加拿大中小学的心理健康教育最初是由任课老师对学生提供一些学习、生活方面的指导。上个世纪60年代,学校心理健康教育的重点开始转向主要关注有心理和行为问题的学生,学校辅导者往往扮演着治疗者的角色。上个世纪70年代开始,学校心理健康教育由强调治疗转而更多地强调预防性和发展性教育。上个世纪90年代,学校继续强调预防性和发展性 Mental health education in primary and secondary schools in Canada was originally taught by teachers to provide students with some learning and living guidance. In the 1960s, the focus of school mental health education turned to students who mainly focused on psychological and behavioral problems. School counselors often acted as healers. Since the 1970s, the emphasis on treatment of mental health education in schools has shifted to more emphasis on preventive and developmental education. In the 1990s, schools continued to emphasize preventive and developmental aspects