ABSTRACT
The Mentally Healthy Schools Policy provides a framework to enable the embedding of mental health promotion campaigns, such as the Act-Belong-Commit Campaign, within the classroom, school environment and the whole school community in order to boost the mental health and wellbeing of students and staff and prevent the onset of mental health problems.
The Mentally Healthy Schools Policy provides clear directions for equipping school staff with the guidance, resources and training for translating the principles and ethos of mental health promotion into the whole school setting.
The purpose of this policy is to encourage young Australians to adopt mentally healthy behaviours early in life, build resilience so they can cope better with problems and stress, reduce stigma around mental illness and increase openness about discussing mental health, build the capacity of school staff to create mentally healthy school environments, and foster partnerships between schools and their communities.
