Mental Health Literacy in Schools
The Open Parachute (OP) Program is a school-based curriculum that teaches mental health literacy skills to children and adolescents from preschool to Grade 12. Following participation in the OP program, the goal is to determine if students show improvement in psychological health outcomes
As a possible avenue to provide accessible mental health resources to a broad range of children and youth, the TREC lab is evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of a school-based mental health literacy intervention. The Open Parachute (OP) Program is a school-based curriculum that teaches mental health literacy skills to children and adolescents from preschool to Grade 12. Following participation in the OP program, the goal is to determine if students show improvement in psychological health outcomes (e.g., self-esteem, coping skills, peer relationships, happiness). In addition, the feasibility and acceptability of the OP program from the teacher perspective is also examined.