Guide for Parents and Families During
COVID-19 and Return to School
Prepare;
Prevent; Respond: Quick Reference for Youth Suicide Prevention
How to Support a Mentally Healthy Back to School for Your Child
Helping Your Child Manage Digital Technology
Resources for students:
Crisis Help Lines and Community Resources
Reaching Out Poster – SMHO
Self-Love Practices for Black Youth – SMHO
Kids Help Phone Poster
Kids Help Phone RiseUp Poster
No
Problem Too Big or too Small: A help seeking resource for students by students
Self-Care
101 for Students
Mental Health Literacy and Anxiety Management Social Media
Bundles
Student Mental Health and Well-being Champions Resources
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord ~ Psalm 31:24