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	Educator Resource Newsletter Professional Resources Beginnings of schizophrenia or youth turmoil? New research identifies key warning signs Supporting students with psychosis on return to school Classroom video and teachers guide on psychosis / schizophrenia - this award winning video and guide provides a classroom follow-up lesson to the popular ReachOut psychosis school tour. Friends school anxiety prevention program Child anxiety resources Referral Resources Printable List of Monthly Family / Supporter Support Groups Calendar of support and education events for persons supporting a loved one with a mental illness 0 - events across BC to help people help their loved ones. Moving Lives Forward Scholarship for persons with psychiatric disabilities - Deadline June 30^th Programs supporting persons with mental illness and their families across BC - education, support, respite, advocacy… Family Calendar - Monthly support groups http://www.bcss.org/category/calendar/monthly-meetings/ Family Calendar - Upcoming support and education events (at right or www.familyevents.bcss.org ) Did you know? 0 A calendar of support and education events for persons supporting a loved one with a mental illness is available at http://www.familyevents.bcss.org/ 0 The listing includes a list of monthly support groups, educational courses and other events throughout BC, hosted by various organizations. Some upcoming events are excerpted at the right of this email. 0 For a printable list of monthly support groups for families supporting a loved one with a mental illness, visit: http://www.bcss.org/category/calendar/monthly-meetings/ Programs and services are available in many locations throughout BC to support family members and loved ones of persons with mental illnesses. http://www.bcss.org/category/programs/ New resources: Beginnings of schizophrenia or youth turmoil? New research identifies key warning signs Poor grades, irritability, suspicion. What distinguishes the beginnings of schizophrenia from normal adolescent turmoil? New research identifies key warning signs. Click on link above for more. http://www.reachoutpsychosis.com/2008/03/ beginnings-of-schizophrenia-or-youth-turmoil- new-research-identifies-key-warning-signs/ Supporting Students with Psychosis on Return to School This fact sheet for teachers is posted with permission of the Vancouver Richmond Early Psychosis Intervention Program. http://www.reachoutpsychosis.com/2008/01/ supporting-students-with-psychosis-on-return-to-school/ Reaching Out Classroom Video and Teacher’s Guide This video tells the story of Todd, a young man becoming ill with psychosis, and his friend who figures out what’s wrong and helps him get help. http://www.reachoutpsychosis.com/2008/01/ reaching-out-classroom-video-and-teachers-guide/ ReachOut Psychosis program - This entertaining and educational assembly presentation is offered free of charge to schools and other youth audiences of 100 or more. Psychosis affects 3% of the population at some time in their lives. First symptoms generally appear in youth aged 16-25. If this brain condition is treated by a doctor early, changes for a complete and rapid recovery are dramatically improved. This program, which grabs attention with a high-calibre rock performance, slam poetry and 0 audience participation educates youth on how to spot the early signs of psychosis and get help early. The project is a program of the BC Schizophrenia Society, with funding from BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information. This past year we reached over 18,000 BC youth. To view a video and other information on early psychosis identification please see http://www.reachoutpsychosis.com/ FRIENDS Anxiety Prevention Program Check with your school district for information on The FRIENDS Program for the prevention of anxiety for grades 4 and 5. The F.O.R.C.E. (Families Organized for Recognition and Care Equality) is offering parent sessions in many school districts in BC. For more information about the B.C. FRIENDS for Life program, visit the Child & Youth Mental Health website. (http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/mental_health) It contains local training locations and schedules. For more information on this exciting program visit www.friendsinfo.net. Child Anxiety Resources For more information and resources about childrens anxiety, check out this resource pamphlet http://www.bckidsmentalhealth.org /docs/Resource%20List%20-%20Anxiety%20Books.doc 2008 Moving Lives Forward Scholarships Eli Lilly Canada, BC Schizophrenia Society and Mood Disorders Association of BC (MDA) are offering the Moving Lives Forward Scholarships to help people with a severe and persistent mental illness - bipolar, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder - reintegrate into society. We want to offer financial assistance for both academic and vocational opportunities in which students can work to acquire the training necessary to secure a meaningful job. The deadline for submitting applications is June 30, 2008. Click here to download an application form.	Upcoming Family Events For more events, please visit the family calendar 1 April: BCSS - Rural Online Family Support Groups - 24/7 22 April: Vernon - BCSS Confidential Mental Illness Family Support Group - 4th Tuesdays 23 April: Vancouver - BCSS - Strengthening Families Together Course 24 April: Prince George - BCSS Recovery Group 24 April: Penticton - BCSS Family Support Group - 2nd and 4th Thursdays 24 April: Smithers - BCSS Family Support Group - 4th Thursdays 28 April: Kitimat - BCSS Family Support Group - last Mondays 28 April: Vancouver - The Homeless and Mental Illness: Solving the Challenge 29 April: Vancouver - MDA - Family Support Group - alternate Tuesdays 30 April: Vancouver - BCSS - Strengthening Families Together Course 30 April: McBride - BCSS - Family Support Group - last Wednesdays 1 May: BCSS - Rural Online Family Support Groups - 24/7 1 May: Tri-Cities - FORCE Parents of Children Group - 1st Thursdays 1 May: Abbotsford - MDA - Mood Disorders Family Support Group - 1st and 3rd Thursdays 1 May: Prince George - BCSS Family Support Group - 1st Thursdays For more events, please visit the family calendar
This newsletter is produced by the BC Schizophrenia Society in partnership with BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.	Welcome to the educator e-resource newsletter. This newsletter gives regular updates on services, programs and information available to family members and supporters of persons with a mental illness. If you have any suggestions or feedback on what you'd like this newsletter to contain please contact the coordinator at onlinesupport@bcss.org

