- Tier:
- Tier 1: Positive Mental Health Promotion
- Tier 2: Early Intervention and Cohort Specific Support
- Type of intervention: Mental health literacy
- Strength of evidence: Level 3: Foundational and emerging evidence for program
- Geographic location: Statewide
Program description
Kids Helpline @ High School is an early intervention and prevention program using video conferencing to increase students' mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviours to promote their online safety.
The program is facilitated by qualified counsellors. Sessions are planned in collaboration with teachers, addressing a wide variety of topics including:
- introduction to Kids Helpline & Help Seeking
- apps & gaming
- online safety
- being a school leader
- bullying and cyberbullying, being kind online
- developing resilience
- managing emotion
- balancing your tech time
- friendships
- thinking about social media
- safety
- positive online footprints
- peer pressure.
Intended outcomes
- Increase students' mental health literacy, digital citizenship, and help-seeking behaviours
- Promote online safety and general wellbeing
Program details
| Target audience |
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|---|---|
| Program provider | yourtown |
| Delivery mode | Online |
Implementation considerations
- Target population: Secondary school students.
- Program adaptability: Sessions are individually tailored in collaboration with teachers (via pre-session consults) to accommodate individual cohort needs, including cultural and language considerations and subject matter adjustments.
- Staffing: Time commitments for teachers include booking sessions and participating in one 30-minute pre-session consult per session. The sessions themselves run between 30 and 60 minutes, with both students and teachers present, so backfill is not required.
- Training requirements: No training required. Schools will need to provide a working laptop with a webcam, video conferencing software (e.g. Microsoft Teams) and a projector to successfully implement the program.
- Factors to consider: Sessions must include at least 3 students.
- Australian context: This program has been developed and delivered in Australia.
Cost
Item cost
$201-$2000
Detailed cost
Kids Helpline @ School sessions are free for primary schools and costed at $550 inc. GST for secondary schools, funded by the Bupa Foundation and supplemented by in-kind contributions from yourtown.
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