KidSMART is a critical component of CMHA Calgary’s continuum of youth-focused, mental health awareness programming and the first to specifically target a middle school population, aged 8 – 12. KidSMART currently exists as a downloadable mental health toolkit, to be utilized by teachers and community leaders, based on YouthSMART’s existing, facilitated workshops.

Implemented by CMHA Calgary’s Community Education staff team, including a former middle-school teacher and qualified curriculum developer, KidSMART will provide robust lesson plans and rich activities on the key themes of “Stress Management and Healthy Coping”, “Mental Health Awareness”, and “Skills for Being There”, in order for teachers and community leaders to deliver a best-practice curriculum, directly and independently to their own youth populations.

Educator’s Toolkit

The educator’s toolkit incorporates the curriculum, lesson plans, and activities for teachers and community leaders to deliver education surrounding topics of Stress Management, Mental Health Awareness, and Skills for Being There.

Student Worksheets

The worksheets accompany the educator’s toolkit. Depending on the lesson plan, a worksheet will be provided for student’s to utilize to further understand the material.

If you have any questions about KidSMART, please connect with us (info@cmha.calgary.ab.ca).

We would like to thank the Calgary Foundation for their support to develop this KidSMART toolkit. Their backing of this project allows CMHA Calgary the opportunity to expand our reach to those younger age ranges to begin their mental health knowledge journey.