Programs & Services

#EmotionRevolution Survey And Summit - Born This Way Foundation

The Emotion Revolution Summit brought together educators, policy makers, and advocates with more than 200 young people around the country to discuss how to address the gap between how students feel in school and how than want to feel.

#KindMonsters - Born This Way Foundation

#KindMonsters is a petition to pledge and promised to practice kindness every day. We’re excited to work with Monster High to inspire change and help create a kinder, more accepting world!

Ask ReachOut Beta - ReachOut Ireland

Ask ReachOut Beta is a platform where you can get answers to your questions from ReachOut’s articles and resources.

Brain Bites - Peer Support Australia

Center for Management of ADHD - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Center for Management of ADHD provides provide diagnostic evaluations, therapy and medication for children who have — or are at risk for developing — attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). They are a comprehensive ADHD center providing services that are available in Philadelphia as well as several specialty care locations in PA and NJ. Working with a team approach to care, CHOP offer children 4 through 18 years of age a variety of services aimed at promoting health and wellbeing, including:

• Medication consultation and management
• Family behavior therapy
• Group parent training programs to provide education about ADHD and strategies to promote child’s success at home and school
• ADHD evaluation services

Every child who comes to the Center for Management of ADHD at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia receives an initial evaluation. The goals of this evaluation are to develop an understanding of your child’s strengths and challenges and to determine their primary treatment needs. This evaluation will include a comprehensive assessment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as well as a screening for other emotional, behavioral and medical conditions. Learn more about your child’s ADHD evaluation.

The center is committed to continuing to learn about ADHD, developing more effective treatments for the disorder, and improving the care of children with ADHD. Current areas of research include:

• Assessing ADHD in children and teens
• Developing and evaluating family and school interventions for children with ADHD or who are at risk of developing the condition
• Developing strategies to manage ADHD in primary care practices
• Factors contributing to driving risks for children with ADHD
• Understanding the neurobiology of ADHD

Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress (CPTS) - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress (CPTS) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia addresses medical trauma in the lives of children and families. Founded in 2002 as a multidisciplinary intervention development center within the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, CPTS collaborates worldwide with hospitals, universities, nonprofit, and government organizations to further its work in preventing and treating medical traumatic stress in healthcare settings. As a center focusing on addressing medical traumatic stress, CPTS seek to:

• Increase awareness and recognition of medical traumatic stress by healthcare providers using the Healthcare Toolbox.
• Develop and promote empirically based screening and intervention for children and families who have experienced traumatic stress due to pediatric illness and injury.
• Provide training to medical and mental health providers about best practices in assessing and treating medical traumatic stress.
• Develop and disseminate resources about coping with traumatic stress to ill and injured children and their families.
• Develop an educational Web site for healthcare providers to provide information and training in trauma-informed care
• Provide training, information and resources for medical and mental health professionals in assessing and treating medical traumatic stress in children and their families.
• Collaborate with national healthcare provider organizations to promote trauma-informed care and best practices in preventing and treating medical traumatic stress.
• Adapt CPTS' assessments and interventions for medical traumatic stress across a wider range of healthcare settings and patient populations.
• Translate CPTS' educational materials for children and parents into Spanish and developing additional Web-based and print resources to meet the informational needs of different patient populations.

Many professionals contribute to the work of CPTS staff collaborates with:

• Healthcare providers from psychology, critical care medicine, emergency medicine, nursing, oncology, primary care, psychiatry and surgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
• Medical and mental health providers nationwide.
• Collaborators within the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
• Working with our partners, we study the effects of medical traumatic stress on children, adolescents and families, and use our findings to raise awareness and improve treatment.

Channel Kindness - Born This Way Foundation

Channel Kindness is a platform to give youth a voice in a media landscape that too often ignores or misrepresents young people. It’s a platform to report on the kind, compassionate, and brave individuals and events that shape our communities. And it’s a platform to counterbalance the negative narratives that dominate the media and inspire hope that progress is possible.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Department - The World Health Organisation (WHO) - Mental Health

Child and adolescent mental health department aims to:

• Strengthen advocacy, effective leadership and governance for child and adolescent mental health
• Provide comprehensive, integrated and responsive mental health and social care services in community-based settings for early recognition and evidence-based management of childhood mental disorders
• Implement strategies for promotion of psychosocial well-being, prevention of mental disorders and promotion of human rights of young people with mental disorders
• Strengthen information systems, evidence and research.

Child and Adolescent Mood Program (CHAMP) - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Child and Adolescent Mood Program (CHAMP) is part of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia that treat a variety of conditions including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder and frequently co-occurring conditions such as ADHD. Possible treatment options may include supportive therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy (IPT), group therapy, or medication to help manage your child’s symptoms

When a person calls to make an appointment with CHAMP, you’ll speak with an intake coordinator. This person will ask questions to help assess whether your child may be depressed. You will be asked about things like your child’s sleeping and eating habits, his energy levels, and whether he’s been feeling lonely or angry. We will also ask about any additional medical conditions your child may have. These questions help us determine what kind of care your child may need. If we think that your child would benefit from CHAMP, your intake coordinator will schedule two appointments: an evaluation appointment and a feedback appointment. After these sessions, we will provide recommended next steps for treatment and a plan for follow-up care. Learn more about what to expect at these appointments.

