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Brock Child and Youth Studies master\u2019s student Carolynn Hare shows fourth-year Child and Youth Studies and Psychology student Dana Kalil equipment at Pathstone Mental Health that will allow Brock researchers to analyze electroencephalogram data.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n \u201cThis partnership with Brock University will have a far-reaching impact and it will provide mutual benefits to the well-being of the Niagara community,\u201d said Shaun Baylis, CEO, Pathstone Mental Health. \u201cIt creates the opportunity for co-developed research to advance brain health knowledge, and to crystalize our existing supportive\u00a0and collaborative relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s announcement took place at Pathstone\u2019s Branscombe Mental Health Centre in St. Catharines, where Brock faculty members and students have been provided with office and lab space, giving them direct access to children and families interested in participating in groundbreaking research.<\/p>\n \u201cThese collaborations with partner organizations are critically important to the health and well-being of our Niagara community,\u201d said Brock President Gervan Fearon. \u201cThis collaboration will provide our students with\u00a0invaluable\u00a0hands-on experience\u00a0as they\u00a0work alongside Pathstone\u2019s team of support workers and clinicians.\u201d<\/p>\n Together with their undergraduate and graduate student research teams, Brock professors have started, or are about to begin a number of important research initiatives:<\/p>\n In addition, Brock\u2019s Faculty of Education is working with Pathstone to develop a training program aimed at helping teachers deal with complex mental health issues in the classroom.<\/p>\n Segalowitz, Director of Brock\u2019s Centre for Lifespan Development Research, which has worked with Pathstone for a number of years, said the MOU also offers Brock students across various faculties unique opportunities for experiential education.<\/p>\n \u201cStudents are often very interested in clinical issues, but to get involved in clinical research is sometimes difficult and certainly you need a special kind of partnership,\u201d he said. \u201cWith this partnership, we\u2019ll be able to boost their career development in this direction in ways we haven\u2019t been able to in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n Bill Helmeczi, Pathstone Director of Strategic Planning, Standards and Practices, called it a dynamic and positive partnership.<\/p>\n \u201cThe research presents great opportunities not only for Pathstone staff and Brock faculty, but also the entire Niagara community,\u201d he said. \u201cBy bringing clinical staff together with researchers, I think we can build a dynamic research program that fosters a great deal of benefit as researchers become more aware of the specific challenges we face in dealing with children\u2019s mental health in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n