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Mental Health |
Goals
The goals of this committee are to reduce negative stereotypes and stigma around mental health for our families and students by:
- Educating about the importance of mental health through informational flyers, speakers, training, and movies.
- Advocating for better mental health support and funding at the district, local, state and national levels.
- Support each other with caregiver connect groups by identifying how we can support caregivers/families with disabilities, IEP's and 504 plans, BIPOC, LGBTQIA2+, foster care, multilingual and families experiencing homelessness.
Resource List
We recognize how helpful it is to learn more about mental health conditions, talk to someone in confidence or join a support group. Here is our NEW RESOURCE LIST for families and students to use. If you have any updates or suggestions for this list, please email us.
Here is our PRINTABLE RESOURCE CARDS to post up in your community.
Here is our PRINTABLE RESOURCE CARDS to post up in your community.
Join us
We have an amazing group of volunteers who help this committee. If you would like to join us, we are looking for volunteers who are:
To get on our mailing list and join please complete this confidential survey: https://tinyurl.com/MHCSurvey2
- Identify as a person of color, LGBTQIA2+, are bilingual or in a multicultural environment.
- Collaborative to coordinate speakers events and movie screenings
- Passionate to advocate for better health outcomes for our students and families/caregivers
- Comfortable speaking to parents or student groups about why mental health matters from your personal experience
To get on our mailing list and join please complete this confidential survey: https://tinyurl.com/MHCSurvey2
Events
PAST EVENTS
Supporting teen anxiety with David Lewis
On November 9th, David spoke at Kellogg Middle school about how parents/caregivers can support our teens with anxiety.
The recording of the meeting is HERE.
Slide deck from the presentation is HERE.
Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders Mental Health discussion with Lynette Pang
On May 31st, in collaboration with the City of Shoreline and Shoreline PTA Council's Mental Health Committee, this free webinar presented historical and current issues that have impacted Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and their mental wellness in our multicultural and multigenerational society.
The recording of the meeting is HERE.
Slide deck from the presentation is HERE.
And a list of books, movies and tv shows about AANHPI mental health is HERE.
On November 9th, David spoke at Kellogg Middle school about how parents/caregivers can support our teens with anxiety.
The recording of the meeting is HERE.
Slide deck from the presentation is HERE.
Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders Mental Health discussion with Lynette Pang
On May 31st, in collaboration with the City of Shoreline and Shoreline PTA Council's Mental Health Committee, this free webinar presented historical and current issues that have impacted Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and their mental wellness in our multicultural and multigenerational society.
The recording of the meeting is HERE.
Slide deck from the presentation is HERE.
And a list of books, movies and tv shows about AANHPI mental health is HERE.
Accomplishments
Here's some highlights so far:
- February 2022: The Shoreline PTA Council board members introduced this committee to the Superintendent and School Board Directors. Read it HERE.
- Spring 2022: We had our first two meetings (summaries and slides below).
- May 2022: Planned our first parent education webinar with community partner City of Shoreline about AANHPI mental health. And participated in the interviews of new mental health agencies.
- June 2022: Started our first first caregiver connection listening session for our AANHPI community.
- September 2022: created a comprehensive mental health resource list for our community. Distributed it widely to our PTA's and district wide via PeachJar.
- October 2022: advocated for Policy 3122 for excused absences for mental health wellness with our Council board of directors and all PTA's in our district.
- November 2022: hosted our first in person parent/caregiver speaker David Lewis at Kellogg MS about how to support your teen with their anxiety.
Meeting summaries
DECEMBER 6, 2022
We had our first hybrid meeting on December 6th at the Shoreline Center with guests Trish Campbell, Executive Director of Student Services and Cassie Porter, Student Services Coordinator. Here's is a summary of the meeting and the meeting recording - you need to email mentalhealth@ShorelinePTA.org for the video passcode.
APRIL 7, 2022
We had our second meeting on April 7th. Here's a link to the meeting slides. If you would like a meeting recording, please email mentalhealth@ShorelinePTA.org
We still need help with:
MARCH 2, 2022
We received an overwhelming number of replies and had our first meeting on March 2, 2022. Here's the link to the meeting slides. If you would like to hear the meeting recording, please email mentalhealth@ShorelinePTA.org.
We had our first hybrid meeting on December 6th at the Shoreline Center with guests Trish Campbell, Executive Director of Student Services and Cassie Porter, Student Services Coordinator. Here's is a summary of the meeting and the meeting recording - you need to email mentalhealth@ShorelinePTA.org for the video passcode.
APRIL 7, 2022
We had our second meeting on April 7th. Here's a link to the meeting slides. If you would like a meeting recording, please email mentalhealth@ShorelinePTA.org
We still need help with:
- A Co-Chair to lead meetings, strategize and coordinate
- Leaders to take the Educate and Support groups into action (lead meetings and strategize actions around these goals)
- Weebly expert to help design and update this webpage
MARCH 2, 2022
We received an overwhelming number of replies and had our first meeting on March 2, 2022. Here's the link to the meeting slides. If you would like to hear the meeting recording, please email mentalhealth@ShorelinePTA.org.
Join us on social media!
Facebook group: Breaking The Mental Health Stigma For Shoreline Schools (www.facebook.com/groups/BreakTheStigma4SSD)
Instagram: BreakTheStigma4SSD (@ShorelinePTAMH)
You can contact us at mentalhealth@ShorelinePTA.org
Instagram: BreakTheStigma4SSD (@ShorelinePTAMH)
You can contact us at mentalhealth@ShorelinePTA.org