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Children and Mental Health: Is This Just a Stage? [downloadable]

All children are sad, anxious, irritable, or aggressive at times, and many find it occasionally challenging to sit still, pay attention, or interact with others. In most cases, these are just typical developmental phases. However, such behaviors may also indicate Read more >>

Report: Are Students’ Assessments of Their Own Interpersonal Skills Reliable? [downloadable]

Researchers who examined data from five large California school districts have concluded that measures of students’ personal strengths and interpersonal skills are not reliable enough at this point to include in states’ and districts’ school accountability systems. Read more >>

Family Guides: Help Your Children Succeed in Key Learning Areas [downloadable]

When families, communities and schools work together, students are more successful. In fact, decades of research show that students with involved parents are more likely to attend school regularly, perform better in school, develop better social skills, and go on Read more >>

Anxiety Canada [web resource] [downloadable]

Anxiety Canada provides information to help understand anxiety in children, teens, and adults and practical tips, resources, and self-help tools to help manage anxiety. Read more >>

Lack of Sleep May Increase Likelihood of Teens Engaging in Risky Behaviors

Teenagers who don’t get enough sleep may be at an increased risk of engaging in unsafe sexual behaviors, such as not using condoms or having sex under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to new research published by the Read more >>

Mental Health Facts: Children and Teens [downloadable]

Did you know that 1 in 5 teens between the ages of 13 and 18 have or will have a serious mental illness? Or that 50% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14 and 75% by Read more >>

Cops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff is Harming Students [downloadable]

Today’s school children are experiencing record levels of depression and anxiety, alongside multiple forms of trauma. Cops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff is Harming Students reviews state-level student-to-school-based mental health personnel ratios as well Read more >>

Tips for Discussing Suicide on Social Media — A Guide for Youth [downloadable]

There are pros and cons to social media discussions of suicide. Social media can spread helpful knowledge and support, but it can also quickly disseminate harmful messaging and misinformation that puts vulnerable youth at risk. Read more >>

Learn More about Early Developmental Milestones with the CDC’s Children’s Books [downloadable]

Talk, read, sing and play with your child every day. CDC’s amazing books can help! Baby’s Busy Day (Un día ocupado del bebé, en Español), Where is Bear? (¿Dónde Está Osito?, en Español), and Amazing Me (Soy Maravilloso, en Español), are fun Read more >>

California Department of Education Bullying Resources for Educators [downloadable]

The California Department of Education’s Online Bullying Training Module and Bullying Module are intended to assist all school staff, school administrators, parents, pupils, and community members in increasing their knowledge of the dynamics of bullying. Read more >>

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