tailieunhanh - Evergreen: A Child and Youth Mental Health Framework for Canada

Due to constraints to rapid scale up of interventions (restrictions in access, logistic, human and financial resources) a phased approach has been adopted. Activities for the first year (phase 1) are focused on the adaption and standardisation of tools, training and strengthening of structures and mechanisms in preparation for delivery of interventions in the subsequent years (Phase 2). The strategy is consistent with the United Nations Transition Plan (UNTP) for Somalia 2008-09 and has been included in the Reconstruction and Development Plan (RDP) for the next three years | Evergreen A Child and Youth Mental Health Framework for Canada A project of the Child and Youth Advisory Committee of the Mental Health Commission of Canada July 2010 Foreword We did not want to push people to believe in our vision. We wanted to inspire people to participate in the process of moving toward and creating the vision. Appropriately there is greater awareness and expectation today from people that they be informed and engaged in decisions that affect their lives. People want to see themselves represented in decisions made. From inception the Evergreen Project has prioritized the active involvement of people from across Canada in all aspects of creating a framework specific to child and youth mental health. In this spirit of collaboration young people parents educators mental health professionals and countless others involved in the lives of young people came together using online technologies to build Evergreen from the ground up. The level of active involvement in Evergreen s consultation process speaks to the interest in this subject across Canada and underscores the concern Canadians have for matters related to child and youth mental health and illness. The message surfacing throughout Evergreen s development was one of HOPE. The message offered by the Evergreen Framework is one of HOPE. Hope gives young people parents families and professionals the ability to dream an ability that is truly healing. We hope that one day we will live in a world with a greater understanding of mental health a world equipped to best meet the needs of young people and their families and a world where the voice of young people and their families can be heard respected and acted upon. In many ways a world that reflects the inclusiveness and dreams of positive change for child and youth mental health is embedded in the Evergreen Framework. For too long the mental health of young people has not been priority across Canada. For too long child and youth mental health has been