Episode 14: Raise Your Voice - Supporting Student Leadership in School Mental Health

Today's episode features a conversation between Mary Kate Riley, Youth Program Coordinator with NAMI Wisconsin, and Kathy Markeland, Coalition Board Member and Executive Director of WI Assn of Family & Children's Agencies.  Mary Kate tells us about Raise Your Voice, student-led mental health clubs focused on awareness, advocacy and acceptance.  Learn what Raise Your Voice clubs do, how to start one at your school, and solutions to challenges you may encounter.  We often hear about the student mental health crisis, and Mary Kate shares how change can start with the students themselves! Episode Transcript  [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XFDWVim9vX5zTU0sGDpoYvOVshb8NPb_/view?usp=drive_link] Show Notes Coalition for Expanding School-Based Mental Health in Wisconsin [https://www.schoolmentalhealthwisconsin.org/] Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - Comprehensive School Mental Health  [https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/mental-health/framework] Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework [https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/sspw/pdf/CSMH_Overview_Flyer.pdf] Wisconsin DPI Social Emotional Learning Curriculum [https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/mental-health/social-emotional-learning/sel-curriculum-and-alignment-tools] NAMI Wisconsin Raise Your Voice [https://namiwisconsin.org/support-and-education/youth/raise-your-voice/] NAMI Teen and Young Adult Resource Directory [https://www.nami.org/NAMI/media/NAMI-Media/Images/FactSheets/NAMI-Teen-and-Young-Adult-HelpLine-Resource-Directory.pdf] The Voices of Wisconsin Students Project [https://wipps.org/data-design-collection-and-analysis/the-voices-of-wisconsin-students-project-learning-coping-and-building-resilience-during-covid-19/] Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) [https://dpi.wi.gov/sspw/yrbs] Continuing Education opportunity - Change Starts with You(th): Supporting Teen and Adolescent Mental Health [https://wafca.memberclicks.net/index.php%3Foption=com_jevents&task=icalevent.detail&evid=374&year=2023&month=11&day=20&uid=d6d5c8e3bc4848d29daa3598d918ff23] presented by Mary Kate Riley, July 18 in Wisconsin Dells

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“School Mental Health Works!” is a quick-dip podcast featuring dialogues on school mental health in Wisconsin. Produced by the Coalition for Expanding School Based Mental Health in Wisconsin, the series highlights the successes and challenges experienced by a range of partners as communities collaborate and show that school mental health works! Episodes feature Coalition board representatives and invited guests – each bringing a unique perspective and experience within Wisconsin’s systems for supporting school mental health. Through thoughtful discussions between mental health providers, school professionals and parents representing lived experience, the series explores each of the six components of Wisconsin’s comprehensive school mental health model including: 1) a continuum of mental health supports; 2) collaboration; 3) needs assessment and resource mapping; 4) mental health referral pathways; 5) sustainability; and 6) data.