Posted May 4, 2017
Frequently Asked Questions – 13 Reasons Why, provided by School Mental Health ASSIST – May 4, 2017
Netflix recently released the series 13 Reasons Why based on the popular young adult novel of the same name by Jay Asher. The series depicts the story of a high school student who dies by suicide, leaving behind 13 cassette recordings that share the events that she perceives led to her death. Series like this one can lead to misconceptions and misinformation about suicide, and possibly to the glorification of suicide.
For these reasons, mental health professionals, including the Waterloo Region District School Board’s mental health team, feel it is necessary to make you aware of this series. The WRDSB is providing the following tips, distributed by School Mental Health (SMH) ASSIST and National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), to help with conversations you may have with your child:
Read more about Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why – Guidance for Parents »
Categories: Board · Schools Tags: secondary schools · wellness
Posted April 5, 2017
As part of our system goals to supporting student & staff wellness, we are pleased to offer more safeTALK training for parents and guardians of the WRDSB. What is safeTALK? safeTALK is a three-hour alertness workshop that prepares participants, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide alert helper. What are the goals […]
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Categories: Community · Learning · Schools Tags: Centennial Public School (Waterloo) · Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Institute & Vocational School · safeTALK · wellness
Posted January 25, 2017
Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day and we are encouraging our entire WRDSB community to participate with us. Back in 2011, Bell started a campaign leveraging the popularity of social media. Over the years, it has grown to be internationally recognized with more than $79 million being donated to Canadian mental health initiatives and organizations. Participating […]
Read more about Supporting mental health initiatives with Bell Let’s Talk Day »
Categories: Community · Feature · Inspiration Tags: #BellLetsTalk · mental health · wellness
Posted January 19, 2017
As one of our operational goals to support student & staff wellness, we are pleased to offer safeTALK training for parents/guardians of the WRDSB on #BellLetsTalk Day. What is safeTALK? safeTALK is a three-hour alertness workshop that prepares participants, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide alert helper. What are the goals […]
Read more about REMINDER: safeTALK training sessions for WRDSB parents & guardians »
Categories: Community · Learning · Schools Tags: Galt Collegiate and Vocational Institute · safeTALK · wellness · WRDSB Education Centre
Posted December 7, 2016
As one of our operational goals to support student & staff wellness, we are pleased to offer safeTALK training for parents/guardians of the WRDSB on #BellLetsTalk Day. What is safeTALK? safeTALK is a three-hour alertness workshop that prepares participants, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide alert helper. What are the goals […]
Read more about safeTALK training sessions for WRDSB parents & guardians »
Categories: Community · Learning · Schools Tags: Galt Collegiate and Vocational Institute · safeTALK · wellness · WRDSB Education Centre
Posted October 17, 2016
As part of our system goals to supporting student & staff wellness, we are pleased to offer safeTALK training for parents/guardians of the WRDSB. What is safeTALK? safeTALK is a three-hour alertness workshop that prepares participants, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide alert helper. What are the goals and objectives of […]
Read more about Additional safeTALK training sessions for WRDSB parents & guardians »
Categories: Learning · Schools Tags: Galt Collegiate and Vocational Institute · safeTALK · Suddaby Public School · wellness · WRDSB Education Centre
Posted September 23, 2016
As part of our system goals to supporting student & staff wellness, we are pleased to offer safeTALK training for parents/guardians of the WRDSB. What is safeTALK? safeTALK is a three-hour alertness workshop that prepares participants, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide alert helper. What are the goals and objectives of […]
Read more about safeTALK training available for WRDSB parents & guardians »
Categories: Learning · Schools Tags: Clemens Mill Public School · safeTALK · Stanley Park Public School · wellness
Posted June 24, 2016
Good news! We have spaces available for safeTALK training on June 28 at 6pm! This is our last training session for the school year – sign up today! safeTALK is a three-hour alertness workshop that prepares participants, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide alert helper. Learn more about the safeTALK program.
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