Themes:
-Grades 2-3: Making the world a better place, I can do that! -Encouraging children to think of positive ways they can help, inspire and encourage others around them (e.g. peers, siblings, community). -Grades 6-12: Labels and Stigmas: How They Affect Me. -Acknowledging the impact of labels and the stigma that comes with them; creating awareness of the affects that labels and stigmas can have on one’s mental health. -According to the World Health Organization (2014), “Mental health: a state of well-being: Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community” (para. 1).¹
