Two outstanding mental health initiatives for youth launched in June
The YCRH’s Andy Hall on the Family Navigation Project and the new national awareness campaign led by Companies Committed to Kids
23 June 2014
On behalf of The Sandbox Project, I attended June receptions celebrating two outstanding mental health and wellness initiatives for children and youth. Sunnybrook has launched a unique navigational service to guide and support families who have youth struggling with mental health and addictions concerns. Companies Committed to Kids launched a series of awareness raising public service announcements that reveal some fundamental truths about kids’ mental health.
The Sandbox Project to receive $450,000 in funding to build Virtual Mental Health Support Network for youth living with mental illness
Phase two of the Sandbox Mental Health Initiative will help youth track their moods, activities, and response to treatment, while keeping in touch with healthcare providers
TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2014 /CNW/ – Today, The Sandbox Project announced $450,000 in joint funding to kick-start the second phase of The Sandbox Mental Health Initiative – a new virtual health network and mobile app to support youth and their families in the treatment of mental illness. Announced at The Sandbox Project 4th Annual National Conference and Workshop, funding support comes from TELUS, the RBC Foundation, the Graham Boeckh Foundation and the Echo Foundation.
The Globe and Mail: Canada is a laggard on children’s health. We need to do better – The Sandbox Project
The Globe and Mail’s André Picard writes about Canada’s ranking when it comes to kids’ health and The Sandbox Project
With the desk-banging, heckling and mock outrage that passes for debate in Question Period, the ham-fisted attempts to steal from the cookie jar that is the public treasury and the almost laughable denials of the obvious, the antics of Parliamentarians can, at times, seem childish.
So it is nice to see that someone has thought it fit to set up a big sandbox near Parliament Hill – complete with pails and shovels – and invite MPs and Senators alike to come play.
The “world’s biggest sandbox” (as it is billed) is not designed to mock the foibles of elected officials but rather to engage them, to remind them that, when it comes to kids’ health, Canada can do a lot better.
TVO Parents: Mental Health System Failing Kids, Doctor Says
By Karen Bridson Many kids with mental health illnesses are falling through the cracks in Canada, according to one of the country’s leading experts on the subject. Speaking to his health colleagues at the 2012 Sandbox Project conference in Toronto in January, Dr. Stanley Kutcher said many of Canada’s 800,000 children with mental disorders go […]