Child and Youth Services - Anxiety NZ

At Anxiety NZ, we believe in empowering young people to thrive while living with anxiety and other mental health experiences.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Psychology Services - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Psychology Services pediatric psychologists specialize in providing assessment, intervention and consultation services to children who need help adjusting to a diagnosis, adhering to treatment, or who may require support related to the trauma of their illness or procedure. Members of their multidisciplinary team treat patients with acute and chronic pediatric illnesses, including neurodevelopmental disorders, autistic spectrum disorders, behavioral and school difficulties, enuresis and encopresis, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, deeding disorders, learning disabilities, cancer, and cardiac conditions, organ and stem cell transplantation, obesity, gastrointestinal disorders, sickle cell disease and traumatic injury. Their services include:

• Assessments
• Cognitive and developmental assessments
• Neuropsychological evaluations
• Evaluation of emotional, social and family functioning
• Child therapy
• Family therapy
• Pain and stress reduction approaches
• Consultations

Psychology Services consult with medical teams throughout the Hospital about the psychological well-being of patients and families and treatment adherence. We also consult with school counselors when needed.

Children's Intensive Emotional and Behavioral Services (CIEBS) - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Children's Intensive Emotional and Behavioral Services (CIEBS) provides comprehensive psychiatric partial hospitalization services in a trauma-informed, behaviorally based therapeutic setting to children in the Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Ocean Counties of New Jersey. The program is for children between the ages of 5 and 13 who have significant emotional, behavioral and social needs. Children are referred to us by schools, pediatricians, the mental health community, child protective services and parents. Our patients have a variety of behavioral, emotional and social needs that are significantly impacting the child’s ability to learn and participate constructively in their home, school or community. CIEBS offers two separate but integrated psychiatric programs.

• Children’s Intensive Emotional and Behavioral Services, a full-day psychiatric program that runs six hours a day (9 a.m.-3 p.m.), five days a week. The program is available for children age 5 to 13.
• The Children’s Extended Day Hospital Program, an extended-day psychiatric program that runs 4½ hours a day (3-7:30 p.m.), two to four days a week. The program is available for children age 8 to 13. 

Children's Intensive Emotional and Behavioral Services is open to children age 5 to 13, who live in Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Ocean counties in New Jersey. Children in this program may have a history of being rejected, expelled or excluded from schools and other community programs because their behavioral challenges have made it difficult for them to participate. They likely present with a combination of psychiatric symptoms and severe impairment of functioning in the home, school and/or community, and may be considered at-risk for being hospitalized, expelled from school or placed in more restrictive settings, such as residential placement. Children who attend our programs may also have a history of:

• Prenatal/perinatal complications
• Developmental delays
• Prenatal exposure to drugs or alcohol
• Neglect, abuse, and trauma

Trauma-informed care recognizes and responds to these experiences and creates a safe place for the children to learn new behaviors. Their services include:

• Thorough screening and evaluation
• Psychiatric evaluation, consultation and medication monitoring
• Expressive therapy groups
• Family therapy
• Individual therapy tailored to the child’s/family’s needs, as needed
• Psychoeducational groups
• Simulated classroom setting and activities
• High level of supervision and safety for aggressive and combative behaviors
• Case management/care coordination
• Creative therapies
• Daily living skills and health training
• Daily recreational therapy
• Referral to — and consultation with — community resources
• Psychoeducation/psychotherapy group for parents of current and former patients
• Transitional discharge planning
• Transportation is provided for children based on distance from the child’s residence to the CHOP Specialty Care Center in Mays Landing, NJ. Alternative transportation can be discussed.

The team includes psychiatrists, physicians, mental health therapists, nurses and other behavioral health professionals. We work together to provide comprehensive evaluations and individualized treatment to each child. Our approach to care incorporates the child, family and community and our goal is to return children to their school and community. When children enter one of our partial hospital programs, they are placed in developmentally appropriate treatment rooms that become the setting for their therapy. Within this safe, predictable, and therapeutic environment, children receive trauma-informed, behaviorally focused, individualized treatment that encourages family and community participation. Treatment focuses on teaching children how to develop safe adaptive behaviors, emotional self-regulation and pro-social skills as building blocks that will improve their academic learning potential. Interventions are designed to help them reach their behavioral, emotional, social and learning potential.

Children's Mental Health Week - Children’s Mental Health Ontario

Children’s Mental Health Week is an initiative of Children’s Mental Health Ontario that takes place alongside Mental Health Week during the first week of May each year. It is a time for communities, families, and friends to come together to recognize the importance of the mental health and well-being needs of young people. Join us from May 6 to 12, 2024, to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week and National Child and Youth Mental Health Day on May 7. We celebrate the resilience and dedication of mental health workers, families, and communities dedicated to providing a safe and supportive environment for children and youth experiencing mental health challenges.

City of Kindness - Born This Way Foundation

City of Kindness was a panel met in front of more than 200 mayors from across the county, where they discussed the role that kindness can play in improving the mental health of citizens, and how current “cities of kindness” ave also experienced a decrease in crime. As a result of this discussion, the mayors voted unanimously to commit to 100 billion acts of kindness across the country.

D.I.F.D - The Royal Mental Health Care

D.I.F.D. is a youth-driven initiative focused on raising awareness and inspiring conversations about youth mental health. Created by friends and family of Daron Richardson who lost her life to suicide at the young age of 14, D.I.F.D. is inspired by hope for a future where young people will reach out for help without fear or shame. D.I.F.D. supports programs and initiatives aimed at transforming youth mental health.

E-Youth - Mental Health Europe (MHE)

E-YOUTH (Empowering youth Individuals with fewer opportunities towards citizenship) is an Erasmus+ Project which aims to develop a cross-sectoral (health, social services, social environment, families, community mainstream services, NGOs…) and community-based intervention methodology for youth individuals with a disability based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and also trying to focus on upskilling & reskilling and enhancing the competences of young workers or young professionals in the sector.

Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia treats eating disorders in a multidisciplinary family-based model, with outpatient therapy, medical and nutrition visits, as well as inpatient medical stabilization when needed. They believe eating disorders are reversible disorders with neurobiologic and genetic roots, and support caregivers in treating these illnesses at home using evidence-based treatment whenever possible. This program offers the comprehensive services of our Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Division of Adolescent Medicine.

