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Published on: September 11, 2023
The United States Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced earlier this year the release of its updated 988 Partner Toolkit.
Tags: Prevention, Stigma ReductionPublished on: June 15, 2023
Learn more about the Choose You campaign launched by the Washington State Department of Health in April of 2023.
Tags: Administrators, Counselors, Teachers, VapingPublished on: June 12, 2023
You and Me Together, Vape Free, part of Stanford Medicine’s Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, is a free, theory-based and evidence-informed curriculum.
Tags: Curriculum, Teachers, VapingPublished on: June 12, 2023
The Truth Initiative was founded in 1999 as the American Legacy Foundation, dedicated to ending tobacco use among youth and young adults.
Tags: Administrators, Counselors, VapingPublished on: June 12, 2023
The Truth: It’s a Breath of Stress Air is an online program directed to teens and designed to assist them in vaping cessation.
Tags: Administrators, Counselors, VapingPublished on: June 12, 2023
The Teen Intervene educational program is designed for youth ages 12 - 19 “who display the early stages of substance use problems.”
Tags: Administrators, Counselors, VapingPublished on: June 12, 2023
Smokefree Teen is part of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Smokefree.gov Initiative. The goal of Smokefree Teen is to reduce the number of youth who use tobacco.
Tags: Administrators, Counselors, VapingPublished on: June 12, 2023
For this very special Virtual Field Trip, join Discovery Education and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine the science behind e-cigarettes and the impact they can have on teenagers’ health and well-being.
Tags: Curriculum, Teachers, VapingPublished on: June 12, 2023
INDEPTH stands for Intervention for Nicotine Dependence: Education, Prevention, Tobacco and Health. The teaching materials are free of charge, but accessible only after completing the online INDEPTH Facilitator Training, also free of charge.
Published on: June 12, 2023
For students who have been caught vaping, or who have expressed a desire to stop vaping, Healthy Futures Alternative to Suspension Curricula, part of Stanford Medicine’s Tobacco Prevention Toolkit, includes four options, each covering: Health Effects, Your Brain, Messaging, and Costs
Published on: June 12, 2023
The Tobacco Education Resource Library from the United States Food and Drug Administration offers three lesson plans designed for grades 6 - 12. These are variously aligned to Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Math, and to Next Generation Science Standards.
Tags: Curriculum, Teachers, VapingPublished on: April 25, 2023
Building Blocks for Healthy Self Esteem in Kids, from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), via its parent website healthychildren.org, defines “self esteem” as “the way we perceive ourselves,” and tells us that self esteem influences resilience, relationships, motivation, and achievements.
Tags: Parents, Resilience, Stigma ReductionPublished on: April 24, 2023
Imagine having - right at your fingertips - a list of small actions you could take to calm yourself, or to energize yourself, as needed! With iChill, a FREE app from the Trauma Resource Institute, you, or anyone with internet access, can have exactly that!
Tags: ResiliencePublished on: April 24, 2023
Mental Health America started Mental Health Month in 1949. Each year, the non-profit organization creates and releases a Mental Health Month toolkit.
Tags: Stigma ReductionPublished on: April 24, 2023
Show this video to your colleagues, your students and their parents! This video from Children’s Hospital Colorado explains mental health stigma as a remnant.
Tags: Stigma ReductionPublished on: April 24, 2023
A list of curated resources aligned with the NCESD Behavioral Health team’s monthly email newsletter; May includes links to excellent mental health resources
Tags: Curated Links, Resilience, Stigma Reduction, SuicidePublished on: March 23, 2023
Check out NCESD's new Wellness Event Guide and be sure to bookmark it! The guide includes things like checklists, timelines, templates, and more to help you host your own Wellness Event in your school.
Published on: March 23, 2023
While much of our work focuses on prevention, this month’s emphasis on stress will NOT focus on preventing stress! Why not? These videos from Mental Health Literacy answers this question beautifully!
Tags: ResiliencePublished on: March 23, 2023
The American Psychological Association (APA) has devoted numerous articles to the topic of stress, including the chronic stress effects on the body, the difference between stress and anxiety, and how to handle life stressors.
Tags: ResiliencePublished on: March 23, 2023
Drawn from a new book, The Stress Prescription, by health psychologist and researcher Elissa Epel, Jill Suttie’s article Seven Ways to Have a Healthier Relationship With Stress includes a few strategies that may be fresh and new to you.
Tags: ResiliencePublished on: March 23, 2023
KidsHealth in the Classroom has a variety of resources to help youth grasp foundational concepts about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.
