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The Benefits of a Gap Year for Students with ADHD

The concept of a gap year makes perfect sense: Your stressed-out teen with ADHD takes a year off to mature, gain independence, build skills, and find direction before entering college or starting a career. But isn’t it risky to step Read more >>

Tips for Talking with Teens About Social Media and Thinking Traps

There has been a lot of attention on the negative impacts social media can have for teens and even pre-teens’ mental health. Read more >>

How Parents Can Help Children with ADHD Thrive in Friendships

“Vibrant” is how Caroline Poisson describes her seven-year-old son. “He’s incredible, enthusiastic and curious,” she said. “And then there’s a side of what we call kryptonite and we talk about his ADHD brain, where there are some things that are Read more >>

Decoding Dyslexia

Kids have a lot to learn in their first five years of life. They learn to walk, talk, and eventually to start reading. But while kids can pick up walking and talking naturally, they must be taught how to read. Read more >>

17 Mental Health Resources For Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Racism and xenophobia take a serious toll on Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Research has found that racism and discrimination have a significant negative impact on mental health. In addition, communities subjected to othering by the dominant racial group Read more >>

Asian American Mental Health Stigma: Why It Exists and How to Combat It

A study found stigmas that associate mental illness with disability are the largest barrier to Asian Americans accessing mental healthcare. Read more >>

Asian American / Pacific Islander Communities and Mental Health

It’s important to recognize that the term “AAPI” (Asian American / Pacific Islander) encompasses a wide range of countries, ethnicities, nationalities, and identities. Many different communities within AAPI label face their own unique challenges: from the trauma faced by those Read more >>

Confronting Mental Health Barriers in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community

Anti-Asian rhetoric and incidents have been on the rise in recent years, spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic. These types of events reinforce trauma and fear within the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and have profound effects on Read more >>

Why Asian Americans Don’t Seek Help for Mental Illness

Mental health stigma affects all ethnicities, cultures, and nationalities, but Asian Americans may be more impacted than most. The National Latino and Asian American Study reported that while 18% of the general U.S. population sought mental health services and resources, Read more >>

Adolescent Development Explained [downloadable]

Adolescence is a time of enormous transition. Although adolescence may appear to be a turbulent time, it is also a period of great potential as young people engage more deeply with the world around them. Adolescents typically grow physically, try Read more >>

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