Online course, MOOC
Children’s Mental Health: Rights and Perspectives
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This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is designed for children, young people, families, social workers, health professionals, educators, policy-maker, children’s rights defenders and other members of civil society who currently work, advocate and care for the promotion and protection of children’s mental health. Faculty includes experts in mental health and children’s rights from relevant UN bodies and agencies as well as NGO representatives and young advocates.
The MOOC runs over 5 weeks and is organised in 3 modules.
Enrolment is FREE until 7 November 2023. Click here to enroll.
At the end of the course, participants will have gained:
- key information about definitions, methods and practices in the area of children’s mental health
- robust knowledge on children’s rights principles, standards and practices
- increased awareness about the connections between children’s mental health and children’s rights
- clearer understanding - through reference to case study and implementation practices – of the need to adopt a holistic, rights-based approach to children’s mental health
Ultimately, the course is a pathway to:
- empower children, young people, families, social workers, health professionals, educators, children’s rights defenders, policy-makers and other members of civil society through education on the human rights-based approach to children’s mental health
- amplify dialogue on the importance of talking and acting on children’s mental health as a matter of rights
- envisage a roadmap for change, including: how to develop child/adolescent mental health policy and plans; inter-sectoral collaboration; advocacy on children’s mental health.
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