Leadership from Janet Ecker, Elizabeth Witmer, and Margaret Marland is appreciated Ministers Janet Ecker, Margaret Marland, and Elizabeth Witmer shared information from public consultations and research to demonstrate to their colleagues the effectiveness of providing appropriate and timely mental health services to children and their families. We appreciate their strong leadership. In September, the Hon. John Baird, Minister of Community and Social Services, confirmed that children s mental health is a priority for this government. Crisis Response Children in emotional or mental health crisis no longer have the ability to cope.
Family life is disrupted and parents feel they have failed.
Without immediate intervention, a desperate situation worsens. Crisis response can save families. It is immediate and close by, accessible to children, youth and their families and is available 24 hours a day. Intensive Service Children and youth with severe and complex difficulties do not respond to brief intervention. For many, the programs available within current resources are inadequate.