LKDSB Mental Health Professionals provide evidence informed individual and group support. We do this through counselling and consultation to help students overcome mental health, social, emotional, and behavioural academic barriers to learning. Our focus is on a strengths based, skills building approach to help increase resiliency and promote positive mental health and well-being. 

​If a student is experiencing concerns that are affecting their school experience or general well-being, our Mental Health Professionals can help them to explore solutions, cope with their experience, and support them through adversity.

As part of the ongoing efforts to support students' mental health and well-being and the transition back to school in September, LKDSB provides mental health and well-being supports throughout the summer. Mental Health Professionals are available for students to access during daily office hours, Monday to Friday. Email an LKDSB Mental Health Professional for support in the summer (please include your name and school location)​.

To access the School Mental Health Professional assigned to your child's school please contact the principal of your school directly to inquire about support. 

Mental health is a positive concept, something we all have and need to nourish in order to lead healthy lives.

At the LKDSB, we support the development of mental health through curriculum, systematic training to staff, collaboration with community partners, and a focus on promoting well-being for all students. Every school district in the province has a Mental Health Leader who is responsible for developing and implementing the board Mental Health and Addictions Strategy and Action Plan. The Mental Health Leader is a regulated health professional who works at the system level to provide mental health leadership, resources, and coaching to schools in the board. The Mental Health Leader, and the Superintendent with responsibility for mental health, is the board liaison to the provincial school mental health strategy, led by School Mental Health Ontario.

For more information about mental health, contact:

David Hodgson,
Mental Health Leader
519-336-1500 ext 31351
Email Dave Hodgson
Twitter: @lkdsbwellness