Youth Initiatives

· See Me Hear My Feelings

Campaign Development and Management

Ohio wide campaign includes school posters and

bookmarks, youth friendly website, Mental

Health Experience Workshop for Teachers,

Mental Wellness Translator CD for schools.

2003-2010

· Ohio Youth Speaker Corps

Trained youth with testimony development about

mental illness 2003-2006.

· Archiving Resilience through

Youth Testimony

Facilitating partnerships between the Network, an

archivist, Mental Health America, Center for

Innovative Practices, and the Ohio Suicide

Prevention Foundation to archive resilience

through youth testimony in the state. 2008-2010

· Healthy Supported Students Statehouse Day

Managed the Youth Rally, youth participation, and

youth artwork portion of the day, 2009

· Youth NOW Initiative, OSBHCA

Youth Networks of Wellness development in Ohio

Health Centers includes youth engagement to

participate in a Statehouse Advocacy Day. 2010

Collaborations~Partnerships~Special Projects

· Shared Agenda Initiative: Mental Health,

Schools and Families

Sponsored and hosted a regional forum and

Statehouse legislative forum. 2003

· Ohio Mental Health Network

· for School Success

Policy Development and Advocacy, Effective

Practice Registry, Network Leadership

representation and statewide coordination,

2001-2011

· Coordinated School Health/ Comprehensive

Learning Supports Project

Coordinated Network and ODE involvement with

SPCHEO/BHSA conference support

2009/2010

· Healthy Supported Students for Academic

Success Statehouse Day

Managed the Youth Rally, youth participation,

and youth artwork portion of the day, 2009

· Gold Standard Collaboration,

4- County Collaboration around Health and

Wellness related to ODEs Coordinated School

Health Initiative, 2009

· Youth NOW Initiative, OSBHCA

Youth Networks of Wellness development in Ohio

Health Centers includes youth advisory

councils and engagement of youth to participate

in a Statehouse Advocacy Day. 2010

· Continuum for School Mental Health

· Mapping Project

www.oberlinkconsulting.com/mhmapping

(2009-2011)