Fourth Edition, September 2011

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Fourth Edition, September 2011
Developed by the Student Support Leadership Initiative,
Hamilton District Team
In partnership with the Off ord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, 
the Evidence-Based Education and Services Team (E-BEST) at the Hamilton-
Wentworth District School Board, and the Ontario Centre of Excellence for 
Child and Youth Mental Health.
Written by Don Buchanan, Patricia Colton, and Kristen Chamberlain
with contributions from FORCE Society for Kids Mental Health and 
the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Making a Diff erence
An Educators’ Guide to Child and Youth Mental Health Problems 

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This publication is intended to provide general information to help educators understand mental health 
problems in children and youth; it does not replace professional consultation. The information is general in 
nature and may not apply to a particular child or youth.
This publication is available in printed copy, and electronically. All versions of the document are the property 
of the Child and Youth Mental Health Information Network. You may fi nd the most current version of this 
document at www.cymhin.ca.
All of the material in this document is based on current information and practice, and is specifi c to a particular 
province (Ontario) and a particular school board. The Child and Youth Mental Health Information Network is 
willing to adapt this information to other provinces and school boards or districts. For further information on 
this process, or for permission to reproduce this material according to the terms of the Creative Commons 
License, please contact Don Buchanan, [phone], ext. 77061 or [e-mail].
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