| Educational programs
Mauve – An interactive
CD ROM created by and for teens today
Mauve is for teenagers, especially those who are facing difficulties
in their personal lives or at school. These difficulties and their
associated symptoms can be widely varied. To mention only a few,
an adolescent crisis can include the following: extreme susceptibility
and emotional states, instability and lack of concentration, conflicting
relations with parents and authority in general, revolt against
the system, delinquency, compulsive obsessions or loss of motivation,
escape into drugs or alcohol, flights, mental detachment, self-mutilation
and suicide attempts.
This
CD ROM is available to order online
“My
Life – It’s Cool to Talk about it”
This mini-site contains information for educators, parents and
students. The site provides tools to help high school students
understand stress and it's effects, the importance of maintaining
their mental health, links to mental health information sites
and an online quiz that allows teenagers to anonymously find out
if they are "Feeling good about yourself or not?"
In addition to general information on mental health
and illness and adolescence, the site also contains several classroom
activities dealing with mental health and illness.
Open
the Doors
This is the site for a global project to combat the stigma associated
with serious mental illness – schizophrenia in particular.
Lots of great information for teens, parents and caregivers, as
well as health and other professionals. Contains downloadable
resource materials appropriate for classroom use.
“Reaching
Out” Schizophrenia Society of Canada
A complete, easy to teach educational program specially created
for Canadian youth. It is fully available in both English and
French, and does not require that educators have prior knowledge
of mental illness.
An ideal awareness and learning resource for students
in Grades 7-12.
"Reaching Out" allows educators to empathetically expose
young people to the sensitive topic of mental illness by providing
them with real tools for helping others.
SSO
AWARE
The Schizophrenia Society of Ontario (SSO) has launched an exciting
cross-media program, The SSO Youth Awareness Program (ssoAWARE.com),
that raises awareness of schizophrenia.
Talking
About Mental Illness: Teacher's resource
The program described in Talking About Mental Illness helps to
increase awareness about mental illness and the stigma that surrounds
it. This resource contains all of the information, support and
tools teachers will need to implement Talking about Mental Illness
in their classroom – an awareness program that has been
proven to bring about positive change in students' knowledge and
attitudes about mental illness. |
