OBJECTIVES

• To create a mental health friendly environment in schools with child centric model by
involving Parents and Teachers.

• To equipped children with the life skills such as dealing with peer pressure, stress and
emotional turbulence management.

• To be aware of the myths and realities of mental illness,

• To exhibit a realistic and positive understanding of mental illness.

RATIONALE
• 7.1% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 4.4 million) have diagnosed anxiety.

• 3.2% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 1.9 million) have diagnosed depression.

• Need of the hour but not many organisations working on it.

Important Stakeholders
Mental
Health
Professionals

School
School Mental Teachers
Children
Health
Project

Parents
Target Group:
1) 6th to 10th std Children (Preferably
Government Schools)
2) Teachers
3) Parents

Gender: All Gender

Approach to Schools:
1) Collaboration with Community Based
Organisation working with children.
2) Collaboration with Government Schools
where peoples forum serving Mid-day meals
School Mental Health Project
1) Child Centric Model
• Improved Relationship and Communication
• Situational Decision Making (Peer Pressure,
Substance Abuse)
• Enabling Help Seeking Behaviour
• Basic Knowledge of Mental Disorders
• Life Skills to cope up with emotional turbulence and
stress.
Environment Centric Model
1) Parents
• Basic training of Mental Disorders
• Identification of symptoms of Mental
Disorders
• Dealing with Child’s Stress and Emotional
Turbulence
• Improving Communication with Children
2) Teachers
• Basic Knowledge of Mental Disorders
• Prevent Bullying amongst children
• Identification of children having mental health
issues and take measures to resolve it.
• Creating Mental Health Friendly Classrooms
• Improving communication with Children.
Tools to be used:
• Activities
• Group Discussions
• Videos
• Essays and Drawing Competition
• Slogan of Mental Health (ex. Bully nahi Buddy
baniye)
• Mental Health Commities
Follow Up:
1) Booklet for Children, Teachers and Parents
• It will consist of screening test (The Children’s Behaviour
Questionnaires) in order to identify the behaviour problems
in Children.
• Exercise Sheets for Parents to keep check on children’s mental
health status.
• Steps to cope with Stress and Emotional Turbulence of
Children
• Information about Basic Mental Disorders
• Language of Mental Health.