Understanding teachers' perspectives on student mental health : Comprendre les perspectives du personnel enseignant sur la santé mentale des élèves : résultats d'un sondage national

It can be seen as a state of mental health that allows one to flourish and fully enjoy life.” Source: Compassionate classrooms: Understanding student mental health According to the World Health Organization, mental health “is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contrib [...] The aim of a joint campaign launched in May 2009 by the Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Canadian Mental Health Association (Alberta Division) – Healthy minds, Bright futures – is “to increase awareness of the mental health needs of children and to decrease the stigmatization often associated with mental illness.” Program components include a series of “Can We Talk?” posters and a reference b [...] CTF is currently promoting and participating in the MHCC’s Partners for Mental Health campaign, an ambitious national grassroots advocacy movement committed to repositioning mental health on the national agenda and redefining in the minds of Canadians what it means to have a mental illness. [...] The purpose of the survey was to gain a better understanding of the teacher perspective on issues related to student mental health and well-being in Canadian schools, including teachers’ perceptions of factors that act as potential barriers to the provision of mental health services for students in their schools (such as stigma for example). [...] For the purposes of the survey, the term student mental health refers to the social, emotional, and behavioural well-being of children and adolescents, and is considered an integral part of healthy development.