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National Depression Screening Day® (NDSD)

Planning Worksheet

This worksheet is designed to serve as a tool when planning and developing the strategy for your screening event. For a more detailed event planning guide please check-out the “Best Practices Guide.”

1. Purpose of running NDSD events

2. Goals

3. Identifying and collaborating with organizations in your community

4. Location

5. Press

6. Staff Needs/Roles

7. Staff Training

1. Purpose of running NDSD events:

Examples:

- Provide opportunity for anyone in the community to learn more about depression and other mental health disorders, and the way it may be affecting them or a loved one

- Raise awareness about depression in the community

- Reduce stigma of mental health disorders

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2. What are your goals in organizing an NDSD Event?

Examples:

- Educate and screen at least 25 people

- Help even just one person

- Make community more aware of services my organization offers

- Mission of my organization to outreach and educate the community on mental health

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3. Local organizations to collaborate/partner with (for volunteers, clinicians, locations, outreach)

Examples: Local hospitals, mental health clinic, social work/psychology/psychiatry/public health schools, Parish Nurse associations, churches, community groups, schools, books stores, grocery stores, etc.

|Volunteers |MH Clinicians |Locations |Outreach |

|- Hospitals |- Local college |- Church |- Schools |

| | |- Malls |- Head Starts |

| | | |- Grocery stores |

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4. Brainstorm ideal and visible location:

Examples: Hospital Lobby, Library, Community Center, YMCA/Fitness Center, Building Lobby, Clubhouse, Farmers Market, Bookstore, local college/university, church.

5. Press:

Examples:

- Radio PSA (public service announcement),

- Posters around community centers, grocery store, library

- Local newspaper

- Local organizational E-News

- Town Website

- Local organization’s e-newsletter/newsletter

|Media Type |Name |Freq (if applicable) |Submit by… |Contact Info. |

|Newspaper |County Gazette |Weekly |Sept 15 | |

|Website | |NA |Sept 1 | |

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6. Staff needed/Staff Roles:

Examples of possible positions

- Greeter – direct people to booth/table

- Clinicians/mental health professionals

- Event Coordinator; hand out screening forms, educational materials etc

|Name |Position |Tasks |Contact Info. |

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7. Date/Time for staff training

We encourage you to host a staff training/briefing the day before the screening event to ensure everyone is clear on their roles, policies, etc. Please review the Best Practices Guide for training tips.

Date: _____________________________ Time: ___________________

Location: __________________________________

Who’s involved?

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8. Reviewing materials:

Before your event, please make sure to:

- Check and make sure you have both your screening forms and scoring instructions

- You have enough educational materials for your expected attendance (additional educational materials can be printed from the Downloadable Resource Center)

- You have local referral information to pass out to all event attendees

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