Edmonton Catholic Schools Mental Health Strategic Plan: School Conversation Guides
How can your school implement a whole-school approach to create a welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environment that supports the positive mental health of students? A whole-school approach recognizes that all aspects of the school community impact students’ mental health and well-being, and that learning and mental health are inextricably linked. Through a strength-based approach, schools can move their focus from the prevention of specific problems to a more positive, holistic view of child and youth development.
The Conversation Guides / Videos will allow you and your school staff the opportunity to further a conversation around how to support student mental health through a comprehensive, strengths based approach.
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How can school staff support student access to nutritious food choices?
Key Understandings:
– Nutrition, is part of the continuum of supports for mental health promotion, schools can enhance social belonging, independence and food security, while reducing health and social inequities by ensuring access to healthy food.
– A hungry child is not equipped to learn. A sound nutrition policy helps students develop positive habits around healthy eating.
– Schools can support healthy eating within their school cafeterias, canteens, healthy vending machine choices and healthy fundraising.
– Adjusting the school day may result in a more conducive environment to support healthy eating and positively impact student learning.
– Partnerships with outside organizations can help leverage access to food.
– Funding opportunities exist to support schools in providing healthy food options for students.
– FSLW can link families to external agencies and resources, if food scarcity is an issue for a family.
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