This section contains several pages listing Canadian research, reports and resources in school mental health. These items were collated by members of the Canadian SMH Community of Practice in 2009-10. Visitors to this web page are encouraged to add additional items by using the "EasyEdit" tool at the top of the page to open up the page for editing. (Don't worry about losing any content during editing as all previous versions of the page are retained in the system archives)

Visitors to this page may also be interested in the International Bibliography/Toolbox on School Mental Health. Access to that collection is provided through this web page.

Here is the outline used to collect these items:

Framework for Listing Research, Reports and Resources on Specific Health/Social Topics

This framework or outline includes these sections:

A. Understanding the Problem: (Prevalence, nature, aspects of the problem, behaviour theories that explain it)
B. Influence of the School on the Problem (Influence of the physical and social environment, school organization & practices)
C. Effects of Comprehensive Approaches (Multi-issue, multi-level, multi-system programs) Coordinated Programs and Services (School-Agency Programs and Whole School Only Programs)
D. Effects of Individual Evidence-based Interventions (Including Policy, Instruction, Services, Social Support, Physical Environment Interventions)
E. Implementation, Capacity, Sustainability and Systems Change (Including Evidenced-based, Practical and Strategic Implementation Strategies, diffusion or education change theories, Capacity-building/Continuous Improvement and Strategic Consideration of System/Agency/School Characteristics
F Consideration of Local Community Contexts (Including rural, cultural, disadvantaged, faith etc)
G. Consideration of and Integration within the Constraints and Educational Mandate of the School
H Questions related to Future and Current Research (Methods, link to educational outcomes, cost-effectiveness etc)