{"id":48347,"date":"2024-10-04T09:05:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=48347"},"modified":"2024-10-04T09:05:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T16:05:53","slug":"world-mental-health-day-october-10-2024","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/world-mental-health-day-october-10-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"World Mental Health Day \u2013 October 10, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2024-10-04\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday October 04 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">World Mental Health Day \u2013 October 10, 2024<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>World Mental Health Day on October 10 aims to raise awareness and spotlight the importance of mental health education on a global level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Education and Child Care\u2019s <strong>Mental Health in Schools Strategy<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/erase\/documents\/mental-health-wellness\/mhis-strategy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(English)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/erase\/documents\/mental-health-wellness\/fr-mhis-strategy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Fran\u00e7ais)<\/a> provides a vision and pathway to promote mental health and well-being into all aspects of our K\u00a0to\u00a012 education system. Resources are also available to support the mental health and well-being of school communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The refreshed <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/erase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>erase<\/em> (Expect Respect and a Safe Education)<\/a> site includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/erase\/mental-health-and-substance-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mental Health &amp; Substance Use<\/a> section which provides information and resources on mental health for students, adults, and school staff. The <em>erase<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/erase\/erase-for-adults\/have-a-conversation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Have a conversation<\/a> section also includes information on how to talk about mental health with children and youth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/erase\/documents\/mental-health-wellness\/mhsu-language-guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Language Matters! An Introductory Guide for Understanding Mental Health and Substance Use: A Resource for Educators and School Communities<\/a> supports mental health literacy and building capacity in the K\u00a0to\u00a012 system to facilitate conversations, build common understandings and support practice of mental health and substance use concepts and terms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Decision-Making Tool: Supporting Educators in Selecting Mental Health and Substance Use Resources <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/erase\/decision-making-tool.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(English) <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/erase\/outil-de-prise-de-dcisions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Fran\u00e7ais)<\/a> is an optional toolkit to support educators in identifying appropriate and effective mental health and substance use resources for their learners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact the Mental Health and Substance Use team at <a href=\"mailto:EDUC.MentalHealth@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EDUC.MentalHealth@gov.bc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Mental Health Day on October 10 aims to raise awareness and spotlight the importance of mental health education on a global level. The Ministry of Education and Child Care\u2019s Mental Health in Schools Strategy (English) (Fran\u00e7ais) provides a vision and pathway to promote mental health and well-being into all aspects of our K\u00a0to\u00a012 education &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/world-mental-health-day-october-10-2024\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[1196],"division":[666],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[793],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-48347","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2024-10-04","division-sls","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-mental-health-leads"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/48347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/48347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48422,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/48347\/revisions\/48422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=48347"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=48347"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=48347"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=48347"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=48347"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=48347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}