Parents and carers – mental health and wellbeing toolkit

Positive mental health and wellbeing is important for your child or teen’s healthy development and learning.

As parents and carers, you’re often in the best position to identify if your child or teen is struggling with their mental health.

Children’s mental health improves when schools and families work in partnership.

Evidence-based programs that schools can use to support student mental health and wellbeing.

The department introduced the Mental Health Practitioners initiative in 2019 to expand in-school mental health and wellbeing supports to Victorian government schools. From Term 4 2021, the initiative has been rolled out to all eligible school campuses across Victoria. It has also been extended to all eligible specialist school campuses.

By 2026, every eligible government and low fee non-government primary school will be able to employ a Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader to implement a whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing.