Research indicates the importance of early identification and intervention of mental health challenges. More and more campuses are creating early identification/early alert policies to support their students.
Relevant Campus Policies
- https://campusmentalhealth.ca/webinars/developing-a-campus-early-alert-system/
- Policy Approaches to Postsecondary Student Mental Health: A scan of current practice
- Supporting Students: A model policy for colleges and universities
- New policy on preventing discrimination based on mental health disabilities and addictions
- Early Alert at UBC
- McGill
Student of Concern Protocols
- Case Management Toolkit – Campus Mental Health Partnerships
(Georgian & Centennial Colleges) - An Integrated Approach to Responding to Students in Distress
(Carleton University)
Suicide Risk Assessment Protocols
- Suicide Risk Assessment Process, Guidelines & Forms
(Fanshawe College)
How to Assist a Distressed Student
- How to Assist a Student in Difficulty: Making a good referral
(McMaster University) - A Guide to Supporting Students in Distress
(OCAD University)
General
- Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) – Early Intervention
- Mental Health Commission – Children and Youth
- Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) – Metro Division, Youth Zone
- Promoting Mental Health, Concepts, Emerging Evidence, Practice (A Report for the World Health Organization)
- Schizophrenia Bulletin –
Ethnic Diversity and Pathways to Care for a First Episode of Psychosis in Ontario - CBC article – Mental illness best detected early in schools
- Children’s Mental Health Ontario – Mental Health Disorders in Children and Youth
- Katie Eklund, Tyler L. Renshaw, Erin Dowdy, Shane R. Jimerson, Shelley R. Hart, Camille N. Jones, and James Earhart. “Early Identification of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Youth: Universal screening versus Teacher-Referral Identification.” The California School Psychologist, vol. 14, no. 1, 2009, pp. 89–95. University of California, Santa Barbara.