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Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:33:00 GMT

Educator Resources

Supporting Students with Psychosis on Return to School.
Getting Help for Children with Mental Health Concerns
FRIENDS child anxiety prevention program
Psychotic Illness Can Be Predicted in up to 80% of High Risk Youth
Other educator resources

Referral Resources:

Monthly Family Support Groups
Upcoming Support and Education Events
Family Respite Program - do you know a family caregiver of a relative with a mental illness who needs a break?
Kids In Control - program for children with parental mental illness

Educator Resources

Supporting Students with Psychosis on Return to School.

Psychosis is a brain condition that affects 3% of the population at some time in their lives. Most commonly it first appears in late adolescence and early adulthood. Early medical intervention has been shown to greatly improve recovery outcome and speed of recovery, so getting affected students to a medical doctor immediately is of utmost importance. If not caught and treated early, the brain can be permanently damaged, making recovery far more difficult.

While psychosis is commonly thought of as a break with reality, with symptoms ranging from hallucinations (usually auditory), delusions, paranoia and disorganized thought, these symptoms may be hard for others to spot, particularly at early stages. Symptoms may be mistaken for drug use or normal adolescent moodiness.

Signs of psychosis that will be most evident to teachers, friends and family members will be young people who become withdrawn moody or easily irritated, who appear to have difficulty stringing words together or maintaining personal hygiene. Treatment usually involves medication, along with support, and full recovery even for cases caught and treated early, can take up to a year or more. Once a student has received treatment and is ready to return to class, teachers can do a lot to help their transition. Please see this link to a teacher fact sheet on supporting students on return to school.

More Educator Resources are available at www.educators.bcss.org

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Psychotic Illness Can Be Predicted in up to 80% of High Risk Youth

“Youth who are going to develop psychosis can be identified before their illness becomes full-blown 35 percent of the time if they meet widely accepted criteria for risk, but that figure rises to 65 to 80 percent if they have certain combinations of risk factors, the largest study of its kind has shown.” More at this link

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Getting Help for Children with Mental Health Concerns

This fact sheet from The FORCE for Children’s Mental Health covers the basics of getting help for your young child with a mental health concern.

