Teaching Resilient Students and Raising Healthy Teens: Mental health, substance use and suicide prevention resources for educators and parents
This monthly newsletter provides a list of curated resources and activities to support social emotional development, healthy coping as well as crisis support for educators, students and parents.
This edition provides classroom management tips and a wellness webinar for educators, a mental health program for schools, and an application to be a judge for Directing Change art and films.
- Resilient Practices for Educators, Staff Members, Administrators, and Teams Webinar Series
- Youth mental health program: Angst: Building Resilience
- Judging Application
This edition shares opportunities to get involved with Directing Change for students and schools, an upcoming parent webinar to manage children’s anxiety, and suicide prevention resources for parents.
- Directing Change Mini Grant Opportunity (Rural County Application here)
- Free Parent Webinar: Supporting Your Child During an Uncertain School Year: Tips for Managing Anxiety
- Suicide Prevention Resources for Parents
- Mind Out Loud Student Rep Program
This edition announces the launch of the 2022 Directing Change Contest and October’s Hope & Justice prompt. The newsletter also shares the California Department of Education Webinar Series: Building A Network of Safety for School Communities and other resources.
- Directing Change 2022 Program Flyer
- CDE Webinar Series Registration
- Blue Sky Resources for Parents
- Suicide Prevention: A Toolkit for High Schools (SAMHSA)
This edition announces September’s Hope & Justice prompt, our Art for Change event, upcoming Suicide Prevention 101 webinars, and resources for preparing for back to school.
- Suicide Prevention Activity Guide
- Back to School Resources for Educators, Students, and Parents
- Mental Health Thrival Kit
This edition announces a mental health kit for students and features a resource for LGBTQ+ youth, a stress-reduction breathing technique, and the brochure “Suicide Prevention 101 for Parents” in Spanish.
- Mental Health Guide for LGBTQ+ Youth: Be True and Be You
- Suicide Prevention 101 Brochure for parents in Spanish
This edition includes a suicide prevention training for educators, a webinar for schools, and a resource for families with tips to connect more with their kids.
- Suicide Prevention Training: LivingWorks Start Training
- Resource for Families: Talk and Play Toolkit
This edition features a fact sheet to help staff, students, and families through prolonged stress as well as activities and virtual events for youth and educators.
- Fact Sheet: Coping in Hard Times
- Featured Lesson Plan: Mental Health
- Parent Resource Guide: Raising Healthy Teens
This edition features a variety of resources including the brochure “Suicide Prevention 101 for Parents” and several webinars offered for parents and educators in partnership with the California Department of Education.
- Suicide Prevention 101 Brochure for Parents in English
- Featured Lesson Plan: Substance Use and Healthy Coping
- Featured Activity: Hope Journal Bookmark (in English and Spanish)
