Online Program
Elevating Youth Voice for Mental Health and School Safety
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Cost: $ 30.00
Contact Hours 1.5
Objectives:
After viewing this presentation, the learner will be able to;
1. Identify the four components of the Mental Health Literacy (MHL) framework that benefits school communities.
2. Demonstrate increased confidence in discussing mental health and violence prevention, and identify ways to promote these initiatives.
3. Recognize opportunities to amplify youth voice in MHL education and SHP programming.
4. Recognize the mission and key outcomes of MHLC and SHP, and identify ways to get involved.
Presenter:
Annie Slease, M.Ed.Cofounder/CEO of the Mental Health Literacy Collaborative
Sandy Hook Promise Leader
Annie Slease, M.Ed., is the Cofounder and CEO of the Mental Health Literacy Collaborative (MHLC). www.themhlc.org When her 18-year-old’s crisis first emerged in 2010, Annie was a classroom teacher unaware of mental health literacy. In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy in December 2012, she launched the blog Still Hopeful Mom, sharing her family’s story about near-suicide loss involving a firearm. Through her writing, she explored the challenges of parenting through mental illness and navigating both the behavioral health and prison systems. In 2015, Annie connected with Sandy Hook Promise and began presenting their school programs in early 2016. She repurposed her 25-year teaching career into full-time mental health advocacy in 2017. Since then, she has served state and national spaces, raising awareness, addressing gaps, and championing upstream solutions. In 2023, after serving as Director of Advocacy and Education at NAMI Delaware and as Strategic Manager of Mental Health Initiatives at the University of Delaware’s Center for Disabilities Studies, Annie co-founded the Mental Health Literacy Collaborative (MHLC). In addition to her role with MHLC, Annie continues to serve her home state of Delaware as a board member of the Delaware School-Based Health Alliance, a core team member of the Delaware Recovery Ready Workplace Initiative, a community advisor for Delaware’s CCBHC project, and an appointee of the Governor to the Delaware Behavioral Health Consortium. Annie is a mother, grandmother, wife, educator, and advocate, and a proud citizen of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
Presenter Disclosure Statement:None of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
At this time, none of the presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. If relevant financial relationships are identified, this information will be shared with learners prior to the educational activity.
Continuing Education Information:
Northeastern University School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurse Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Provider Number 2016U018
Participants successfully completing this program will receive a statement of credit for contact hours. Statements of Credit may be printed on-line after successful completion of the learning assessment.
This program has not received commercial support.