Education and Reading Promotion - PeerLink Initiative Uganda (PELI-U)

PeerLink Initiative Uganda (PELI-U) acknowledges the importance of Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Education in preparing children to transit from home to school and ensure that children have adequate care and support. We set up an ECD section within the community library. Through this section children aged 2-5 are exposed to play, read, dance, parent child interaction sessions and oral literature sessions. Currently the ECD activities are implemented on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Our plan is to set up fully fledged ECD units in  6 community based libraries and later on scale up ECD activities to other community libraries. Through the Early Childhood Development Unit (ECD) we organize ECD days which bring together children in the community to play, dance, sing, socialize and get guidance on hygiene and sanitation. The parents and guardians are taken through sessions of parenting skills, child care, child feeding, children rights and hygiene and sanitation.

Elements - Voices for Life Charity

Elements parallels the start of life with an athlete preparing for a race, reaching their peak and ready to perform. This school singing and wellbeing project, based on the 20-minute Elements Cantata by Russell Hepplewhite and Jamila Gavin, helps children explore their unique journeys and the vital connection between nature and personal growth.

ENGAGE - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

NGAGE brands the desire, commitment and vision of the Commissioners' Cross-systems Committee to support services that build upon families' strengths and abilities to raise their children. The Commissioners embrace the concept that family engagement, support and youth voice play essential roles in developing the social and emotional learning, health and well-being of children. ENGAGE also symbolizes opportunities to cultivate and sustain cooperative, cross-systems relations among state agencies, develop meaningful connections with young people and their families, and deliver needed supports through collaborative service designs. The Commissioners embrace the concept that family engagement, support and youth voice play essential roles in developing the social and emotional learning, health and well-being of children.

Extraordinary! - Voices for Life Charity

Extraordinary! celebrates children’s uniqueness, one of their greatest strengths.  It is a 20 minute song cycle written by the writers of Stardust, Jools Scott and Sue Curtis, and forms a school singing and wellbeing project to help children to understand their individuality and potential to achieve great things.

Family Care Centre - Children’s Mental Health Ontario

The Family Care Centre is a resource hub for parents and caregivers of children and youth with mental health challenges.

Family Stress and Illness Program - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Family Stress and Illness Program provide experts specially trained to recognize the stressors that are affecting your family and the particular challenges presented by your child’s course of care. Our team partners with you, your child and your child’s doctors to address the associated psychological challenges the family experiences as you cope with illness. The FSIP team provides individual and family therapy for children and adolescents ages 3 to 18 with acute or chronic illness. Our goal is to optimize your child’s care and health outcomes and family adjustment. To develop a customized plan for your family, our experts will:  

• Meet with your family to better understand your needs and concerns.
• Consult with your child’s doctor(s) to assess existing and potential challenges in the management of your child’s illness.
• Provide counseling that supports your family as you move forward with implementing changes.  

The FSIP team includes pediatric psychologists and psychologists-in-training who focus on the impact of chronic illness on individual and family functioning. They help families caught in negative interactional patterns learn new ways to help their children and move forward in their development.

Fresh Hope For Teens - Fresh Hope For Mental Health

Fresh Hope for Teens is a Christian support group for teens who have a mental health challenge and for their teen friends.

Gender and Sexuality Development Program - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Gender and Sexuality Development Program stand with the colleagues at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and other children’s hospitals to work with transgender and non-binary (TNB) youth and their families across the globe. The Gender and Sexuality Development Program offers psychosocial and medical support for gender nonconforming, gender expansive and transgender children and youth up to age 21 and their families. Their multidisciplinary team includes specialists in gender identity development from Social Work and Family Services, Adolescent Medicine, Endocrinology, and Behavioral Health. We work with your family to best meet the needs of your child or youth who is transgender or gender nonconforming. The Gender Program offers a variety of services based on individual and family needs including:

• Comprehensive gender assessment
• Gender affirming medical care
• Monthly support groups
• Insurance advocacy
• Legal support
• Lending library for parents, children and adolescents
• Connections to local stylists and salon owners who are LGBTQ friendly
• School, church, community, and healthcare provider trainings
• Referrals for ongoing outpatient therapy and/or psychiatric treatment

Grit - Beyond Empathy

Grit is a podcast series developed by young people about resilience and creativity.

Head Stuck In A Cycle I Look Off And I Stare - Born This Way Foundation

Head Stuck In A Cycle I Look Off And I Stare” is a personal letter from Lady Gage Personal Letter From Gaga

Healthy Minds, Healthy Kids (HMHK) Program - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Healthy Minds, Healthy Kids (HMHK) Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) integrates behavioral health providers within primary care teams. We provide behavioral health interventions in collaboration with pediatric primary care providers. If longer-term treatment is necessary, the HMHK provider works with the PCP and the family to support appropriate community-based referrals.

Inspire Ireland’s Youth Advisory Network - Inspire Ireland Foundation

Inspire Ireland’s Youth Advisory Network is made up a young people that wish to get actively involved in our work. Becoming a member of the network means playing an important role in shaping the direction of the service. The network contributes by developing written and visual content for the website, helping to promote ReachOut.com at events around the country, providing feed-back on communication campaigns  and ReachOut.com projects You can find out more in the Getting Involved section of ReachOut.com or by contacting us at info@inspireireland.ie

InspirEd - Born This Way Foundation

InspirEd is a resource center designed by teens, educators, and SEL experts to empower high schools to create a positive school climate and greater well-being for young people.

Is It Just Me? Conversations about Mental Health - The Royal Mental Health Care

Is It Just Me? Conversations about Mental Health is a new education series designed to start open, informal conversations with youth on mental wellness and mental health problems. Students attending Is It Just Me? will hear personal stories about mental illness, sound clinical information and get a fascinating glimpse into their own minds.

