In our lifetime, 1 in 5 people will experience a mental illness and as many as 10% of people over the age of 15 will battle a drug or alcohol dependency. The financial impact on society is in the billions of dollars. The emotional impact on families and individuals is incalculable.
2019 Government of Alberta
Supporting Student Mental Health through Wellness Rooms
The implications of mental health on a student’s ability to be successful in school cannot be overstated. Schools across Alberta and Canada must work to establish environments that are warm and welcoming for students and staff, and also have programs in place to specifically support students with exceptional social-emotional needs, including anxiety. The school I was placed at during my final teaching internship boasted a wellness room that was used to support mental health not only for students who were coded with social-emotional exceptionalities but all students. For my Professional Inquiry Project, as part of my education degree with the University of Lethbridge, I have created an informational website that can be shared with pre-service and practicing teachers who may wish to implement wellness rooms and strategies alike in their learning environments to support student mental health.
Click on the button below to learn more about the wellness room and how this strategy was implemented in attempt to support student mental health.
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Anna Lovenuik
I am a fifth-year Sociology and Social Studies Education Major studying at the University of Lethbridge with an expected graduation date of Summer 2020. This website and the accompanied research is a part of my Professional Inquiry Project (PIP) and was a requirement for completion of the final four-month teaching internship (PSIII). For more information on other student-created inquiry projects and the PIP symposium, click the button below. |