Tags: Awareness, Curriculum, Resilience, TeachersPublished on: March 23, 2023
TeenMentalHealth.org has a variety of mental health resources, including "Understanding the Stress Response" and "Learning How to Use Daily Stress to Develop Resilience"
Tags: ResiliencePublished on: March 22, 2023
Busting Stress: Stress Management Lesson Plans for Grade 7-12 by YouthSMART, an initiative from the Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region.
Tags: Curriculum, Substance Use, TeachersPublished on: March 22, 2023
A list of curated resources aligned with the NCESD Behavioral Health team’s monthly email newsletter; April's resources are about managing stress for both children and adults.
Tags: Curated Links, ResiliencePublished on: February 24, 2023
Launched by scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in 2010, National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week promotes discussion of drug use and addiction science.
Tags: Counselors, Curriculum, Substance UsePublished on: February 24, 2023
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is the lead federal agency supporting scientific research on drug use and addition. We've collected a variety of lesson plans and acitives from NIDA for grades 5-12.
Tags: Curriculum, Substance Use, TeachersPublished on: February 23, 2023
SAMHSA has created a campaign called Talk. They Hear You. Among the campaign's resources for schools and educators, community partners and parents and caregivers is the FREE mobile app.
Tags: Substance UsePublished on: February 23, 2023
Created by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Discovery Education, Operation Prevention is an inquiry-based program, intended for touth ages 8 - 18, parents, and workforce members.
Tags: Curriculum, Parents, Substance Use, TeachersPublished on: February 23, 2023
The authors intended that the Substance Misuse Expansion Lessons would stand alone in Grades K, 1, 2, 3, and 4, but would follow the Catch My Breath Vaping Prevention curriculum in Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Tags: Curriculum, Substance Use, TeachersPublished on: February 23, 2023
CATCH My Breath’s peer-led teaching approach empowers students with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about e-cigarettes and resist social pressures to vape.
Tags: Curriculum, Substance Use, Teachers, VapingPublished on: February 23, 2023
An introduction to resources from the March 2023 newsletter about substance abuse prevention. The information in the introduction provides best practices in implementation.
Tags: Curriculum, Substance Use, Teachers, VapingPublished on: February 23, 2023
A list of curated resources aligned with the NCESD Behavioral Health team’s monthly email newsletter; March's resources are about substance abuse prevention.
Tags: Curated Links, Curriculum, Substance Use, VapingPublished on: January 19, 2023
The Healthy Relationship Toolkit, adapted from Safe Dates, teaches communication and conflict resolution skills, challenges gender stereotypes and includes an extensive list of feeling words.
Tags: Curriculum, Relationships, TeachersPublished on: December 15, 2022
A list of curated resources aligned with the NCESD Behavioral Health team’s monthly email newsletter; January's resources are about general mental health care.
Tags: Curated LinksPublished on: December 13, 2022
A FREE, six-module training series, Classroom WISE (Well-Being Information and Strategies for Educators), is now available to help educators create safe and supportive learning environments for students, and to respond appropriately when mental health concerns become evident.
Tags: Awareness, Curriculum, Stigma Reduction, TeachersPublished on: December 13, 2022
The U. S. Department of Health & Human Services maintains a comprehensive Mental Health website that includes a definition of mental health, a discussion of common myths surrounding mental health, descriptions of numerous mental health disorders and several ways of getting help for mental health disorders.
Tags: Awareness, Stigma ReductionPublished on: December 13, 2022
The Mental Health & High School Curriculum is a FREE resource available to educators for teaching concepts of mental health to students in grades 9 and 10.
Tags: Awareness, Curriculum, Resilience, Stigma Reduction, TeachersPublished on: December 12, 2022
In Part Four, Shelley will describe some of the logistics necessary to ensure successful implementation of a UMHS event and provide three critical resources to support UMHS implementation.
Tags: Administrators, Awareness, Counselors, Screening, SuicidePublished on: November 21, 2022
Throughout our North Central region, in various creative and memorable ways, schools observed Unity Day, a day to celebrate kindness, acceptance and inclusion.
Published on: November 16, 2022
A list of curated resources aligned with the NCESD Behavioral Health team’s monthly email newsletter; December resources are focus on managing stress.
Tags: Curated Links, ResiliencePublished on: November 16, 2022
Ideas on how adults who interact with students can help those who may be faced with stressful, and sometimes dangerous, situations during holiday breaks.
Tags: Resilience, TeachersPublished on: November 16, 2022
Seven common issues families may experience during the holidays and how you can set a peaceful example and avoid upsetting others.
