Children's Mental Health Week

2009 Poster Contest Winner, Poster 009!
Children's Unit and Girls Residential Unit Art Therapy, Elizabeth Brown, teacher
William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, Columbia, SC.

Description: Caring Communities, Successful Children. This piece is full of color, and represents a collage of work from the children and youth. Happiness is seen with the sun high in the sky. There are children playing on a playground, with city and town places in the background, including the school, church, and businesses.

Congratulations to the students of the Children's Unit and Girls Residential Unit Art Therapy, Elizabeth Brown, teacher; at William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, Columbia, SC, for their winning poster!

This poster will be used for the 2010 Children's Mental Health Week awareness
events. Ms. Brown's class will receive $500.

Thank you to all of the children and youth who participated in the contest. We had nine excellent submissions. A total of 1,055 votes were cast. We hope that all those who voted will continue to help eliminate stigma and increase awareness of mental/behavioral health!

Make plans to participate in the 2010-2011 contest! Notices for participation will go out in September 2010. For more information, contact mpaget@ed.sc.gov .