Multiple initiatives offer solutions to children in need of mental health support.
Innovations: Mental Health
Innovations that relate to and/or address mental health challenges in a community
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Stakeholders Meet to Discuss Mental Heath and Youth
Members of local hospital, physicians and schools meet monthly to combat mental health concerns in children and youth.
Source Club Society
Mental health referrals go to a community mental health socialization program called the Source Clube to gain work skills, access hot meals and other activities.
Mental Health Support Through Telehealth
It is rare for a community to say that they have fantastic mental health supports, but one community reports that they have many stepping stones in place, and that they utilize Telehealth in their efforts to battle mental health and it is proving to work well for them.
In school wellness centre gives students easy access to health care
The SAS Wellness Centre has a team of professionals and volunteers who provide holistic health care to the students in a culturally safe and welcoming environment, including those from Indigenous and LGBTQQIA2S communities.
First Nations Community Uses a Trauma Informed Lens for Mental Health in Youth
Community works together to fill gap in mental health care resources and address youth mental health and suicide through prevention, education and including a trauma informed lens.
Equine Therapy Program
A First Nations community has an Equine (horse) Therapy Program for mental health and engaging youth.
Connecting community through “Ad-Rock” Project
Community comes together to display beauty during a time of COVID-19 uncertainty.
Adult Mental Health Counsellor and Volunteer Drivers Program provided by Interior Health
Interior Health contracts volunteer driver program, a counsellor that works solely on chronic mental health and a psychiatrist once a month.
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