FRIENDS child anxiety prevention program

Check with your school district for information on The FRIENDS Program for the prevention of anxiety for grades 4 and 5. The F.O.R.C.E. is offering parent sessions in many school districts in BC. More information

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Referral Resources

Monthly Support Meetings for Family Members

· Abbotsford - FORCE Group for Parents of Children/Youth - 1st Mondays

· Abbotsford - MDA - Mood Disorders Family Support Group - 1st & 3rd Thursdays

· Campbell River - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Tuesdays

· Chilliwack - FORCE - Parents of Children Group - 1st Mondays

· Coquitlam - BCSS Family Support Group - 2nd Mondays

· Courtenay - BCSS - Care and Share Meeting - First Mondays

· Kitimat - BCSS Family Support Group - last Mondays

· Langley - BCSS Family Support Group - 1st Mondays

· Langley/Tsaw - MDA - Mood Disorders Family Support Group

· North Delta - BCSS Family Support Group - 2nd Mondays

· North Delta, Langley, Surrey, White Rock - BCSS Family Support & EPI Groups

· Penticton - BCSS Family Support Group - 2nd and 4th Thursdays

· Powell River - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Mondays

· Powell River - Quarterly BCSS Branch Meeting

· Prince George - BCSS Family Support Group - 1st Thursdays

· Prince George and Area - BCSS - Family Support (Various)

· Prince George, Quesnel, Fort St. James, Mackenzie, Fraser Lake, McBride - BCSS Support Groups -

· Quesnel - BCSS Family Support Group - 2nd Tuesdays

· Smithers - BCSS Family Support Group - 4th Thursdays

· Surrey / Whiterock - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Thursdays

· Terrace - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Tuesdays

· Tri-Cities - FORCE Parents of Children Group - 1st Thursdays

· Vancouver - MDA - Family Support Group - alternate Tuesdays

· Vancouver - MDA - Mood Disorders Education Evening

· Vancouver - MDA - Mood Disorders Family Support Group (3rd Mondays)

· Vernon - BCSS Confidential Mental Illness Family Support Group - 4th Tuesdays

· Victoria - FORCE Parents of Children Group - 1st Wednesdays

· Williams Lake and Area - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Wednesdays

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Upcoming Events

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Referral Resource - Family Respite Program

The BCSS Family Respite Program is available to family members of persons with a mental illness in Vancouver, Richmond, Langley, Surrey, White Rock, Delta, Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area. In consultation with the coordinator, family caregivers of a person with a mental illness come up with a plan to lighten their caregiving load and receive some funding to make that plan happen.

The program’s strength is its flexibility and family centred process, with family members provided with a budget and placed in control deciding what would fit their family respite needs best. The coordinator helps families create this plan, and pre-approves items to be funded. Once their plan has been approved by the coordinator, family members arrange for and pay for services and then are reimbursed for them.

For example, a family may choose to have an out of town relative come visit and help out for awhile, with travel expenses reimbursed by the program. On an ongoing basis, it may make sense to pay for an ill relative to attend an activity that gets them out of the house and gives a rest to the caregiver, or to pay for the caregiver to get out to a gym or other activity.

Other examples of funded expenses include sending a child to summer camp, or a monthly dinner out for a fixed income older couple who are caring for an ill adult son or daughter. The funding may provide an activity for the person with the illness, but is always focused on the goal of providing respite (a break, a rest) to the caregiving family member.

Family members can self-refer and are encouraged to contact the coordinator directly at 604 608-0477 or email mailto:bcssrespite@dccnet.com

Note to referrers: The coordinator is currently only funded for part time hours, and so may not be able to return your call right away. Email is a good way to reach her with enquiries. Referrals can be made by providing the family member with the coordinator’s contact information. No formal referral process is required. This program provides client-centred family respite in an extremely cost effective manner. If you have funding to extend this program to your region, please contact the coordinator to discuss. More information on the program is at www.respite.bcss.org

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Kids in Control Support Group Program

The Kids in Control Support Group Program gives information, education and support to children eight to thirteen years of age who have a parent with a serious mental illness.

Children with parents who have a mental illness face some unique challenges. These children are at risk for social problems and mental illness. This program aims to help prevent these kinds of problems. More information is available at: www.kidsincontrol.bcss.org To find out if this program is offered in your region, please contact your local BCSS coordinator directly.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:13:00 GMT

Resources for Families

Welcome to the educator e-resource newsletter.

