International Baccalaureate



IIBWSC 2017GAT Project SummaryYou will be working with your group to complete this for submission on Thursday; there are helpful questions included to guide you and the group through this. Make sure they answer these questions.Project name: "Partnering with Communities for Mental Health"GAT Name/Leader:Bentley/Colin PierceBackground: Highlight the needs identified and being addressed by the project (link to themes and content of conference)Mission & Objectives: What you want to achieve (aims)?Mental Health issues within students.Raising awareness and reducing stigma of mental health problemsMental health issues induced by trauma The impact mental health issues have on daily life of high schoolers Gaps in diagnosis of mental health disordersWe will implement a survey to gather information on the specific mental health issues afflicting student youth today, with the help of mental health professionals and organizations. Engaging these establishments, we will help create a comfortable support system to help struggling youth in our countries. Our project will engage the school faculty, parents, and relevant health care facilities to raise awareness of and reduce stigma for adolescent mental illness, providing comfortable and appropriate therapeutic support.Activities (objectives): How the project will achieve your goals?StrategiesReason:Mental health problems when acute, do not go away until you seek help.Positive Psychology: How to solve itPreventive measuresReducing StigmaRecognise symptoms Collaborators: What groups are important in the development and implementation of the project? (within the organization)Collaboration with professionals to create survey.Conducting survey within local schools in our eight countries.Opening comfortable outlets for students within schools or in clinics.A campaign to raise awareness and reduce stigma (booths, festivals, social media outlets, posters, Essay competitions, scholarship opportunity and donations etc.)Free counseling within schools and clinics.Workshops to educate, faculty, parents and students of symptoms and illnesses, based on the conclusions drawn from the survey.Engaging health care facilities in the workshops, clinics, and analysis of data.Self worth and value Avoid self-criticismSet realistic Social, academic, family and personal expectationsLook for active ways to improve your condition, embark on projects, water plants, learn a language. Occupy your mind with positivity and self improvementDefine Success not only academically, but also athletically, financially, morally, and your role in the community, focus on IB learner profileValuing all pupils and all areas of successHave good connectionsPeople with strong family or social connections are generally healthier than those who lack a support networkMake plans, seek activities, cancer with a club or support groupPractice mindfulnessManaging failureDeveloping resilience, physically and spirituallyAvoid negative means of escapeStay away from alcohol or drugs, it is not a form of “self-meditation”Often times, it aggravates problems ExamplesFive most prevalent mental issues for college students: depression, anxiety, suicide, eating disorders, and addictionPTSDLess severe PTSD symptoms that will go away after a few months Some schools offer counsellors and student mentors to younger students so they have someone to trust and to talk to. This would reduce stress built up and a way for them to let some steam off. More severe PTSD symptoms show for years and may lead to suicide Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy(CBT) is most effective Traumatic Focused CBT employs counsellors? to talk about their traumatic experiencesTo release stress and anxiety the child hasChild learns how to assert himselfLearn to change wrong thoughts or believes of trauma (child may think world is totally unsafe)Learn to not be afraid of their memories Safe and effective strategy Workshops solutions to helping mental health Most importantly, we should have one for both the adults(teachers and parents) and the children as well, involvement of adults Learn to identify symptoms of mental health issues and help to reach out to the kids to reduce the stress and anxiety WHO (World Health Organisation)MHF (Mental Health FoundationMindNational institute of mental healthExperienced professionals (Psychiatrists, Therapists, Doctors, etc.)Partners: What groups or organizations are crucial to the development of the project? What are their roles? (outside the organization)Timeline: What sort of timeline have you developed?WHO (World Health Organisation)MHF (Mental Health Foundation)MindNational institute of mental healthExperienced professionals (Psychiatrists, Therapists, Doctors, etc.)General PractitionersNGOs ( MSF, Red Cross, MDM, International Medical Corps)Local mental health agencies eg. Beyondblue(Aus), Indian Organisation:ePsyclinicCanadian organisations:Canadian Mental Health AssociationMental Health Commissions of CanadaAustralian OrganisationsBeyondBlueHeadspaceSingaporean OrganisationsSilver RibbonSingapore Association of Mental HealthBudget/Resources: Funds and materials neededCommunication: How would you use social media or other approaches to communicate your project?Budget: roughly $1000 (American)Charitable/cheap/free speakers for the workshopsLow-cost or free professionals to analyze data from the surveyFree/charitable professionals (counselors, psychiatrists, etc.)Space to run workshopsConduit for survey (digital or paper)Surveys:Psychology Today - Mental health assessment Health America - lots of test for specific mental illnesses survey privately to schools for approval, using professionals to aid in the pitchUse social media to appeal to the youth, concerned parents, local communities, and other sections of the population to gain momentum and public support for the projectA campaign to raise awareness and reduce stigma (booths, festivals, social media outlets, posters, Essay competitions, testimonials, scholarship opportunities and donations etc.)Evaluation: How you will measure success?What challenges would you have to overcome as a result of implementing this in the real world?Measuring Success: The impact held on struggling youth communities.Drawbacks:Cultural stigma approaches to mental illness.Dishonesty from students/faculty completing the surveyUnavailable medical resources.Lack of understanding of mental healthLimitations of diagnosis/interpreting the dataCorruption of Government, School facilities, etc.IBWSC 2017GAT Project SummaryProject name: GAT Name/Leader:Background: Mission & Objectives: Activities (objectives): Collaborators: Partners: Timeline: Budget/Resources: Communication: Evaluation: ................
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