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Student Mental Health (13)

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Equity in Student Mental Health: Supporting Students With Disabilities

As part of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ Mental Health Month, we discussed how to support the mental health and well-being of students of color and students who...

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Holding hands

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Equity in Student Mental Health: Supporting LGBTQ+ Students

As I mentioned last week in the first installment of our Equity in Student Mental Health series, it is estimated that up to 20% of children in the...

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Students on devices

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Equity in Student Mental Health: Supporting Students of Color

Mental health concerns affect up to 20% of children in the United States. While mental health issues occur at similar frequencies across different...

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Students learning with devices

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SEL Skills: Fostering Good Mental Health for Life

Research has shown that one in five teens has or will have a serious mental illness at some point in their lives. Good mental health is critical for...

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Five Ways Parents Can Support SEL at Home

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the framework for understanding and managing one’s emotions, setting and achieving goals, practicing empathy,...

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Social Distancing and Teens Don’t Mix: Here Are Some Tips to Help

Teens all over the world are currently grappling with the concept of social distancing and the way it’s affecting their lives. Many teens are...

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Child on swing

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Creating Mental Health Awareness in Younger Students

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a movement designed to raise awareness about mental health issues. Good mental health is critical for students...

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Virtual Student Support: How to Connect and Care Remotely

Students have been dealing with a lot of stress since being forced to transition to distance learning because of the COVID-19 outbreak. They’re sad...

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Happy and Healthy at Home: 10 Student Mental Health Resources

There’s no question that the student mental health crisis is impacting schools. Cases of anxiety and depression are increasing, with adolescents and...

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