After consulting with several teachers on what kinds of resources would be helpful to recieve, we're going to be changing the format of this e-newsletter in the coming months to give you 'packages' of materials to print for particular purposes, such as to give to parents of a young person with psychosis, or referral information for family support groups. We're also adding a new 'calendar' section showing upcoming and ongoing events for family members and other supporters of persons with a mental illness. As always, a full suite of resources for educators is available at www.educators.bcss.org

We hope you enjoy it. If you have any suggestions or feedback on what you'd like this newsletter to contain please contact the coordinator at onlinesupport@bcss.org This newsletter is created in partnership with BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.

In this e-resource:

Upcoming Family Support and Education Events

2 January:
- Prince George - BCSS Upcoming Couple Group (all day)
15 January:
- Powell River - Quarterly BCSS Branch Meeting (12:00 am)
- Terrace - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Tuesdays (7:30 pm)
21 January:
- Surrey / Whiterock - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Mondays (all day)
22 January:
- Burnaby - FORCE/AnxietyBC - Child Anxiety Seminar for Parents (7:00 pm)
24 January:
- Smithers - BCSS Family Support Group - 4th Thursdays (12:00 am)
- Victoria - FORCE/AnxietyBC - Child Anxiety Seminar (7:00 pm)
28 January:
- Kitimat - BCSS Family Support Group - last Mondays (7:00 pm)
30 January:
- McBride - BCSS Family Support Group - Last Wednesdays (7:00 pm)
- Vancouver - Do You Have a Brother or Sister With Mental Illness? (7:00 pm)
23 February:
- Nanaimo - Naked Bungy Jumping Fundraiser (all day)

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Ongoing Monthly Events

· Abbotsford - FORCE Group for Parents of Children/Youth - 1st Mondays

· Campbell River - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Tuesdays

· Chilliwack - FORCE - Parents of Children Group - 1st Mondays

· Coquitlam - BCSS Family Support Group - 2nd Mondays

· Kitimat - BCSS Family Support Group - last Mondays

· Langley - BCSS Family Support Group - 1st Mondays

· N. Vancouver - BCSS - Family Support Group - 2nd or 3rd Wednesdays

· North Delta - BCSS Family Support Group - 2nd Mondays

· North Delta, Langley, Surrey, White Rock - BCSS Family Support & EPI Groups

· Penticton - BCSS Family Support Group - 2nd and 4th Thursdays

· Powell River - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Mondays

· Powell River - Quarterly BCSS Branch Meeting

· Prince George - BCSS Family Support Group - 1st Thursdays

· Prince George, Quesnel, Fort St. James, Mackenzie, Fraser Lake, McBride - BCSS Support Groups -

· Quesnel - BCSS Family Support Group - 2nd Tuesdays

· Smithers - BCSS Family Support Group - 4th Thursdays

· Surrey / Whiterock - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Mondays

· Terrace - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Tuesdays

· Tri-Cities - FORCE Parents of Children Group - 1st Thursdays

· Vancouver - MDA - Mood Disorders Family Support Group (3rd Mondays)

· Vernon - BCSS Confidential Mental Illness Family Support Group - 4th Tuesdays

· Vernon - BCSS Family Support Group - 4th Tuesdays

· Victoria - FORCE Parents of Children Group - 1st Wednesdays

· Williams Lake and Area - BCSS Family Support Group - 3rd Wednesdays

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Online Family Support Groups

Caring for a family member, friend or loved one with a mental illness can be challenging. Having the support of other people who've been there can help you manage your stress and take good care of yourself, and often help you to be more effective in caring for your loved one. For a list of ongoing family support groups, see the list above. If they aren't a fit or you don't have one in your area, there are private online facilitated support groups available at www.support.bcss.org These groups are for a person supporting someone with any kind of mental illness.

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ReachOut Psychosis Tour

Psychosis, a brain condition that causes a temporary or chronic break with reality, affects more young people than type I diabetes. Early medical treatment for this brain condition makes a huge difference to how quickly and completely people recover. Since the condition most commonly first appears in late teens and early 20s, having information on how to spot and stop psychosis early in one's friends or oneself can make a big difference in someone's life. The ReachOut Psychosis tour is a fun and interactive music and slam poetry presentation that tours throughout BC to reach young people with this message. The program, a project of the BC Schizophrenia Society with funding from the Provincial Health Authority / BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information, has a video giving a taste of the presentation at www.reachoutpsychosis.com To book an assembly presentation at your secondary school you can contact the coordinator at reachout@bcss.org The presentation is delivered free of charge to schools.

