The Neuropsychiatry for Kids educational project aims to
instruct young students on neuroscience, neuroanatomy and functions,
common neurological and mental health disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's
disease, anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, depression, eating
disorders, learning disabilities, Parkinson's disease, and
schizophrenia), and the effects of stigmatization. We would like a
comprehensive Flash execution as an entire elementary school study
session, with crosswords, games, flashcards, cartoons, comics, electronic
discussions with mental health professionals, study plans, and
assessment tools. Coloring pages (for brain structures), crossword
puzzles, word searches, trivia, and matching are all good for
elementary levels. After its creation, we would ultimately target
elementary school, teacher associations, and education conferences to
promote such study.
Recruited volunteer web designers, programmers, and educators to the
The project has been listed in the MERLOT (Multimedia Educational
Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) material directory and has
been accepted for peer-review.
Prototype 1: Dimitri Kokkinos has created an simple
Flash that displays each mental health condition associated with a
characters (designed by Annegret Reimann) alongside a brief
comprehendible description (authored by Maria DiDanielli).