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Leading for Implementation and Systems Change

Meeting: 
New Grantee Conference (FY 2009)
Date: 
November 3, 2009 - 9:15am - 10:00am
Presenter(s): 
Kathryn Power and Neal Walker

Read the excerpt from the keynote address by Kathryn Power, Director of Center for Mental Health Services, given at the SS/HS New Grantee Meeting, November 3, 2009.

"The Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant program is driven by a vision: that all children will be able to reach their full academic and personal potential by feeling safe in their schools, their communities, and themselves.

The Safe Schools/Healthy Students program makes it easier for children to feel safe in themselves by reducing the factors that place them at risk for failure and by increasing the protective factors that contribute to success. Through Safe Schools/Healthy Students programs, children are encouraged to:

  • Develop the social and emotional skills that support learning,
  • Build resilience in facing life challenges, and
  • Avoid substance abuse and other behavioral problems that can lead to school failure, delinquency, and other costly consequences.

The common denominator of our program efforts is to promote and protect the mental health of children as the essential foundation for education. Why are we so concerned about their ability to learn?

Audience: 
Project Directors
Audience: 
Project Staff
Cohort: 
2009
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