Priorities & Projects
Tri-Cities Wrap Around Model of Care for Mental Health in Immigrant Families
The Tri-Cities Wrap Around Model of Care for Mental Health in Immigrant Families Project ended in March 2024. The Project supported over 70 early years’ service providers per year with eight mental health literacy and promotion capacity building activities (e.g. workshops and training), in which over 80% of respondents agreed that they gained new knowledge, and 94% and 91% of respondents agreed that they gained new skills and new tools, respectively. 96% of respondents indicated that they were somewhat or very likely to apply what they had learned from the training to their work.
The Project developed several tools to support families & service providers around mental health literacy including:
- Emotion magnets to promote emotional literacy.
- Tri-Cities Family Challenge Booklet to engage families in mental health promotion activities for a calendar year.
- Happy Parents, Happy Children monthly multi-lingual e-newsletter to provide community resources and to deepen awareness and understanding of mental wellness topics related to parenting.
- Art Start Conversation Starter Cards to provide service providers with tool to foster dialogue using expressive art modalities (e.g. food, music, sound, etc.) to build mental health literacy skills on emotional & self-awareness, building confidence & resilience and social & community connections.
See the Tools & Resources section below for more information.
The Project Final Report can be accessed here.
About the Project
The Tri-Cities Wrap Around Model of Care for Mental Health in Immigrant Families project aims to support the community in promoting mental health literacy by:
- Strengthening the capacity of early years’ service providers in mental health promotion and literacy through training, tools, and knowledge exchange
- Supporting immigrant families with a coordinated model of care that would enhance their mental health and wellbeing.
The Need
Women’s mental health postpartum has been impacted by COVID-19 because of the lack of support during and post-delivery. Immigrant women with children aged 0-6 years old express feelings of anxiety, distress and fear. The mental health impacts on women and/or parents can influence the physical, psychological and social development of young children.
Our Partners
Immigrant Families Panel: The project engages immigrant families from four language and cultural groups (Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Farsi) to guide project activities. This ensures that the project supports their diverse needs. If you would like to participate, please contact chantel.spade@success.bc.ca.
Steering Committee Members: The project also gets guidance and direction from representatives from community organizations that support families with children aged 0-6 in the Tri-Cities.
Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC): The project is monitored and evaluated by SRDC to measure the impact of project activities and identify evidence for sustainability.
Tools and Resources
Service Providers
Art Start Conversation-Starters Using Art Modalities Cards
Art Start: Conversation Starter Cards Using Art Modalities-Video
Graphic Recording: Using Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts
- Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts
- Expressive Arts Workshop Graphic Recording
- Opening Remarks Graphic Recording
Strengthening Partnerships with Clients
Families
Emotion Magnets:
- How are you feeling? (English)
- How are you feeling? (Farsi)
- How are you feeling? (Chinese)
- How are you feeling? (Korean)
