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Volume 19, Issue 2 (Suppl)
Int J Emerg Ment Health, an open access journal
ISSN: 1522-4821
Mental Health 2017
June 21-23, 2017
Mental Health and Human Resilience
June 21-23, 2017 London, UK
3
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International Conference on
Int J Emerg Ment Health 2017, 19:2(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C1-009
Mental health and well-being – whose job is it anyway? (What westernAustralian Catholic Schools report
as to the impact of mental health issues in schools and what they need to support students)
Jacqueline Reid
Catholic Education Western Australia, Australia
T
he Student Engagement, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Western Australian Catholic Schools Audit (the SEMHW Audit) was
conducted in response to formal and in formal feedback from schools about the impact of students with mental health issues
in schools. The SEMHW Audit was considered an important way of informing Catholic Schools and Catholic Education Western
Australia (CEWA) about the current status of these students and the role of schools in supporting mental health and well-being of
students. The intention of the SEMHW Audit was to share information collected across the system which would then be used to
inform service delivery from the system in the area of student engagement and associated mental health and well-being. The audit was
conducted in August 2015 and 156 Catholic schools (97%) across the state completed the survey. It was anticipated that the SEMHW
Audit would provide information that would assist with identifying the impact and needs of students with mental health concerns
in schools, promoting understanding of the roles and responsibilities of schools, CEWA support teams and the Catholic Education
Office in supporting students with mental health concerns, understanding how to build the capacity of Catholic schools to meet the
needs of these students; examining the relationship between mental health and its impact on behavior and learning; understanding
the current issues and what support/resources/guidance are needed by schools to support students and staff and identifying good
practice already in schools to support students with mental health issues.
reid.jacqueline@ceo.wa.edu.au