This is the presentation by Shannon McJannet from the May SBA meeting on supporting staff mental health.

"To make a difference in the life of a child ... I made the commitment to tell my personal story," says educator Lisa Godwin. In this moving talk, she shares her experience of overcoming childhood trauma with the quiet, unwavering support of a teacher and school counselor — and shows how educators can help students and families navigate hardships by sharing their own stories.

The purpose of this guide is to support facilitators to assist and teach learners with intellectual disabilities about various dimensions of health and wellness. Tell It Like It Is is comprised of ten modules, however, you may elect to pick and choose which modules to facilitate with your own group.
Created by the Saskatchewan Association of Community Living

This is a resource list for teaching students of all ages the life skills needed to be successful within the school and after transitioning out of the school building.

This document contains links to and descriptions of resources for a variety of communication skills, social skills and basic life skills. Some resources require purchase, while others are free.

The Rick Hansen Foundation School Program is a comprehensive set of resources for administrators, teachers and students designed to:

increase disability awareness, accessibility and inclusion; and
empower young people to make a difference in their school, community and the world.
The RHF School Program Resources are:

FREE – English and French
Easy to implement – ready made lessons
Updated each year
Designed with Universal Design for Learning principles
Supported with Differentiated Instruction
Toolkits available online and/or in hard copy
Supported by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education, and
Connected to Saskatchewan Curriculum Outcomes and Ministry Education Priorities

Multiple health topics available as text or in audio format. Written for teens to understand.

"Download our Toolkit for Promoting Empathy in Schools. You can download the toolkit in Spanish, French, and Korean, too.

The Start Empathy Toolkit is the product of interviews with more than 60 educators and leading social entrepreneurs. We asked quite simply, “What works?” We wanted to know what it would take to create a classroom where kids’ social and emotional needs are met and how to cultivate the kinds of skills that are critical for success in today’s (and tomorrow’s) world. The result is not a prescription or a formula, or a silver-bullet fix. Consider this a living set of tools: tools that will grow and evolve over time, as each of us adds our own. We encourage you to think beyond your classroom walls to what it takes to mobilize your entire school community. Together, let’s creatively reimagine what changemaking education can look like.

The toolkit contains the combined wisdom of dozens of teachers, organizations, and people who live this everyday: tips and tools, lesson plans and examples, and, most importantly, insights that can help inform everything from how you design your classroom to your daily interactions with students and colleagues. Some exercises can be done in as little as two minutes, while others can take the form of months-long class projects, applied to a range of subjects. Others simply offer a strategy you can adapt to your existing lesson plans, and tips that are proven to improve teacher and student performance alike. Some you may be familiar with, and others may be new. We invite you to test these in your classroom, and use them to generate ideas of your own."

This 5 minute video explains how to transcribe audio or video files. This can be very helpful for some students as an accommodation, to best meet their learning needs.

Make sure you use the WEB version of MSWord to do this. It will not currently work with the desktop version.

1. Open MSWord (web)
2. Click Dictate
3. Click Transcribe
4. Open your video/audio file and click open

*files can be wav, mp3, mp4, m4a and they must be under 200MB
*you can transcribe up to 300 minutes a month

"Pulling your hair out with children biting, throwing things, or just not listening? Working with families in crisis? Tried everything? At wits end? Feeling alone?

Not sure what to do?

Let’s get you the confidence and skills needed to tackle even the most difficult behavioral problems. Do what currently feels impossible."

***PD learning opportunities!

This website contains Canadian information and resources on Adverse Childhood Experiences
It is critically important to acknowledge, however, that interpersonal violence is not the only source of trauma. Trauma can be experienced as a result of structural violence, or experiences that happen to children because of who they are, how they live, and lack of opportunities.

The following optional meeting templates have been developed to support Triads in their meeting structure.  The first template follows the Collaborative Learning Cycle, and provides teams with the opportunity to explore and solve a concern or issue.  The second template is provided for teams to use as they follow up the plan they have created using the first template. A set of guiding questions has also been provided to support your work, and guide your thinking throughout your meetings. These templates and questions were created by the Mini SALT Team. Please feel free to reach out to any of the members for support if needed. 

This resource from the DLC explores the truth about mental health, the symptoms of depression and anxiety, what we can do for students, where you can go to get help, suggest resources, and mindfulness exercises.

At Playworks, we create a place for every kid on the playground to feel included, be active, and build valuable social and emotional skills. Here are some of the games and activities our schools use to make recess fun for all students.

You can: Download our SEL game guide and explore more than 150 games.

The purpose of this pamphlet is to help teachers understand why second language learners, who appear to be fluent in English, may experience a great deal of difficulty in their academic work.

"Find downloadable resources for parents and caregivers, community organizers, volunteers, and learners. Resources include games and activities to support reading, writing, science, math, financial literacy, and numeracy. "

United for Literacy is a national charitable literacy organization that believes literacy is a right. United for Literacy believes that literacy is transformational, urgent, dynamic, vital & achievable. LITERACY CHANGES EVERYTHING.

Find amazing resources HERE for:
*reading
*financial literacy
*learning disabilities
*community supports
*technology
*our world

"Unite for Literacy pictures a world where all children have access to an abundance of books that celebrate their languages and cultures. With a goal of cultivating a lifelong love of reading, Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages." (AASL)

"The Common Framework of Reference (CFR) is a criterion-referenced performance scale that supports educators as they work with a growing demographic of learners that require English as an Additional Language (EAL) supports. In order to ensure that such learners attain high levels of achievement across the Saskatchewan curriculum, the use of reference scales and corresponding resources is valuable to teacher planning and development of:
effective strategies to support English language learners; consistent approaches to instruction and assessment based on language needs; and, ongoing monitoring of student progress over time.
The Common Framework of Reference (CFR) is a well-established language framework that identifies ways in which learners at various levels of proficiency use language to perform meaningful, authentic tasks. The descriptors within the CFR identify observable behaviours that can be structured to support the attainment of provincial curriculum outcomes for EAL learners." (p.1)
The following document is from the Government of Saskatchewan and it addresses elementary, middle and secondary learners.

The Ministry/Joint Consortiuum for School Health has sent out a Vaping Resource for Schools along with a sample letter that can be customized for your school and sent home to parents - attached. The vaping handout has quite a few resource links.

Dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia—many different learning issues fall under the umbrella of “learning disabilities.” This video from the National Center for Learning Disabilities describes them. It also explains what issues don’t fall under that umbrella.