About this Webinar
Just like physical health, mental health in childhood focuses on reaching developmental and emotional milestones, learning healthy social skills as well as how to cope when there are difficult situations. An important goal for all children is for them to be both physically and mentally healthy, so that they can have a positive quality of life-functioning well at home, in school, and in their communities. It is important that we remember that physical health is not just the absence of illness & disease and mental health is not simply the absence of a mental disorder.
Your Host
Kenneth McGill, EdS LMFT
Solution-Focused Care Senior Scientist at Opeeka
Panelists
John S. Lyons, PhD
Professor, IPH Center Director at the University of Kentucky
Dr. John S. Lyons is director of the Center for Innovation in Population Health and professor of Health Management and Policy. He has published more than 200 peer reviewed publications and six books including Redressing the Emperor: improving our children’s public mental health system and Communimetrics. Lyons has created and supported the use of evidence-based assessments that are used around the world including the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS), Family Advocacy and Support Tool (FAST) and Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment (ANSA). He actively works at the interface between practice and policy in mental health, child welfare, education, and justice.
Susan McLennan
Welfie co-Founder and CMO Reimagine PR, President
Susan is a co-Founder and the Chief Marketing Officer of Welfie, an organization that exists to lift the health of families through their children. Susan specializes in helping purposeful brands tell stories that change the world. Work she has created with her husband/partner, Mike Erskine Kellie, has won Emmy Awards, made headlines in top media outlets around the world, and been selected for inclusion in the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress.
Colleen Leung
Unmute co-Founder and CEO
Colleen Leung is the Co-Founder & CEO of Unmute- a mental health platform that uses machine learning algorithms to increase the match and long-term success rate of patients seeking therapy treatment. Colleen was born and raised on the island of Oahu and in 2018 relocated to Boston to obtain her MBA from Babson College. Unmute was launched during the pandemic and has matched 400+ users to the right therapist to date. Colleen is now looking to white label and provide Unmute’s matching services to health insurance companies.
