TAMI – Talking about Mental Illness (Community Guide and Teacher’s Resource)

Publisher:

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Availability: 

Free

English and French – download from website

 www.camh.net/education/Resources_teachers_schools/TAMI/

Format:

Download two program manuals in PDF format from website

 Audience:

Secondary school students

Preparation Time: 

Instruction on mental health issues delivered by the classroom teacher, as well as a follow-up activity after an in-class presentation featuring first-hand accounts of people living with mental illness

Resources Required:

Teacher’s Resource program manual

Approach:

Lesson plans, in-class presentation to support curriculum

Talking about Mental Illness is an anti-stigma program for Secondary School students delivered in the school through a community partnership. The program includes: instruction on mental health issues delivered by the class room teacher; an in-class presentation organized by the community partnership featuring first hand accounts of people living with mental illness; follow-up classroom activity provided by the teacher

Application/ relevance to curriculum:

Health and Physical Education

Comments:

Contains two manuals – Community Guide and Teacher’s Resource; requires support from a community agency. Strong impact from guest speakers.