Expanding the Reach for Mental Wellness for Better Performance in Sport & Life
New Path Youth and Family Services, serves all of Simcoe County through nine locations including Bradford, Cookstown, Alliston, Orillia, Collingwood, Midland, and three locations in Barrie. Many of our offices are co-located with other child and youth serving organizations.
New Path has many dimensions including direct service delivery to children and adults, resource development and various innovative social enterprise activities. Whatever the dimension, all those associated with New Path work together to create better futures for people and the communities within which they live. As the agency evolves along its path, so does our web site. We welcome your comments as we move forward. Please feel free to contact us.
Mission of New Path Youth & Family
To lead and inspire change – we provide an innovative multiservice approach to meet the mental health needs of children, youth and families.
Mission of New Path Foundation
To lead and inspire change – we develop and manage philanthropic investment and mobilize community support to meet the mental health needs of children, youth and families.
New Path with the support of Morton Youth Services and Vireo Research developed an online qualitative assignment for coaches. The goal was to understand the different types of behaviours and mental health issues coaches encounter, explore the areas that coaches identify as needing support with, and to examine and define the types of “tools” coaches would consider most valuable. The Toolkit (expandthereach.ca) was developed to enhance early intervention efforts, and reduce the incidence of youth crime. Youth activity groups offer a unique “relationship” opportunity between coach and player, and the project aimed to capitalize on this.
Coaches see their role as that of a positive role model who can teach them about: Positive values, hard work, perseverance, teamwork, goal-setting, and healthy competition. Coaches feel it’s much more than just the specific sport; it’s about reinforcing positive attitudes, and lessons for life.
Expand the Reach is a web based resource for coaches, athletes of all levels, parents and community organizations to support Mental Wellness, and early intervention for better performance in sport & life.