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What Students With Mental Health Challenges Should Consider in the College Search
You’re at the end of your junior year of high school with a list of colleges that interest you. You’ve also faced some mental health challenges, and the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t help. And maybe you wonder if your preferred colleges Read more >>
Five Tips From Experts on Taking a Mental Health Break From College
Many students are considering taking time away from school to tend to their mental health — and it is something that should be encouraged, experts say. Still, navigating those waters may be intimidating. Here’s what mental health experts in academia Read more >>
First of Its Kind Survey Depicts the State of Mental Health for Youth of Color in the U.S
In a first-of-its-kind national survey that focuses on the mental health of Youth of Color, the AAKOMA Project‘s State of Mental Health for Youth of Color (SOMHYOC) surveyed almost 3,000 young people of color ages 13 to 25 to study Read more >>
Supporting the Social-Emotional Needs of 2e Students [downloadable]
Understanding and supporting a 2e students’ social-emotional needs is essential to their well-being. It is important for parents and school staff to develop 2e students’ strengths while supporting areas of need. Read more >>
Twice-Exceptional Kids: Both Gifted and Challenged
Some children are highly gifted in areas such as math, writing or music. Others have learning challenges like ADHD, dyslexia or dyscalculia, autism or sensory processing issues. But there are also kids who fit into both categories. They’re called “twice-exceptional,” Read more >>
Gifted Children With ADHD, and the Challenges Their Parents Face
With the new school year underway, some parents will have a harder time than others because of a little known, but very real phenomenon: their child is “twice-exceptional.” These children have both the potential for high achievement (“gifted”) and a Read more >>
Pandemic Stress Prematurely Aged Teens’ Brains, Stanford Study Finds
The stress from the pandemic prematurely aged adolescents’ brains, according to a new Stanford University study that adds to the growing list of the lockdown’s troubling impacts on teens. Read more >>
How to Practice Self-Compassion
Self-criticism is a common problem, and not one to be overlooked: the way you talk to yourself plays a vital role in wellbeing. Luckily, the problem of the harsh self-critic is fixable. Below are five ways to help you overcome Read more >>
How to Care for Your Kids — by First Caring for Yourself
In this NPR interview, mindfulness expert and psychologist Susan Pollak discusses letting of constant self-judgment and treating yourself with the same kindness and caring you strive to offer your kids. Read more >>
Stop Hurting Your Own Feelings: Tips on Quashing Negative Self-Talk
Do you ever hurt your own feelings? A curt reply to that thoughtful work email, zero responses to that happy hour invitation – little slights like these get my inner critic going. What a dumb thing to say! Of course Read more >>
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