Kind Communities – A Bridge to Youth Mental Wellness - Born This Way Foundation

Kind Communities – A Bridge to Youth Mental Wellness is a survey of over 4,000 young people and parents about mental health. Some of their key findings include:

• Kindness matters: oung people who describe their environments as kind are more likely to be mentally healthy. 
• Peer networks matter: youth rely on a small set of close friends for support. A
• Mental health resources matter>: young people with access to tangible resources are more mentally healthy. Furthermore, youth want to empower themselves with knowledge and skills to support their own wellness – and assist a friend who might be in crisis – but we need to do a better job providing those resources.

Kites Youth Peer - Kites Trust

Kites Youth Peer a community of young adults (aged 18 – 30) that are helping one another navigate their mental wellbeing.? They do this through a variety of peer support groups that are centered around community, creativity and conversation which provide a space for young adults to be open and honest about their mental wellbeing. These groups run on a weekly basis hosted by three of our incredible peer support facilitators.

Let’s Talk About Children - Mental Health Europe (MHE)

Let’s Talk About Children is a short evidence-based child-centred psychosocial intervention to promote the mental health of children and prevent the intergenerational transmission of problems by identifying strengths, resources and everyday solutions for children, parents, teachers, and the network of families.

Love of Learning Program - Pyjama Foundation

The Love of Learning Program empowers children and young people in care with guidance and support from trained volunteer mentors who nurture learning, confidence, and life skills with the goal of helping them to reach their full potential.

Medication Options: Young People and Mental Health - Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services (PEERS)

PEERS, in collaboration with Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services, has produced a series of three videos for East Bay youth. The videos feature interviews with health care professionals, young people, public servants, and many others with expertise and experience in this area. This series is intended to help young people make informed decisions when they’re prescribed psychiatric medication from health care providers.

Young people, especially Transition Age Youth, are often prescribed psychiatric medication following a formal diagnosis by a health care provider. Yet, many young people are under-informed about the benefits, risks, and side-effects of the medications they’re provided. In short, young people often don’t understand their rights with regards to psychiatric medications. These three videos assist youth in making careful, informed decisions about their own health.

Mentally Fit Primary Schools - Gotcha4Life

Gotcha4Life’s Mentally Fit Primary Schools program takes a prevention-first, whole-of-school approach to building wellbeing capacity. Designed to inspire and enable your staff, students, parent and carer community to adopt a proactive approach to building their mental fitness, we partner with you to establish an enduring, mentally fit school climate.

MiTrack - Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia (Northern Territory)

MiTrack is a free program aims to work in partnership with families and carers to provide flexible support for children and youth living in and around Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Elliott and Ali Curung. They encourage young people and their families from our service areas who are experiencing difficulties, to approach our team directly for assistance. Alternatively referrals are accepted from any source.

mi Track program is a free service for children and youth up to the age of 18 who are at risk of or experiencing early signs of mental illness. We work with the young person and their parent or carer to help them to build their strengths to achieve their goals and get more enjoyment out of life. The young person might be experiencing sadness, excessive worry, fear, anger, fatigue or boredom; they might be having difficulties with their peers, or be struggling to cope with a significant life event. A formal diagnosis of mental illness is not required to access the service.

National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy - National Mental Health Commission

National Guidelines for including wellbeing in early childhood checks - National Mental Health Commission

Neurodevelopmental Disorders Consultation Clinic - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offers the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Consultation Clinic (NDCC). This clinic provides recommendations on medications that can be used as part of a larger treatment plan with the goal of improving your child’s quality of life. The NDCC provides comprehensive assessment of children with: 

• Tourette syndrome and other movement disorders
• ADHD
• Social learning disorders (including autism spectrum disorder (ASD))
• Complex learning disabilities
• Genetic disorders
• Traumatic brain injury
• Seizures and related conditions. 

The psychiatrists on the NDCC team will assess your child and provide treatment recommendations that address any psychiatric difficulties that may be interfering with day to day life. Our clinic is staffed by a second year CAP Fellow with direct supervision provided by Anthony L. Rostain, PhD.

New Mentality - Children’s Mental Health Ontario

The New Mentality is dedicated to empowering youth to become leaders in the mental health community. As a program of Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO), we strive to amplify the voices of young people and foster meaningful change within the mental health system. Our network spans across Ontario, bringing together youth and allies who are committed to improving mental health services and eliminating stigma.

OD Youth Project - The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU)

OD Youth project is designed to promote access to Education by Youth with disabilities, which is apparently a big challenge for many YWDs. This severely affects their chances of getting employment opportunities. Studies conducted by NUDIPU show that UPE and USE opportunities had benefited the young people without disabilities much more than it had YPWDs. This project, therefore, strives to enhance independent living of young disabled women and men in Uganda. Objectives are improved access to, and completion rate of, quality education, training and employment for young disabled women and men in target areas, and thus securing their advancement and participation in their communities.

OMH's Children's Service - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

OMH's Children's Services site provides information on an array of services including Family Support, Outpatient Services, Community Residential Services, and Inpatient Services.

Parenting and mental health - Beyond Blue

Partnership for the Prevention & Protection of Children - Transcultural Pychsosocial Organisation - Cambodia (TPO)

Partnership for the Prevention & Protection of Children provides support and services to survivors of gender-based violence, vulnerable children and local authorities in Kanteu 1 and Kanteu 2 communes, Banan district, Battambang province. While providing mental health services is front and center of what we do, the ultimate goal of this project is to strengthen Cambodia’s child protection system in response to and to prevent violence, and to promote a protective family environment.

TPO raising awareness with parents about mental health, risks to children and how they can stay safe. Throughout the project, TPO is also working closely with government at national and sub-national levels, as well as other NGOs active in the community, to build a stronger protective family environment which will lead to improved prevention of abuse and better child protection responses.

