Increasing Family Involvement for Special Populations 26/05/2008
This guide is part of the series 'Creating Environments that work for all Children: Real Manuals for Real Teachers'. Family involvement is a significant factor in improving educational outcomes. The family makes critical contributions to student achievementfrom the earliest childhood years through high school, and efforts toimprove children’s outcomes are much more effective when the family is actively involved.
Settings: Education
MHP Steps: Implementation
Positive Behaviour Support: A Classroom Wide Approach to Successful Student Achievement and Interactions 26/05/2008
As part of the series 'Creating Environments that work for all Children: Real Manuals for Real Teachers', the intention of this manual is to empower teachers to address student challenges through every day teacher-applied strategies. The foundation for these strategies is in curricular and instructional research situated in a problem-solving framework for behavior support. The framework, Positive Behavior Support (PBS), is a proactive approach proven successful in addressing challenging behavior within general and special education classroom settings and is most effective when implemented across home, school, and community environments
Settings: Education
MHP Steps: Implementation
Creating an Environment for Emotional and Social Well-Being 26/05/2008
“Creating an Environment for Emotional and Social Well-being: An Important Responsibility of a Health-Promoting and Child-Friendly School” focuses on the psycho-social environment of the school. This document and its Psycho-social Environment Profile are designed to help school personnel assess qualities of the school environment that support social and emotional well-being. It is intended to be a starting point, leading to awareness, discussion, and action by school personnel, students and parents.
Settings: Education
MHP Steps: Needs Analysis
Strengthening the Involvement of People with Dementia A Resource for Implementation 26/05/2008
This toolkit contains advice and examples of positive practice which can facilitate the active and meaningful involvement of people who have dementia in the planning, delivery and evaluation of health, social care and other support services.
Settings: Residence for Older People
MHP Steps: Needs Analysis
First Step to Active Health: The Active Aging Toolkit 26/05/2008
The Active Aging Toolkit has been developed as a collaborate effort of the Blueprint, professional organizations, and private industry as an evidence-based and an easy-to-instruct program for health care providers to educate their patients on increasing physical activity. Because physical activity is known to be essential in the prevention and management of chronic diseases, health care providers are the most important motivators for older adults to begin physical activity programs.
Settings: Residence for Older People
MHP Steps: Implementation
Hear What I Say: Developing Dementia Advocacy Services 26/05/2008
This report provides an overview of what is known about current practice in dementia advocacy and makes suggestions about how to establish new services and develop existing services.
Settings: Residence for Older People
MHP Steps: Follow Up |
Implementation |
Needs Analysis
Children's Mental Health Week 26/05/2008
A tool suggesting awareness raising activities to promote children's mental health, especially concerning discrimination, fears and anxieties etc.
Settings: Education
MHP Steps: Implementation
Listen to Us: Involving People with Dementia in Planning and Developing Services 26/05/2008
This Executive Summary provides a brief overview of
the main messages from a service development guide. The guide was produced by Dementia North as part of a Department of Health funded development project to explore how people with dementia can be involved in service planning and development.
Settings: Residence for Older People
MHP Steps: Preparation
MindMatters Booklets Tools for Schools 26/05/2008
A website with 3 tools: CommunityMatters tools, Evaluation Tools and Tickabox tools.
Settings: Education
MHP Steps: Implementation