The Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center at The Ohio State University provides five ways to support your child’s mental health.
The Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center’s research brief recommends five strategies educators and families can utilize to support child and adolescent mental health.
The Crisis Prevention Institute created an easy to use short guide with 10 tips about adult behavior to de-escalate classroom behavior.
Build or revise your Emergency Operations Plan (school EOP) with this guide created in partnership with The Department of Education, US Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Check out Attendance Works’ website for handouts, videos, and strategies you can implement to increase your school’s attendance.
The Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention (SBIRT) screener can detect risk early, is empirically based, and fast to administer. The questions can be asked during an annual examination, an acute care visit, or in the emergency department. SBIRT also can be part of annual screenings in a school setting.
Social media has both positive and negative impacts on young people. In 2023, the US Surgeon General released this report to spread awareness about what adults can do to support youth.
The Crisis Assessment (CAT) is a screener for children facing life-threatening crisis. The CAT is a decision-support and outcomes-management tool in crisis settings. Domains for the CAT include risk behaviors, behavioral and emotional needs, functional needs, juvenile justice, protection, and caregiver resources and needs. The items use a 4-level rating system. A 0 means no action is needed, a 1 reveals a need requiring monitoring, a 2 identifies an interfering need requiring action, and a 3 alerts that the need is disabling and requires immediate action. Items on the screener include questions concerning substance abuse. The CAT uses a 30-day window to ensure youth responses are relevant to current circumstances.
The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) is a screener developed for children’s services and is favored by parents and clinicians for its simplicity and relevancy. CANS comprises six domains: life-functioning, strengths, cultural factors, caregiver resources and needs, behavioral and emotional needs, and risk behaviors. Need and strength items are rated on a scale from 0-3. For need items, a score of 0 indicates no need for action, 1 signals a need requiring monitoring, 2 reveals an interfering need and action is necessary to address it, and 3 alerts that a need is disabling and requires immediate action. For strength items, a rating of 0 means a well-developed strength that can be used in an action plan. A 1 is a helpful strength that can be built upon, 2 needs strength-building efforts before being utilized in a plan, and 3 reveals there is no strength identified currently.
A Parent Guide regarding online safety.
Know! Recommends tips for adults to aid youth of all ages in developing social skills.
To help youth and assist those who have lost a loved one to suicide, faith leaders can expand their mental health awareness with this guide.
Parents, Educators, and Professionals can assist youth in recognizing stressful moments and developing coping strategies.
A brief guide on talking to your college-bound student around issues with drinking.
Parent Guide to talking about underage drinking.