• Awareness Raising & Training: TPO will deliver the following activities in order to strengthen awareness and understanding of domestic violence and psychosocial problems including organize awareness raising activities in the communities about domestic violence and psychosocial problems, training focal people in the community in identifying domestic violence and mental health problems and in providing emotional support to the victims, identify and select members of the local authorities to train them in Mental Health First Aid, Train Child Club members and representatives in identifying and supporting children at risk and form a Child Friendly club.
• Self Help Groups: TPO provides support with livelihood initiatives. Here we are facilitating training in raising chickens and preparing food for them. TPO establishes self-help groups for women who are victims of domestic violence as well as self-help groups for vulnerable children. Self-help groups give people the opportunity to express their feelings and to find help and support from group members with similar experiences. Self-help group activities give participants improved mental well-being; increased confidence, increased preparedness and openness with regards to talking about the violence and abuse, to report to authorities, and to advocate for their rights, greater ability to support and advocate for other members in the community who have similar problems, reduced stress, depression, anxiety
• Counseling: TPO Cambodia provides counseling to those in the community who need closer individual attention and support and who are suffering from severe mental health and psychosocial problems as a result of domestic violence or are vulnerable children.
• Referral & Networking: we work on creating effective referral mechanisms with other organizations so that support for survivors of domestic violence and for vulnerable children is maximized. We also work with the community to set up a functional network that can respond to violence and refer victims to appropriate services.

PDO YES! Program  - Psychiatric Disability Organization (PDO)

DO Youth Empowerment Seminar (YES) is a dynamic, lively and fun program that is aimed at motivating and inspiring the youth to take responsibility for their lives. The Youth Empowerment Seminar held, provided a comprehensive edutainment that was aimed at, inculcating discipline and good morals, promoting healthy lifestyles-both mental and physical health, releasing stress and finally raising self-awareness. Objectives include to:

• Inculcate discipline and good morals.
• Promote healthy lifestyles
• Raise awareness among young people

For adults, we organize professionally guided social events where our experts offer guidance on social and professional issues that young people grapple with on a daily basis, while providing opportunities for social interactions and networking for both business and social purposes.
 

Peerchat - ReachOut

Peer workers have experience with mental health challenges and use this experience to support others

PeerChat - ReachOut Ireland

PeerChat is a one-on-one, text-based service between you and a ReachOut peer worker. It’s a safe and secure space to talk about what’s going on for you.  PeerChat is a safe, friendly and inclusive space for young people. We support people of all genders, First Nations young people, the LGBTQIA+ community, and neurodivergent and culturally and linguistically diverse young people.

Pennsylvania Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service Program (TiPS) - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

TiPS is a Pennsylvania HealthChoices program designed to increase the availability of child psychiatry consultation teams, regionally and by phone, to primary care providers (PCPs) and other prescribers of psychotropic medications. The program is available for children insured by Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Program. TiPS provides real-time, peer-to-peer resources to the PCPs who need immediate consultative advice for children (up to age 21) with behavioral health concerns. TiPS psychiatrists do not prescribe medications. There is one TiPS team in each of the five HealthChoices zones in Pennsylvania. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia provides consultation to providers in the Southeast Zone. Once your practice enrolls in TiPS, your regional team will come to your office or provide education over the phone for you and your staff. They will explain the program, how to access services, answer questions, and discuss expectations.

• View our online enrollment form
• Regional TiPS teams
• HealthChoices Southeast Zone — Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: 267-426-1776
• HealthChoices Northeast and Lehigh/Capital — Penn State Children’s Hospital: 800-233-4082
• HealthChoices Southwest and Northwest — Children’s Community Pediatrics: 844-972-8477

Pleasetalk.org - Inspire Ireland Foundation

The Please Talk initiative is funded by the HSE National Office of Suicide Prevention and has two components.

• The first is the campaign’s message that ‘talking is a sign of strength’, which urges students to talk to someone if they’re having problems at home, at college or anywhere else.
• The second component of the campaign, the Please Talk website, www.pleasetalk.org, highlights the extensive supports available to students on campuses throughout Ireland, as well as other external information and services.

Professional Resources - Children’s Mental Health Ontario

Protection - Beyond Empathy

Protection blends film and animation to tell stories about childhood, inspired and created by the lived experiences of children from public housing estates in the Illawarra.

ReachOut Online Community - ReachOut Ireland

The ReachOut Online Community is a safe space where you can share your experience, learn from others and support each other.

ReachOut.com - Inspire Ireland Foundation

ReachOut.com offers comprehensive and in-depth information on mental health issues for young people. It also provides a safe space where young people can engage with our team of moderators and panel of experts on issues that really affect them – from drugs and alcohol to suicide and self-harm, from exam stress to bullying. The service encourages help-seeking and facilitates connections to face to face services and supports in a positive environment. ReachOut.com uses social media and new technologies to help prevent youth suicide and improve young people’s mental health and well-being. Through ReachOut.com Inspire is dedicated to taking the mystery out of mental health.

Singing Workshops and Assemblies - Voices for Life Charity

Whole class singing workshops will be delivered by our music leaders throughout the day followed by a whole school rehearsal and performance. Assemblies or individual workshops can also be arranged. They have a selection of songs we can offer for the workshops.

Stardust: A Musical Journey - Voices for Life Charity

Stardust is a 45-minute children’s musical work which, using an outer-space theme, and explicitly helps children to explore their different feelings through song. 

Student Support - 7 Cups of Tea

Through anonymous and confidential conversations with a trained active listeners, 7 Cups helps your students excel socially and academically, while increasing retention at your school.

