Breaking The Silence
Lesson Plans, games and posters created to break the silence about mental illness in our schools

Video

Breaking the Silence”, Something of Substance
Suffolk County Department of Health Services Division of Community Health Hygiene, June 04

Articles

Breaking the Silence on Mental Illness - Everyday Hero
Newsday, November 2005

American Medical Association Students See Need for Mental Illness Education
Mental Health News Fall 2005

Promoting Mental Illness Education in the Schools, by Janet Susin
The Bulletin, New York State Psychiatric Association, Spring 2004

Bringing the Message of Recovery to Our Schools
Lesson plans on mental illness education
NEW YORK CITY VOICES: January/March 2004

Dispelling Myths about Mentally Ill
Newsday, Sun. Nov.9, 2003 Nassau Edition

Education Project: Breaking the Silence
Glen Cove Record Pilot, 10/9/03

Plainview Resident Recognized as 'Inspiring Woman'
Plainville Herald, September 19, 2003

Destigmatizing Emotional Disease
Glen Cove Record Pilot, 3/21/02

“Breaking the Silence”: Teaching the Next Generation About Mental Illness
National Association of School Psychologists, Communique, Volume 31, # 2 October 2002

Informing Students About Mental Illness
John Hildebrand,
Newsday, Inc February 5, 2002
© 2002, Newsday. Reprinted with permission.

Silence that Promotes Stigma
This essay originally appeared on Tolerance.org, the news and activism Web site of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama 2/5/02

Press Releases

NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE “BREAKING THE SILENCE; TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION ABOUT
MENTAL ILLNESS”

March, 2006

MENTAL HEALTH IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS
LI Friendly’s Restaurants Support “Breaking the Silence” about Mental Illness; Educational Resources Provided to Local Libraries and PTA’s
November 2005

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEDICAL STUDENT SECTION PASSES RESOLUTION ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR MENTAL ILLNESS EDUCATION
Albert Einstein Medical School Students Gather Support at National AMA Conference
Lake Success, N.Y. - June, 2005

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL QUEENS/NASSAU AWARDED KELLOGG FOUNDATION GRANT FOR “BREAKING THE SILENCE; TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATION ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS”
Lake Success, N.Y. - January, 2005

STORIES OF HOPE AND COURAGE ENTER CLASSROOMS
Lake Success, N.Y. - August, 2004

MISS NEW YORK STATE IS “BREAKING THE SILENCE”
FIGHTING THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS

Long Island- January 2004

FREE “BREAKING THE SILENCE” SCHOOL OUTREACH TOOL KIT
Lake Success, N.Y.- February, 2004

RETIRED LONG ISLAND TEACHERS RE-ENTER CLASSROOMS
“BREAKING THE SILENCE” ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS

Long Island, NY- October, 2003

THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL (NAMI) IS “BREAKING THE SILENCE”
IN OUR CLASSROOMS

Lake Success, N.Y. - January 2002

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