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kidsLINK's vision is that young people choose wellness, are resilient and heal from trauma.
In pursuit of our 2017 vision, kidsLINK has prepared a 3-year plan for the second phase of working towards being an international professional resource centre linking research training and practice to improve the lives of children, youth and their families through mental wellness.
Why this 2017 Vision?
- many children and youth in Canada and globally are traumatized;
- most of those who enter the service systems in Canada presenting with mental health symptoms have experienced severe and recurring trauma;
- few organizations or child/youth-serving professionals are trauma-informed;
- systems of care for children and youth inadvertently contribute to their re-traumatization;
- -current funding cannot keep up with the impact of trauma and mental health problems on health, social services and education,
- a holistic wellness approach is a more sustainable and positive way to address health issues than the traditional medical model;
- children and youth themselves, and their parents/caregivers, can contribute effectively to young people's mental wellness;
- many children are deprived of basic rights that the world, through the United Nations, has endorsed, including the right to mental wellness.
As a result of our work in the first 3 years (2007-2010), when the vision is achieved in 2017, we now want to see:
- A hub linking research, training and practice on-site in St. Agatha to which professionals and clients come from far and wide
- All products and services built on integrated wellness-resilience-trauma knowledge
- A international professional training business
- kidsLINK influencing the child and youth service systems
- Impact measured in the difference kidsLINK is making in learning, healing, caring service systems
- Child and youth-inspired and youth-involved operations
- Multiple, positive partnerships, including national and international scope
Training professionals
Our legacy...our mission
At kidsLINK, we have the knowledge and skills to address problems and contribute to mental wellness, as well as train other professionals.
That's why we are increasing our capacity to be a resource to other agencies, professionals and caregivers, so that we can affect the lives of many more children here in Ontario, throughout Canada and the world.