• Supports students when they need it most—anonymously, confidentially, and conveniently
• Provides on-demand emotional support via iPhone and Android Apps & Web
• Reduces attrition and dropouts, saving your school a fortune in lost tuition
• Alleviates distress due to students not accessing support services
• Reach students that normally don’t seek help in traditional ways to minimize campus crisis and violence
• Teach students life skills to help with perseverance, organization, and time management
• Help manage wait issues by providing students a level of support while they wait to see their on-campus clinician
• Increase referrals to on-campus support centers
• Easy to implement with your existing website and support systems
• School-branded options available

Talk and Walk A Thon - Peer Support Australia

Tas Mental Health Youth Forum - Mental Health Council of Tasmania (MHCT)

Tasmanian Youth Mental Health Forum - Mental Health Council of Tasmania (MHCT)

The Mental Health Council of Tasmania (MHCT) partnered with Primary Health Tasmania (PHT) and the Tasmanian Department of Health to deliver the Tasmanian Youth Mental Health Forum: Exploring Integration and Innovation on 6-7 November 2019. In a complex policy context including current work by the State Government’s Southern Mental Health Integration Taskforce and the development of a joint State and Federal Government Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan, this Forum was arranged for the Tasmanian mental health sector to facilitate meaningful engagement in, and consideration of, recent trends identified in youth mental health including:

• Lack of awareness of appropriate services and support available;
• Increased demand for and on youth mental health services;
• Young people presenting more acutely unwell; and
• Increased funding and services for young people

Teacher Resources - Children’s Mental Health Ontario

Teen Life Skills (TLS) - Pyjama Foundation

Teen Life Skills (TLS) is an extension of our Love of Learning Program offered and designed for young people from 12 to 24 years of age.

The Anxiety Behaviors Clinic (ABC) - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Anxiety Behaviors Clinic (ABC) provides evaluation, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and medication management for children and adolescents ages 4-18 with primary anxiety disorders, including:

• Selective mutism
• Separation anxiety disorder
• Phobias
• OCD
• Social anxiety disorder
• Generalized anxiety disorder
• Panic disorder

ABC also provide behavioral treatment for difficulties that frequently present with anxiety disorders, such as sleep problems, selective eating, and tic disorders. The emphasis is on providing evidence-based and empirically supported treatments that involve and engage the whole family. The ABC frequently expands its services and has added several psychologists in recent years who provide cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders.

The Behavioral Health Integrated Program (BHIP) - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Behavioral Health Integrated Program (BHIP) is a consultation liaison service that provides behavioral health services to children who are hospitalized for medical illnesses. Clinicians are available for inpatient psychiatric and psychological consultation/evaluation and brief treatment. Referrals to this service come from the patient’s attending physician. Issues often addressed on our service include:

• Urgent assessment and intervention, and safety planning with mental health crises
• Evaluation, medication management and brief, evidence-based intervention for mental health needs
• Evaluation and intervention for eating disorders
• Intervention for behavioral or emotional concerns that interfere with medical treatment
• Assessment of organic mental health syndromes that result in alteration of mental status
• Evaluation and treatment of unexplained physical symptoms that may be a result of psychological processes

The Inspire Ambassador Programme - Inspire Ireland Foundation

The Inspire Ambassador Programme creates deeper involvement with people who are passionate about the work of Inspire, helping young people in Ireland lead happier lives. Being an ambassador means more ownership of the Inspire programmes and the direction it takes into the future. Ambassadors are involved in a wide range of activities from: Representing Inspire at events and in the media, ReachOut.com content creation, Fundraising, Advocacy

The Kenya Integrated Intervention Model for Dialogue and Screening (KIDS) - Africa Mental Health Research & Training Foundation

KIDS is a program in Kenya whose focus is on promoting mental health, preventing illness and treating existing mental illness among children. Child and adolescent mental illness is one of the seven Grand challenges on mental health. The project provided an approach which aimed at promoting children’s mental well-being and support of positive cognitive development to break the vicious cycle of mental illness from continuing through adulthood which might have a detrimental effect on the individual’s quality of life. KIDS has demonstrated the feasibility of a multi-stakeholder intervention service model that maximizes the potential of children by promoting mental well-being, preventing mental illness, and treating existing mental illness.

The Neuropsychology and Assessment Service - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Neuropsychology and Assessment Service at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) provides evaluation and consultation services for children with specific medical disorders. The purpose of a neuropsychological evaluation is to understand how medical conditions or treatments involving the brain or central nervous system affect the person’s development, including impacts on cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning. We work with patients from infancy through young adulthood. They manage or diagnose neurocognitive effects associated with medical conditions including, as major categories and examples:

• Brain tumor and other childhood cancers
• Central nervous system infection
• Cerebral palsy
• Cerebrovascular disease or stroke
• Craniofacial conditions
• Demyelinating disorders (e.g., multiple sclerosis, ADEM)
• Epilepsy
• Genetic/metabolic disorders
• Heart disease (e.g., congenital heart disease, heart failure, heart transplant)
• Hydrocephalus
• Hypoxic or anoxic brain injury
• Mitochondrial disorders
• Neurotoxic exposures
• Spina bifida
• Traumatic brain injury

Neuropsychologists evaluate cognitive skills such as attention, learning, memory, language, reasoning and problem solving, perceptual and sensory/motor functions. This helps us understand brain functioning in the course of development and evaluate the potential need for interventions to support development. They also evaluate psychological, emotional, and behavioral factors which may be associated with patients’ medical conditions and can help differentiate between cognitive problems that arise from medical conditions and those that arise from other causes. They provide a number of different services, including comprehensive and targeted neuropsychological evaluations as well as neuropsychological consultation. Their goal is to identify your child’s strengths and weaknesses, answer questions you have about your child’s cognitive functioning, and make treatment and service recommendations to help your child reach their full potential.