Tags: RelationshipsPublished on: November 16, 2022
By employing stress management strategies, adults can set a calm example and keep the home or school environment peaceful.
Tags: Relationships, ResiliencePublished on: November 16, 2022
The Mayo Clinic, encourages us to “take control of the holidays” by acting in advance to avoid stress and depression, and by planning toward peace and joy.
Tags: Administrators, Counselors, Parents, Resilience, TeachersPublished on: October 26, 2022
A list of curated resources aligned with the NCESD Behavioral Health team’s monthly email newsletter; December resources are focus on kindness and gratitude.
Tags: Awareness, Curated Links, RelationshipsPublished on: October 25, 2022
Introduce gratitude into the classroom with a Gratitude Journal activity for students. Learn about the activity and get inspiration with some guiding discussion questions.
Tags: Awareness, Relationships, TeachersPublished on: October 25, 2022
Recommendations on how educators and other school personnel can best support youth who are transgender. Information from interview with Light Estrada Gonzalez.
Published on: October 25, 2022
Kindness in the Classroom© is a free social-emotional learning curriculum from the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation (RAK). There are resources available for grades PK-12.
Tags: Awareness, Curriculum, Relationships, TeachersPublished on: October 25, 2022
Explore the important preparation for success - developing your school’s WHY, the rationale for Universal Mental Health Screening (UMHS) in your community.
Tags: Administrators, Awareness, Counselors, Screening, SuicidePublished on: October 12, 2022
In this poignant video, less than two minutes in length, US Surgeon General Dr. Murthy speaks out about the prevalence and harmful consequences – to all involved: persons who bully, persons targeted, and witnesses – of bullying behavior.
Published on: October 10, 2022
Shelley outlines the initial steps critical to implementing your first UMHS - working with your school team and community mental health partners to prepare for your event.
Tags: Administrators, Awareness, Counselors, Screening, SuicidePublished on: October 10, 2022
Hope Squad is an evidence- and research-based, peer-support program shown to improve school culture, destigmatize mental health challenges, and, ultimately, to save lives.
Tags: Administrators, Bullying, Counselors, TeachersPublished on: October 10, 2022
Would you like to help students assess their own behavior in regard to bullying? Have they at times been bullied? Have they witnessed bullying? Have they bullied others?
Tags: Bullying, Counselors, Curriculum, TeachersPublished on: October 10, 2022
A list of curated resources aligned with the NCESD Behavioral Health team’s monthly email newsletter; December resources are focus on bullying prevention.
Tags: Bullying, Curated LinksPublished on: September 19, 2022
A variety of resources like the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions toolkit to evaluate whether a student is at suicide risk. Other resources include Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale.
Tags: Counselors, Screening, SuicidePublished on: September 19, 2022
An introduction to Universal Mental Health Screening (UMHS), an emerging best practice similar to other school-based health screenings, like scoliosis, BMI, vision, and hearing.
Tags: Administrators, Awareness, Counselors, Screening, SuicidePublished on: September 19, 2022
A list of curated resources aligned with the NCESD Behavioral Health team’s monthly email newsletter; September resources are focus on suicide prevention.
Tags: Curated Links, ResiliencePublished on: September 10, 2022
OSPI's Model District Template for Student Social, Emotional, and Behavioral, and Mental Health Recognition, Screening, and Response document is intended to provide a template to district and building administrators and student support professionals.
Tags: Administrators, Counselors, ResiliencePublished on: September 10, 2022
TeacherWISE is a 6-hour self-paced online training to support teacher self-care and classroom climate from the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland.
Tags: Relationships, Resilience, TeachersPublished on: September 10, 2022
Seize the Awkward may be an ideal first step in preparing a class, club, or entire student body for focused suicide prevention activities.
Tags: Resilience, TeachersPublished on: September 10, 2022
Help is Available 24/7! Share these numbers with students, parents and colleagues: 988 Suicide and Crisis Line, Crisis Text Line 741741, Teen Link, and Teen Line.
Tags: Administrators, Awareness, Counselors, Resilience, SuicidePublished on: September 9, 2022
A resource to support our school staff’s well-being is the Happiness Calendar. Each month a new daily calendar for a month of activities intended to encourage adults to focus on their own well-being and also that of their community.
Tags: Resilience, TeachersPublished on: September 6, 2022
The 2x10 Strategy is a research-based strategy to build an authentic relationship and decrease negative classroom behaviors.
Tags: Relationships, Teachers