The Bruce-Grey Catholic District School board is promoting the message that mental health and academics are connected.
That's one of several key points the board hopes to share through a new Mental Health Communication Strategy.
It's part of their effort to promote mental health initiatives and reduce mental health stigma among key stakeholders.
The Grey Bruce Board is using social media and a web page to build awareness.
Other key messages include the caring adult is paramount to positive student mental health, and mental health matters.
The Communication strategy also included the creation of a Mental Health Virtual Tapestry where each school was given a newsletter template and asked to showcase a mental health promotion program they were proud of.
Once completed the newsletters were compiled into a ‘Virtual Tapestry’ of mental health activities occurring throughout the Board and showcased on the ‘Mental Health Matters’ page of the Board website. During Mental Health Awareness Week, different schools were highlighted through social media and schools were encouraged to send the newsletter home to parents either electronically or as hard copies.
The key tools used in the strategy were Facebook (Mental Health Bruce-Grey CDSB), Twitter (@mentalhealthBG) and a Web page attached to the Board website.