The Royal's Youth Services - The Royal Mental Health Care

The Royal offers intensive and specialized mental health services to youth with early onset major psychiatric disorders and/or complex psychiatric illnesses that are resistant to treatment.

• The Children and Youth – Specialized Psychiatric and Mental Health Services program (CY-SPMHS): is a program tat delivers specialized psychiatric and mental health services for children and youth under shared regional leadership and using a centralized intake process. Youth mental health specialists from both organizations collaborate to offer the best possible care to young people in our region. Young people are treated by a team of professionals with expertise in treating a wide range of mental illnesses with sensitivity to meet the unique needs of youth. The team consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, child and youth counselors, occupational therapists, addiction counselors as well as special education teachers.
• The Youth Psychiatry Program at The Royal emphasizes treating young people with cooperation and respect while offering a full range of mental health services to meet the unique needs of youth in our community. The program component at The Royal is focused primarily on youth from the ages of 16 to 18. However, there is flexibility in the age range and youth below the age of 16 may be served at The Royal, depending on their best clinical interests. Typically youth under 16 years of age receive their treatment at the CHEO.

• Inpatient Hospitalization: the inpatient hospitalization unit provides comprehensive assessment, stabilization and treatment for youth who have a serious psychiatric illness and are unable to function in less supportive environments. The unit has eight beds and offers intensive programming and support to help youth successfully transition back to their families and communities as quickly as possible.

• The partial hospitalization unit provides day services for youth with serious psychiatric disorders who require intensive treatment in order to function in their community. Because this program is less intrusive than inpatient hospitalization, youth suitable for this unit must be stable enough that they don’t require inpatient hospitalization. However, this unit does have the ability to step-up or step-down interventions as necessary within an individual youth’s treatment plan.

• The day treatment unit provides comprehensive assessment, clarification of a diagnosis, intensive treatment and psycho-social rehabilitation in a community high school setting in partnership with education for youth with severe and early onset major psychiatric disorders. This unit is supported by both a specialized mental health team and special education teachers.

• Outpatient Services: outpatient services, organized as general and specialized clinics, offers assessment, consultation and treatment services to youth who can function in the community with less intensive clinical support. These services are delivered in collaboration with community mental health providers.

• Outreach Services: outreach services provide the essential link to consultative and collaborative partnerships for youth suffering from major psychiatric disorders who are living in the counties of Renfrew, Prescott-Russell, Stormont, Dundas or Glengarry. The interdisciplinary mental health team works in collaboration with the community in which the youth lives to ensure that specialized psychiatric services are available to him or her.

• Research: The Royal’s Youth Psychiatry Program has a strong research component aimed at better understanding and improving treatment for mental illness in the youth population. Youth may be asked to participate in a research project by their psychiatrist. With the youth’s consent, they may be approached by research staff to provide them with information about participating in a study.

The Special Interest Group in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health - The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)

The Special Interest Group in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health promotes the clinical practice, education and research regarding the health and development of parents and infants from conception and pregnancy through to five years postpartum, within both the discipline of Psychology in addition to interdisciplinary cooperation with other medical and allied health professions.

• To promote research and practice related to the psychology of parents, infants and families during the perinatal period and within the infant’s first five years of life
• To provide opportunities for training and professional development in the area of perinatal and infant psychology
• To provide forums for discussion, information sharing and professional support
• To promote awareness of the field of perinatal and infant psychology on a broader societal level
• To provide informed advice to the PSI on matters related to psychological practice within this specialist area
• To inform policy and service development at a national level

The Youth Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Research Center (Y-SPIRC) - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Youth Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Research Center (Y-SPIRC) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was created to turn around these grim statistics by taking a holistic approach. The Center, part of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, incorporates clinical care, research, education and community engagement as ways to improve the identification and treatment of depression and other mental illnesses that can lead to suicide in children and youth.

Transitional Age Youth (TAY) - Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services (PEERS)

The TAY Program at PEERS is a wellness hub where young adults ages 16-24 can gain life skills and engage in a peer community.  The TAY Leadership Club (TLC) is a virtual bi-monthly peer support group facilitated by TAY. TLC members meet new people, learn new skills and wellness tools, and receive a stipend for participation and training completion. Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays from 4:00pm-6:00pm. The TAY Program also provides empowering and educational workshops called Wellness Webinars at TAY serving organizations, schools, and programs.  TLC and Wellness Webinar topics are centered on the 5 Pillars of Care developed by Alameda County Behavioral Health (ACBH) Child and Young Adult System of Care, which are: 

• Mental & Physical Wellness
• Housing
• Education & Vocation
• Employment
• Community Connections

If you are a TAY interested joining TLC or

If you are interested in PEERS coming to your organization to host a Wellness Webinar, contact Bianca Brown at   or through google voice at  .

Transitional Age Youth (TAY) - Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services (PEERS)

The TAY Program at PEERS is a wellness hub where young adults ages 16-24 can gain life skills and engage in a peer community.  The TAY Leadership Club (TLC) is a virtual bi-monthly peer support group facilitated by TAY. TLC members meet new people, learn new skills and wellness tools, and receive a stipend for participation and training completion. Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays from 4:00pm-6:00pm. The TAY Program also provides empowering and educational workshops called Wellness Webinars at TAY serving organizations, schools, and programs.  TLC and Wellness Webinar topics are centered on the 5 Pillars of Care developed by Alameda County Behavioral Health (ACBH) Child and Young Adult System of Care, which are: 

• Mental & Physical Wellness
• Housing
• Education & Vocation
• Employment
• Community Connections

If you are a TAY interested joining TLC or

If you are interested in PEERS coming to your organization to host a Wellness Webinar, contact Bianca Brown at   or through google voice at  .

Waikato Youth INtact - Odyssey

Wake by Reach - REACH

A Wake workshop is unlike any other professional or personal development experience in the country. Designed and delivered by young people, we create inspiring, raw and highly interactive experiences that will transform your staff professionally, and personally.

