Promoting youth positive identity and self-management
What is it about?
Inclusive schools reflect the dominant approach to education, yet many youths with mental disorders still attend special education schools. Although they address educational, social, and developmental needs, special education schools may increase students’ self-stigma and hinder positive identity formation. Israel’s Ministry of Education and an academic community mental health department partnered to address this challenge by developing a manual-based intervention for special education school settings. About 180 teachers were trained and approximately 400 students participated in the self-management and positive identity group intervention. This partnership demonstrates the importance and potential of collaborations to address challenges that arise in real-world settings
Why is it important?
It shows the potential of this kind of collaboration and the way it can help fulfill the service users needs (in this case student with mental disorders).