Local schools learn about mental health
A newly created presentation from Meadow Lake’s Positively Parenting is encouraging discussion around mental health awareness at local schools.
Local school staff recently approached Thyra Berg, the program manager with Positively Parenting, to see if she could prepare a mental health presentation. Positively Parenting already offers workshops, classes and resources to parents and families in the community, on topics including anger management and playgroups.
Berg developed the seminar since October. To research how to present mental health concepts to students, she researched the topic, read peer-reviewed essays and mental health websites, and supplemented her seminar with information on local resources and services in the field. So far, she’s presented to Grades 7 to 9 at schools in Meadow Lake, Goodsoil and Pierceland.
The in-class presentation is delivered over the course of at least two sessions. While the discussion is health focused, the seminar leads into suicide awareness, includes some in-class assignments and a Jeopardy-style activity to review the concepts discussed.