Mental Health Literacy Online Professional Development

Getting Started

Welcome to DPI’s Mental Health Literacy Online Professional Development System. This is a free, online, on-demand system consisting of three primary components. Through this system, learners will understand mental health literacy and its importance for building healthy Wisconsin Communities.

Additionally, participants will explore the four components of mental health literacy, learn about implementation tools to increase their knowledge and skill in each component, and engage in self-reflection.

 

 

Learning Modules

The learning system is divided into five sections:

1. Introduction to Mental Health Literacy
2. Mental Health Knowledge
3. Building and Maintaining Positive Mental Health
4. Seeking Help and Providing Support
5. Reducing Stigma

It is recommended that the Introduction to Mental Health Literacy Section and Mental Health Knowledge section be completed first. The remaining modules can be completed in any order.

Implementation Tools

Each module contains tools and resources related to the module content. The following document provides direct links to the module resources, and implementation tools in one location: DPI Mental Health Literacy Module Implementation Tools

Mental Health Literacy Reflection Guide

The reflection guide helps participants deepen learning and make connections to their role in schools and their own mental health. Each module has a corresponding reflection guide embedded in the resources section of the module. To view the reflection questions for the entire module series: Mental Health Literacy Module Series Reflection Guide

Mental Health Literacy Learning Modules

Introduction to Mental Health Literacy

Module 1.1: What is Mental Health Literacy?

• Module 1.1 Resources 

Module 1.2: Mental Health Literacy in Schools

• Module 1.2 Resources

Mental Health Knowledge

Module 2.1: What is Mental Health?

• Module 2.1 Resource 

Module 2.2: What Impacts Mental Health - Early Childhood

 

Module 2.3: What Impacts Mental Health: SDOH

 

Module 2.4: What Impacts Mental Health? Individual Factors

 

Module 2.5: Mental Health Challenges, Resilience, and Recovery

Building and Maintaining Positive Mental Health

Module 3.1 How to Promote Your Own Well-being 

 

Module 3.2: How to Promote Mental Health in the Classroom

Seeking Help and Providing Support

Module 4.1: Help-Seeking

 

Module 4.2: How to Be a Supportive Colleague

 

Module 4.3: How to Provide Support to Students

Reducing Stigma

Module 5.1: What is Mental Health Stigma?

 

Module 5.2: How to Reduce Mental Health Stigma in the School Setting