Mental Health
Promotion Program

The purpose of mental health promotion and preventative services is to promote healthy development and formation of healthy lifestyles and behaviors in children, adolescents, and families.

Trillium’s Mental Health Promotion Program addresses the following objectives:

  • Increase awareness of positive health behaviors
  • Promote positive change through outreach and referrals
  • Increase access to mental and behavioral health services through outreach and referrals
  • Identify health risks through screening
  • Reduce stigma associated with mental and behavioral health issues
  • Promote cross-cultural understanding of mental health
  • Address caregivers’ concerns about their children
  • Improve parenting skills and parent-child communication
  • Provide critical information on healthy child development, adult health maintenance and specific mental health issues such as mental health literacy, depression, and bipolar disorder, anxiety, alcohol and drug abuse, smoking cessation, nutrition, domestic violence, and trauma recovery.

The program is delivered through school-based programs and is currently serving the following school districts:

Multnomah County:

  • Centennial School District
  • David Douglas School District
  • Parkrose School District
  • Portland Public Schools
  • Reynolds School District
  • Gresham-Barlow School District

Clackamas County:

  • Canby School District
  • Estacada School District
  • North Clackamas School District
  • Oregon City School District
  • Oregon Trail School District

Linn/Benton Counties:

  • Greater Albany School District
  • Philomath School District
  • Lebanon School District

Marion County:

  • Cascade School District
  • Jefferson School District
  • North Santiam School District
  • Santiam Canyon School District
  • Salem Keizer School District

Deschutes County:

  • Bend-La Pine School District

Each Prevention Specialist serving area sites is a master’s level therapist with a solid knowledge base of mental health related issues. We provide high quality education and support guided by the goals and objectives of the school/community site. In addition, we individualize services at each site to best reflect a unique portrait of each school district or program's needs.

Typical services included:

  • Behavioral health screenings
  • Grief, anger management, transitions, social skills groups
  • Health class presentations: anti-bullying, depression and suicide, healthy relationships, exercise and mental health, substance abuse awareness
  • Referral to formal mental health or alcohol and drug treatment
  • Consultation to school and community teams on developing therapeutic interventions for schools to use instead of relying on suspension or expulsion.
  • Consultation to school and community teams on mental health and wellness issues.
  • Facilitation of student support team meetings
  • Check-ins with students around peer relationships, difficulties with family, or other short-term problems that do not require traditional mental health therapy.
  • Community crisis support
  • Crisis debriefing and suicide risk assessment
  • Involving students in Habitat for Humanity and other community benefit projects
  • Facilitation of the Chrysalis Group for trauma survivors
  • Writing mental health and wellness blogs for school districts
  • Facilitating the Incredible Years Parenting Group in English and Spanish
  • Providing youth Mental Health First Aid classes to teachers and staff
  • Providing parenting education and support groups

To make a referral:

Talk to the school counselor or click here for a list of information needed to make a referral.