The course encompasses 5 weeks with approximately 25 hours of active learning. It will have video lectures, self-studied case studies and readings, peer-to-peer learning through discussions and webinars as well as knowledge checks with polls and quizzes, all aimed at developing and reinforcing personal critical reflection. It will focus on examples and current debates from different regions and countries in the world.

Module 1 - Children’s mental health

• 1

  16 – 22 October 2023

  Context

  
  Najat Maalla M'jid

• 2

  23 – 29 October 2023

  Children’s mental health: a matter of rights

  
  Thobekile Sithole
  Anne Filorizzo Pla

Module 2 - Protecting children’s mental health in times of crisis

• 3

  30 October – 5 November 2023

  Facing risks

  
  Elvis Fokala
  Amrit Rijal and Kristen Hope
  Live webinar with Prof. Philip Jaffé

• 4

  6 – 12 November 2023

  Ensuring protection

  
  Eshani Ruwanpura and Adriana Rietsema
  Marthe Wandou

Module 3 - A rights-based approach to children’s mental health

• 5

  13 – 19 November 2023

  Children’s rights at the centre of solutions

  
  Chiara Servili
  Grace Gatera
  Mariam Muradyan