Youth & School
Delivered in a single 60-minute session senior students, this program addresses stigma and promotes help seeking through the power of lived experience story sharing.
Mental Health 201
This program is mapped to the Australian Curriculum
Addressing stigma and promoting help-seeking
We deliver over 130 sessions on stigma and mental illness each year to ACT Secondary Schools and Colleges. This is our flagship program and has been delivered in the ACT for over 25 years.
97% of student participants would recommend this session to a friend.
“It was very informative and enlightening and it gave me perspective as well. It was extremely useful, especially with the other personal experiences.” – Student, 14 years
Participants identified the use of personal stories within the session to be of most impact. With 96% identified their understanding of stigma had increased “Moderately” (26%), “Significantly” (52%) or “Extremely” (18%). And 98% more likely to seek help.
“The session helped me to understand that there is so much stigma around the issues and why that is so. It helped me to get as deeper understanding and ability to ask for help if I need it.” – Student, 14 years
“The session wasn’t overly complicated with statistics but it was mainly people’s stories which is more meaningful and personal.” – Student, 16 years
