The Education Coach Program provides Psychosocial Rehabilitation (or PSR) services designed to promote personal recovery, successful community integration, and maintenance of a satisfactory quality of life. PSR focuses on helping individuals develop skills, access resources and improve their quality of life by building on their strengths. Individuals set their own goals, and choose how to achieve them, with or without support from staff.
We believe:
Everyone has the right to education.
Individuals who choose to pursue education have a right to be supported in finding and staying in the program/course the individual wants.
Obtaining education is an important component of recovery from mental illness:
Gives individuals a sense of purpose, and meaningful activity
Increase of self-worth and accomplishment
Increases skills and growth
Disclosure is up to the client: Services and education are not dependent on clients disclosing their mental illness to educators.
Individuals with a mental health issue or substance use issue are more than able to fully participate and excel in any kind of education and for many a return to school can be an important part of the process of recovery.