正式推出Peer Advising Pilot Program

这是花费了我们非常多精力打造出来的又一个针对社区青少年的项目，即便是在COVID之前我们已经有这方面的考虑，精神心理健康拨款为推出这个项目创造了条件，时机不可能更好。Mental health的诊断和治疗无疑是专家的事，但是，mental health问题大多都经历了一段时间累积过程。很多时候，孩子们可能就是需要一点点及时的帮助和开导，就可能顺利度过眼前面临的挑战。除了父母，朋友及学校，我们社区的Peer Advisors将会给孩子们提供又一个可以得到帮助的渠道。

十分感激报名的高中生和大学生们，他们都是来自我们社区，都是非常优秀的孩子，他们在繁忙的功课之余，愿意花时间回馈社区。我们真心为他们感到骄傲！

从现在开始，社区的孩子们可以填写Request Form，我们会负责转给Peer Advisor。所有信息都可以在这个网页上找到： http://pdxchinese.org/mentalhealth/。有任何问题和回馈，都请寄送至： health@pdxchinese.org.

这个项目暂定会持续到年底

Peer Advising is another project aimed at community youth. The diagnosis and treatment of mental health are undoubtedly the work of experts, but most of the problems of mental health have gone through a long period of accumulation. In many cases, children may just need a little timely help and enlightenment to get through the challenges before them. In addition to parents, friends and schools, Peer Advisors will provide children in our community with another channel to get help.

We are very grateful to the high school students and college students who signed up. They are all outstanding youth and willing to take time to give back to the community.

Children in the community can start to fill out the Request Form. More info is available at: http://pdxchinese.org/mentalhealth/.