Accompanying resources for teachers are available at: www.educators.bcss.org

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Family Respite Program

The Respite Program of the British Columbia Schizophrenia Society provides respite care to primary caregivers of individuals with a serious mental illness. Services are flexible to the needs of the family. Respite services may range from a few hours a day, week, or month, to a more focussed period of days or weeks.

Examples of respite care can include: travel expenses for another family member to visit and care for the person with the illness while the primary caregiver goes away for a break, funding for a recreational class for the caregiver, funding for a recreational outing for the person with the illness which gives the caregiver some time to themself, funding for a dependent child of a parent with a mental illness to attend summer camp, funding for a professional caregiver to provide care in the homewhile the caregiver goes away...

In its broadest sense, respite simply means a break, or reprieve. Respite Care is defined as temporary, short-term care designed to give relief or support to a primary unpaid caregiver who has accepted responsibility for the ongoing care and supervision of another individual.

This service is currently available in Vancouver, Richmond, Langley, Surrey, White Rock, Delta, Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area. For more information contact the coordinator Brenda Blanchard at bcssrespite@dccnet.com or visit http://www.respite.bcss.org

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Happy Holidays!

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:12:00 GMT

Watch our new "ReachOut Psychosis Concert Tour" video

From the ReachOut Psychosis Concert Team:

Thanks so much for your support in 2007. We look forward to seeing you in 2008!

After talking to teachers on our most recent tour, we have some great new resources for educators coming up in the new year on this elist, including easy to use 'kits' of information on psychosis for students and families. Stay tuned!

www.reachoutpsychosis.com

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ReachOut and Educators E-News

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:21:00 GMT

In this Edition:

Reach Out Update
New Teacher Resources
Existing Teacher Resources
About BCSS

Reach Out Update

New Okanagan Tour:

ReachOut is excited to be taking it's music, slam poetry and educational message about how to spot and stop psychosis early to the Okanagan this December. The following schools have been booked for the tour. If you're in the area and would like to view our performance, we suggest contacting the school for permission. To arrange for ReachOut to present (free of charge) at an assembly at your school please visit www.reachoutpsychosis.com More tours in BC are being planned now and concerts in the lower mainland are ongoing. As always, students can answer a knowledge-based quiz on the site to enter to win a prize from our sponsors.

Dec 7 2007	9:50 a.m.	Princeton Secondary	Princeton
Dec 6 2007	1 p.m.	Osoyoos Secondary	Osoyoos
Dec 6 2007	8:35 a.m.	Penticton High School	Penticton
Dec 5 2007	4 p.m.	Okanagan College	Penticton
Dec 5 2007	11:35 a.m.	Princess Margaret Secondary	Penticton
Dec 4 2007	12:30 p.m.	SaHali Secondary	Kamloops
Dec 4 2007	8:25-11:05 a.m.	Valleyview Secondary (2 shows)	Kamloops
Dec 3 2007	9 a.m.	Okanagan Mission Secondary	Kelowna

Ask Questions about Psychosis Online

Students and members of the public can now ask questions about psychosis or mental illness resources online at www.askquestions.bcss.org Please visit this link or visit www.reachoutpsychosis.com for more details.

New Teacher Resources

Information on Mental Illness is now available translated in several first nations languages including Carrier, Tsilhqot'in and Shuswap. The digital audio files are available at www.aboriginal.bcss.org and include information on 5 major mental illnesses, spoken by native speakers of those languages.

As well, a new calendar of support groups and events is now available at www.familyevents.bcss.org or www.calendar.bcss.org Events posted include support groups for family supporters of persons with a mental illness, educational and other events.

Existing Educator Resources

Have you visited the educator resources section on our new website? It's chock full of information and fact sheets for teachers. www.educators.bcss.org There is also a media files area containing short videos about psychosis and schizophrenia, with several intended for a school audience. http://www.av.bcss.org Files include the award winning Reaching Out teacher package with video and lesson plan designed for in-class study on schizophrenia relevant to high school students.

If you know of any other educators who would like to be included in our resource emails, please send them to www.elists.bcss.org to subscribe or read the archives. This location also has e-lists which provide information for family members of persons with a mental illness and for mental health professionals.

