January 22nd Webinar: Empowered Futures: Strengthening Your Students Mental Health through clubs

Empowered Futures: Strengthening Your Students Mental Health through Clubs

January 22, 2024 @ 12:00-1:00 PM UTC

This session will provide attendees with practical tools to cultivate inclusive school cultures around mental health through student empowerment clubs. Participants will be introduced to auxiliary resources such as student and staff awareness into action activities, and offer opportunities to engage in activities that can be brought into their classrooms. Participants will learn how utilizing student voice can promote meaningful conversations around the topic of mental health, reduce stigma, and promote help-seeking as an early identification and prevention strategy.

Speakers: 

Shantal Saldana

Shantal Saldana is the Manager of School Outreach at Erika's Lighthouse. For over 12 years, Shantal has worked towards the wellbeing of families and their children of all ages. Shantal has a masters degree from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and is passionate about ending stigma, normalizing conversations and bringing mental health education to students in every part of the world.

Derick Elkin

Derick Elkin joined Erika’s Lighthouse in 2023. He is from Chicago, IL, and lived there until moving to Columbia, MO to attend the University of Missouri, better known as Mizzou. After earning degrees in History and Latin, Derick moved to China to teach English. He would eventually return to the United States, spending several years as an Educator in Texas before moving back to his hometown of Chicago, where he now resides. Passionate about youth mental health, Derick now works as the Empowerment Club Coordinator for Erika’s Lighthouse.

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