Youth Mental Health First Aid helps Elkhart Community Schools’ staff...
The statistics are staggering — in a given year, 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 have mental or addictive disorders. That’s one in five, folks. Stigma and misunderstanding are often associated with...
View ArticleCentral offers mental health first aid training
“If we want our young people to be successful, we can’t just focus on academics. We have to focus on social and emotional needs of children,” she said. “The only way to do that well is to give everyone...
View ArticleLETTER TO EDITOR: May is Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Month; a time designated to learn more about the importance of our mental health and its effect on our daily living and functioning. Mental Health America reminds us that 1 in 5...
View ArticleMadison School District Receives $4 Million Mental Health Grant
Madison School District has learned they’ve been awarded a four year, $4 million dollar mental health expansion grant. 07/19/2015 Link to Source The post Madison School District Receives $4 Million...
View ArticleSchool social workers help students and parents
For some students, life gets in the way of academic success. School social workers are charged with reducing or removing non-academic barriers to academic success. As families prepare for the start of...
View ArticleRequire training for school police, educators will help students cope
Some students show up for school with more than just school supplies. Some struggle with mental illness, suicidal tendencies and anti-social behavior. 07/31/2015 Link to Source The post Require...
View ArticleResponders for youth mental health
When we notice our child or someone we coach or teach or even a neighborhood youth beginning to have difficulty coping with ordinary life, displaying changes in mood or personality, changing sleeping...
View ArticleMcLean: ‘A Generation in Pain’
McLean High School magazine journalist David Kagan didn’t know the power of depression when he started to research his article “A Generation in Pain” for McLean High School’s Highlander magazine....
View ArticleColumbine story fuels mental health program
About 300 people gathered to hear from Scott, along with representatives from the other programs included in the initiative: Youth Move National (a peer-based support group), MyStrength (tailored...
View ArticleSchool district adds positions to address mental health
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is one of three school districts in Alaska that have added positions at alternative schools using funds from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...
View ArticleBe Nice is back to school
“Be Nice.” is a mental health awareness, anti-bullying and suicide prevention program that wants schools, workplaces and all of the West Michigan community to know that saving lives is as simple as...
View ArticleWalkers take to the streets to fight suicide
The Westport Out of the Darkness Walk is one of more than 350 Out of the Darkness Community Walks being held nationwide this fall. The walks are expected to unite more than 150,000 walkers and raise...
View ArticleRice County schools prepared to handle students’ mental health issues
The first full week of October marks the 25th annual Mental Illness Awareness week, and schools in Rice County are ready to help those who may be suffering. 10/03/2015 Link to Source The post Rice...
View ArticleWauwatosa school program aims to eliminate mental illness stigma
When a high school athlete breaks his arm, he walks down the hallways with a cast and “everybody says it’s really cool,” said Fred Robinson, Tosa United coordinator for the Wauwatosa School District....
View ArticleEducation Conneciton Partners Receive $375K Federal Grant for Youth Mental...
Education Connection in collaboration with Northwestern Regional School District 7 and the NW CT Youth and Adolescent Mental Health Coalition has received a three-year, $375,000 Project AWARE Community...
View ArticleColleges play role in suicide prevention
“We wanted people to know this is real,” Hudson says. The objective is to reach people who might be contemplating suicide and urge them to seek help. 11/30/2015 Link to Source The post Colleges play...
View ArticleRequire training for school police, educators will help students cope
Some students show up for school with more than just school supplies. Some struggle with mental illness, suicidal tendencies and anti-social behavior. 07/31/2015 Link to Source The post Require...
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