The ReachOut Psychosis education tour and Educators e-list are projects of the BC Schizophrenia Society and the Mind Foundation, with support from BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.

About BCSS

The British Columbia Schizophrenia Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 by families and friends of people with schizophrenia. The society:

Provides support and education for people with schizophrenia and other serious and persistent mental illnesses, their families and friends.
Increases public awareness and understanding of schizophrenia and other serious and persistent mental illnesses.
Advocates on behalf of people with schizophrenia other serious and persistent mental illnesses for better legislation and services.
Prom otes Research into the causes, treatment, and ultimate cure of schizophrenia

BCSS is a charitable organization. Donations help provide services and support to families across BC. Donation information and online donation is available at www.donate.bcss.org

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Updates on ReachOut Psychosis School tour and Educator Resources

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:23:00 GMT

Hello Everyone!

ReachOut Update:

The ReachOut program would like to announce that Tour Coordinator Carola Tize will be gradually leaving the program this fall to pursue her Masters degree in Educational Psychology, to be replaced by new hire Tracy Dudley. Tracy comes to this position with a lot of relevant experience, expertise and passion. She has a teaching degree and a lot of great ideas and passion for bringing fun educational messages to youth to help stop psychosis.

This fall we have a ton of bookings coming up and requests for tours. We will kick off our year with a 2 week tour from Prince George to the Queen Charlotte Islands. We will depart on September 23rd and return October 6th. The tour is fully booked, and we are looking forward to the adventure!

Later in the fall we hope to do a tour to the Okanagan, as well as a short trip to Squamish and Whistler. None of this is set in stone yet, so please keep your requests coming if you would like ReachOut to travel into your area, whether it is in the Lower Mainland, or somewhere else in BC!

As always, there is no charge to bring the highly regarded ReachOut concert program to your school in BC. The ReachOut team bring all the necessary equipment, including band and performers to deliver an engaging, high-energy performance mixed with important information designed to help students spot and stop psychosis early. Host teachers are provided with a follow-up resource package and students become eligible to win prizes by completing a evaluation/knowledge test at the show or on the website at www.reachoutpsychosis.com

To check out our schedule, please click on this link: http://www.reachoutpsychosis.com/tour_dates/index.html

For more information on booking a performance please consult our website at: http://www.reachoutpsychosis.com/book_us/ or contact our coordinator Tracy or Carola at 604-682-7020 (Vancouver)

Educator Resources:

Have you visited the educator resources section on our new website? It's chock full of information and fact sheets for teachers. http://www.bcss.org/category/resources/educators/ There is also a media files area containing short videos about psychosis and schizophrenia, with several intended for a school audience. http://www.bcss.org/category/resources/audio-video/ Files include the award winning Reaching Out teacher package with video and lesson plan designed for in-class study on schizophrenia relevant to high school students.

If you know of any other educators who would like to be included in our resource emails, please send them to http://www.bcss.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/educators/ to subscribe or read the archives.

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New resources:

ReachOut Psychosis program -

FRIENDS Anxiety Prevention Program

Child Anxiety Resources

2008 Moving Lives Forward Scholarships

Upcoming Family Events

Educators Message

Contents

Educator Resources

Referral Resources:

Educator Resources

Supporting Students with Psychosis on Return to School.

Psychotic Illness Can Be Predicted in up to 80% of High Risk Youth

Getting Help for Children with Mental Health Concerns

FRIENDS child anxiety prevention program

Referral Resources

Monthly Support Meetings for Family Members

Upcoming Events

Referral Resource - Family Respite Program

Kids in Control Support Group Program

Educators Mental Health Information Message

Resources for Families

Upcoming Family Support and Education Events

Ongoing Monthly Events

Online Family Support Groups

ReachOut Psychosis Tour

Family Respite Program

Happy Holidays!

From the ReachOut Psychosis Concert Team:

ReachOut and Educators E-News

In this Edition:

Reach Out Update

New Okanagan Tour:

Ask Questions about Psychosis Online

New Teacher Resources

Existing Educator Resources

About BCSS

Updates on ReachOut Psychosis School tour and Educator Resources