'Mental health menu' for student wellbeing [cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au]

Jenna Quinn (PACEs Connection Staff) 10/27/2112:03 PM

From Star News, October 22, 2021

Government schools across Victoria will be able to pick the mental health tools that best match the needs of their students, with the Victorian Government’s Schools Mental Health Fund providing a suite of options to give students tailored support.

Bass MP Jordan Crugnale has revealed the interim menu of resources and initiatives to be available to government schools in the Bass electorate as part of the $200 million Fund.

Schools will be able to select evidence-based programs and initiatives from the online menu across three tiers of intervention:

• Tier One: positive mental health promotion, including initiatives like Active Schools, mental health first aid, anti-bullying programs and therapy dogs as whole-school investments to help create a positive, inclusive environment, as well as mental health literacy training to ensure mental health issues are addressed early

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