centre of excellence update 2009-2010. what is the centre? knowledge bringing people and knowledge...

Centre of Excellence Update 2009-2010

What is the Centre?What is the Centre?

Knowledge

Bringing people and knowledge together to promote the best mental health and

well-being for every child and youth

Capacity Partnerships

Full continuum of effective and accessible mental health services for children and youth

KnowledgeKnowledge Child and youth mental health policy papers

• Linking poverty and mental health: A lifespan view (Lipman and Boyle, 2008)

• The roots of violence: Evidence from the literature with emphasis on child and youth mental health disorders (Leschied, 2008)

• Rooting mental health in an aboriginal world view: Inspired by Many Hands, One Dream (Blackstock, 2008)

• Getting our acts together: Interagency collaborations in child and youth mental health (Boydell, Bullock and Goering, 2009)

• Taking mental health to school: A policy-oriented paper on school-based mental health for Ontario (Santor, Short & Ferguson, 2009)

KnowledgeKnowledge Credible knowledge

• Parent-mediated interventions for autism• Anger management

Psychotropics information resources• “My Meds, My Rights”• “Focus on the Facts”• "Medications and Youth: An Information Sheet for

Caregivers" Grants and awards

CapacityCapacity Consultation services

• Program evaluation, research, knowledge exchange

Online learning modules, webinars, facilitated teleconferences

Communities of practice Community mobilization

PartnershipsPartnerships Child and Youth Mental Health Information Network Student Support Leadership Initiative The New Mentality Parents for Children’s Mental Health eMentalHealth.ca

Centre EvaluationCentre Evaluation

Process to date Outcome Next steps

Questions?Questions?

www.onthepoint.caDr. Ian Manion

Executive Director

613-737-2297

onthepoint@cheo.on.ca