May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
While it is our goal to support our students' academic and social growth every day, May provides us with an opportunity to reflect on good practices and bring awareness to mental health.
This month, we will share weekly mental health topics along with links and articles of interest.
Resources for Children
Stop the Stigma
Caregiver Health
Health Literacy
As always, please feel to contact us for additional information. Contact information is located under Staff.
Dr. Stephanie Columbia,
Director of Mental Health
Week 1: Resources for Children: Our first week in May is dedicated to children's mental health.
The following are links to support, nurture and develop coping strategies and healthy habits. As always, feel free to contact your building mental health department with any questions or concerns.
Supporting Child Mental Health Issues
https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/features/school-aged-mental-health-in-communities.html This is a wonderful site offering suggestions on how to support childrens' mental health during COVID-19
We All Have Mental Health: A great website to discuss Mental Health Issues with children: https://youtu.be/DxIDKZHW3-E
STOP THE STIGMA:
Here are some resources for destigmatizing mental health 
