GOOD SHEPHERD YOUTH SERVICES COMMUNITY

MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM Skills for Life

Christine Evans & Chloe Frisina

Mental Health Clinicians,

Good Shepherd Youth Services

Good Shepherd Faith in People

OBJECTIVES

Explain the Community Mental Health Program

Discuss current literature addressing street involvement, mental health & global functioning

Introduce the Skills for Life program

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM

BACKGROUND MCYS funded

Started 7 years ago

Has grown with the growth of SYPC

1.6 Master’s prepared clinicians

Based at Notre Dame House

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMPURPOSE

A community based mental health outreach program for street involved and homeless youth ages 16-21

Aims to improve access to mental health services

Aims to increase percentage of youth in active treatment

Aims to improve global functioning of youth

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM WHAT WE OFFER

Triage and Assessment

Comprehensive Mental Health Assessment (including a Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Assessment)

Individual Therapy

Staff Education/Coaching

Skills for Life

Collaboration with the Shelter Health Network and Consulting Adolescent Psychiatrists

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM EVALUATION – STREET INVOLVEMENT

Street involved youth includes runaways (youth who have spent more than one night away from home without parental permission), throwaways (youth who have been forced to leave home by their parents), street youth (youth who live in high risk nontraditional locations such as under bridges and in abandoned buildings) and system youth (youth who have previously been involved in government systems such as foster care or juvenile justice).

Edidin et al. 2011

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM EVALUATION – MENTAL HEALTH

Mental illness refers to clinically significant patterns of behavioral or emotional functioning that are associated with some level of distress, suffering (pain, death) or impairment in one or more areas of functioning (such as school, work or social and family interactions).

Canadian Psychological Association, 2012

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMEVALUATION – GLOBAL FUNCTIONING

Global functioning refers to the adequacy of a youth’s sleep and eating patterns, their physical health and participation in activities of daily living, limited criminal involvement, substance use, high-risk behaviors and a reduction in mental health problems.

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMFRAMEWORK

Mindfulness

The 3 C’s Calm Consistent Clutter Free

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM FRAMEWORK

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Skills For Life

1. Teen Routine

2. PLEASE

3. Sleep Hygiene

4. Distractions

5. Self Soothing

6. TIP

7. 3 Things

8. Radical Acceptance

9. Ride the Way

10. Behavior Chain Analysis

11. Pros & Cons

12. DEARMAN

13. Building Positivity

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