Healthy Transitions

Healthy Transitions: Promoting Resilience and Mental
Health in Young Adolescence

Healthy Transitions is a mental health promotion/ early identification/ intervention  program for young adolescents. Interactive and activity based classroom sessions give middle school students the opportunity to enhance knowledge, attitudes and skills important for resilience and mental health. The program has been generously funded by the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO.

Planning & Preparation

Posted Aug 5, 2008 Chapter 1: Getting Started-program overview

Posted Aug 5, 2008 Chapter 2: Evaluation, Information and Consent

Posted Aug 5, 2008 Chapter 3: Follow up protocols and resources

Classroom sessions

Posted Aug 5, 2008 Session 1: Thoughts, Feelings, Actions-Up the creek with a very strong paddle

Posted Aug 5, 2008 Session 2: Catching flies with honey and other essential skills

Posted Aug 5, 2008 Session 3: Paddling in rough water-Coping with feelings and stress

Posted Aug 5, 2008 Session 4: Everyone Needs a Newfie Dog-Getting pulled to shore when you're in over your head

Posted Aug 5, 2008 Session 5: Staying the Course-Making everyday a mental health day