Public School Board Tackles Student Mental Health

The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is taking a pro-active approach to dealing with student mental
health issues.

The public school board is working with a couple of local child care agencies to come
up with a Children's Mental Health Strategy.

Peter Harland is a retired pediatrician and says about a third of kids show signs of mental
health problems, such as anxiety, depression or worse.
The public school board is working with the Lake of the Woods Child Development Center
and the Patricia Center for Children and Youth on the Children's Mental Health Strategy.