Yarn up - ReachOut Ireland

Yarn up is a safe space for First Nations young people to connect with community, hear from others, and access wellbeing resources and support.

Young Champions - Voices for Life Charity

The Young Champions Scheme provides opportunities for secondary school students who have sung with us at primary level to stay involved with Voices for Life. These roles include assisting at rehearsals and performances, mentoring, fundraising, and contributing to project development.

Young Child Clinic - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

The Young Child Clinic (YCC) in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) serves families with young children who have emotional and behavioral challenges. We treat children from birth through kindergarten. Their multidisciplinary clinic, offered by a team of psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers, works together to provide the best possible care to support your child’s ongoing growth and development. After multiple evaluations are complete and recommendations are shared with your family, YCC may offer a combination of the following services:

• Parent-child interaction therapy: Proven treatment program that focuses on promoting positive parent-child relationships and interactions, and teaching parents effective child management skills
• Psychiatric consultation: Multisession evaluation includes comprehensive, multi-axial assessment and formulation followed by detailed written report
• Medication evaluation: Comprehensive evaluation and recommendations for treatment with medication
• Play therapy: Individual assessment that includes child-directed play
• Clinical work with parents: Parent engagement in treatment plan development and child’s ongoing care

The expert staff of the YCC offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment recommendations for children with disruptive behavior disorders, behavior problems, with or without developmental or learning delays, anxiety disorders, mood disorders (depression), attachment or relationship problems, history of early childhood neglect or disrupted placement, trauma and stressor-related disorders and behavioral issues related to chronic medical conditions.

Youth & Emerging Leaders - CAFE Technical Assistance Center - The Family Cafe

The CAFE TAC believes that it is critical to support youth and emerging leaders as they transition into adulthood, speak for themselves and their peers, be effective advocates for systems change, and thrive in the adult world. CAFE TAC supports the notion that the best way to engage youth and emerging leaders is to empower them to set their own course and agenda, and to identify what issues are most important for themselves. The tools in this section will help to realize that vision.

Youth and Young Adults - Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy

Youth and Young Adults finds resources that support youth and young adult leadership in recovery programs. Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) works with Youth M.O.V.E. National, Young People in Recovery, and others to support recovery and advance youth and young adult leadership. BRSS TACS offers intensive, individualized technical assistance to help achieve goals and maximize impact. Subject matter experts can help adult-led youth programs develop:

• Organizational infrastructure
• Sustainability planning
• Leadership and succession planning
• Youth peer support programs
• Coaching, training, and intensive consultation
• Making peer-to-peer connections
• Providing resources

BRSS TACS helps programs, organizations, and systems strengthen youth engagement and voice. Our team includes youth and young adult leaders with expertise in implementing models in a range of settings and can deliver consultation, resources, training, and facilitation.

Youth Leadership Programme - Mental Health Europe (MHE)

Mental Health Europe is excited to launch its new Youth Leadership Programme for young people based in Europe. This is a fantastic opportunity to ensure that the voices of young people are at the heart of the mental health movement, through storytelling.

Youth Mental Health - Mindfreedom International

Youth Participation - Inspire Ireland Foundation

Young people are at the centre of everything the Inspire Foundation do. Working with young people, we aim to promote mental health and well-being in a way that is open and honest, but above all is safe and supportive. Inspire uses creative technology and social media, combined with the direct involvement of young people, to deliver an innovative and practical online programme.

• Youth Advisory Network: Inspire Ireland’s Youth Advisory Network is made up a young people that wish to get actively involved in our work. Becoming a member of the network means playing an important role in shaping the direction of the service. The network contributes by developing written and visual content for the website, helping to promote ReachOut.com at events around the country, providing feed-back on communication campaigns  and ReachOut.com projects You can find out more in the Getting Involved section of ReachOut.com or by contacting us at info@inspireireland.ie.
• Ambassador Programme: The Inspire Ambassador Programme creates deeper involvement with people who are passionate about the work of Inspire, helping young people in Ireland lead happier lives. Being an ambassador means more ownership of the Inspire programmes and the direction it takes into the future. Ambassadors are involved in a wide range of activities from: Representing Inspire at events and in the media, ReachOut.com content creation, Fundraising, Advocacy
• Internships: Inspire Ireland realises the importance of providing opportunities to individuals who are creative and passionate about helping young people lead happier lives. Inspire runs two internship programmes in Community Engagement and Online Communications. These offer a rich and challenging learning opportunity and allow interns to contribute their ideas and talents to Inspire. To see examples of our youth engagement please check out Inspire Ireland’s community partners.

Youth Video Contest - The Royal Mental Health Care

The Youth Video Contest is a competition in which youth are asked to share their voice by creating a 30 second video that creatively expresses their connection to mental health to

• Promote a call to action - get peers involved in the fight against the stigma of mental illness
• Share a personal connection to mental illness and its effects on you and your peers
• Highlight differences that youth (including yourself or your peers) have made in the mental health field in your community
• Pitch ways to encourage people to talk about mental illness
• Tell us what mental illness or mental health mean to you
• Share ideas how others can incorporate positive mental health in our community
• Talk to us about mental illness in a creative way

YouthReach - The Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH)

YouthReach is a psychosocial rehabilitation programme for youths with mental health conditions. They partner youths and their families to empower the youths to move out of their comfort zones to achieve mutually agreed goals in a safe, caring and inclusive community. At YouthReach, theirr beneficiaries are supported in their recovery and personal goals through:

• Intensive Casework
• Individual case management​
• Counselling​
• Family psychoeducation programme​
• Educational and Vocational Support
• Expressive therapies
• Psychosocial Support
• Mentorship programme​
• Group outings and activities