Healthy Habits and Mental Wellness
Supporting Mental Health in Schools and Communities:
- School Mental Health Toolkit | safesupportivelearning.ed.gov
- A comprehensive list of resources for school staff and families
- DCPS Here for You: A Guide to Accessing Mental Health Supports in Schools
- This tool answers questions like: How do I know if I need to access a school mental health provider? Who provides school mental health services and what do they do? How do I access these services? And other commonly asked questions.
- Supporting Safe and Equitable Schools with Tier II Interventions and Considerations
- Webinar for School Staff by the National Center for School Mental Health
- The Tumaini Way
- A culturally responsive social and emotional learning curriculum and program
- Telehealth Guidelines for School Mental Health Professionals: Strategies for Engaging Students and Building Resilience
- Draft developed by the Alliance for Inclusion & Prevention, is a general introduction to providing online school-based mental health supports
- Virtual Service Delivery in Response to COVID-19 Disruptions
- Guidelines prepared by the National Association of School Psychologists
- 75 free social emotional learning activities
- For parents and educators developed by Centervention and covers a variety of methods and skill areas
- EVERFI
- Free, online social emotional learning resources are designed to equip educators with tools to nurture skills like compassion, leadership, conflict resolution, self-awareness, and resilience
- PATHS
- An online social emotional learning program and curriculum that is currently free to educators
- This Center for American Progress
- Article that outlines student mental health, the role of schools in mental healthcare, and the unique needs of BIPOC students
- Panorama’s Adult SEL Toolkit
- SEL and Self-Care Resources for Educators, Schools, and Parents Related to Distance Learning and COVID-19
- School Mental Health Screening Toolkit
- The screening toolkit contains tools and recommendations for mental health screening in schools
- 8 ways teachers can support students’ mental health during COVID-19 school returns
- Article from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund that offers insights into how teachers can provide essential support to students during their transition back to in-person learning
- Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Focused Best Practice Recommendations for Reopening Childcare & Early Education Programs
- Parents, caregivers, and childcare providers can directly reduce this negative impact through nurturing, consistent, sensitive presence
- As school starts, teachers add a mental-health check-in to their lesson plans
- NPR article about teachers that have added a new component to their routines: a mental health check-in with their students