Adolescent Wellness, Inc. (AWI) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that was founded in 2006 to simplify prevention of anxiety and depression along with their most tragic symptom of suicide. All ages (birth<=>geriatric) are on a wellness continuum continuum where protective factors including problem-solving, coping and help-seeking can be improved. AWI pilots and promotes resources that enhance protective factors:
- better referral models
- curricula
- apps for wellness games
- training for parents, pediatricians, school faculty and staff
- community workshops to help remove barriers to communication and support
Programs and resources facilitated by AWI
About the logo: Pacific northwest coast totem poles include the halibut to symbolize Life Protector, Strength and Stability.
- INTERACT Peer Mentoring & Depression Prevention through Rotary clubs with communities in the USA, Puerto Rico, India and Nigeria
- Break Free From Depression (curriculum, Boston Children’s Hospital)
- Virtual Wellness Center game site with self tutorials (Numedon: Wellness.Whyville.net)
- PIP Problems-Ideas-Plans (creative problem solving, Boston Children’s Hospital)
- Train the Trainer educator workshops (McLean Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital and the MA Department of Health)
- School Nurse Liaison Project providing immediate consultation plus training and referral access by the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (McLean Hospital)
- How Not To Keep A Secret (peer mentoring, South Shore Hospital)
- Preventing Depression: A Toolkit For Schools (Boston Children’s Hospital)
- Call For Art (on mood and awareness, Metrowest Hospital, Roxbury Latin School, City of Somerville, Boston Children’s Hospital, McLean Hospital and Newton Wellesley Hospital)
- ‘Choices, Changes & Chocolate’ (workshops to remove barriers to communication and support with Boston Children’s Hospital, William James College, and the Rotary Club of Wellesley)
- Clergy Workshops (Boston Children’s Hospital)
- An Adolescent Mental Health & Wellness Curriculum: A Starter Kit For Schools (McLean Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital)
