Resources

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This page is a living, growing, document. Explore below and find links to:

• Resources for Schools and Educators
• General Information on Mental Health Challenges
• Mental Health Provider Directories
• Resources for Specific Populations (including Gifted and Twice Exceptional (2E) youth, LGBTQIA+ youth, and youth with other marginalized identities).
• Parenting and Behavior Management
• Stress Management Resources

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For Schools and Educators

• Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) provides knowledge about high-quality, evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) for educators and policy leaders.
  
• Learning For Justice provides free classroom resources and professional development centering justice and action that educators and students can take to reduce prejudice and prevent the growth of hate.
  
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) provides resources for youth and those who care about them on a variety of traumatic experiences.
  
• National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) provides resources on school climate, safety, and crisis.

Information About Mental Health Challenges

• Help Guide provides tools, resources, and evidence-based information related to mental health challenges, parenting, relationships, and other health & wellness related topics.
  
• The American Psychological Association (APA) is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. This site provides general advice on how to be helpful to a friend or family member during an emotional crisis.
  
• MentalHealth.gov, hosted by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, provides brief, general, information on a variety of mental health problems and disorders, how to talk about mental health, and how to find support.

Finding a Mental Health Provider

Finding affirming and knowledgeable healthcare providers is an essential first step to a helpful experience. Check providers’ websites to see if forms provide options for self identification of important identities such as race, culture, sexual orientation, and gender experience. Look for non-discrimination policies and statements. Feel empowered to ask:

– Do you regularly work with (insert identities) or would I be one of the first?
– Does your facility have (gender neutral bathrooms, spaces for prayer, or other important accommodations)?
– Are there any (insert identity; e.g., Black, Female, LGBTQIA+, Jewish, or other identities that are important to you) staff in your office?

• Effective Child Therapy provides information on how to locate a psychologist as well as advice for choosing a therapist and a variety of other helpful resources for caregivers.
  
• Inclusive Therapists is a directory aimed at helping people find culturally responsive, social justice oriented therapists based on their own identities and their therapists’ identities.
  
• Davidson Gifted provides guidance for finding therapists to work with academically talented youth

Help in a Crisis

It’s important to know where you can turn for help. In life threatening emergencies, dial 911 or go to your closest emergency room. The crisis lines below provide support from trained and supervised crisis counselors free of charge 24/7. Individuals who are experiencing crises themselves, or those who care about someone going through a mental health crisis, can use crisis lines.

• Call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 from any phone in the U.S. (or chat online)
  
• Text HOME to 741741 to reach the Crisis Text Line.

Academically Talented & 2E Youth

• National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) provides a variety of free, high-quality resources for Administrators, educators, and parents of intellectually and academically talented youth.
  
• MENSA for Kids provides free, high-quality, lesson plans, activities, games, and other educational resources for kids of all ages.
  
• The 2e News (formerly 2e Newsletter) provides parents, teachers, and professionals with education, resources, and advocacy that supports raising, teaching, and working with twice exceptional youth.
  

LGBTQIA Youth

Acceptance from at least one adult can decrease the risk of LGBTQ youth attempting suicide by 40%.

• Planned Parenthood has a great directory of resources and support information for LGBTQIA+ youth and allies.
  
• The ACLU put together a knowledge database to help LGBTQIA youth and their allies learn more about civil rights and actions to make schools safer, more welcoming places.
  
• Coming Out | The Trevor Project publishes a Coming Out Handbook for youth, and PFLAG publishes Be Yourself: A Question and Answer Guide for Youth

Parenting

• Children’s Behavior Checker provides skill-building guidance on how to manage challenging behaviors.
  
• Sesame Street in Communities provides videos and more on 35+ topics important to kids and their families.
  
• Common Sense Media provides reviews by age, entertainment type (e.g., Movies & TV, Books, Apps & Games), genre, and more to help parents choose appropriate media and learn about what their kids are interested in.
  
• ESRB (the regulatory body for the video game industry) provides information to help parents make informed choices about the games their families play.

Stress Management

Several different websites and services are available to support stress management and often include things such as meditation and mindfulness training which are evidence-based tools that assist in managing stress.

• Headspace, Calm, and Shine are three great apps with some free meditations as well as paid subscription services that provide access to more resources.
  
• This Virtual Calming Room, assembled by Sacramento School District, provides free links to sounds, visualizations, and activities (even live animal cameras from zoos and aquariums across the U.S.) to help take a break from big feelings. School districts nationwide have developed similar virtual calming rooms!

Please Note: Yarnell Consultation maintains this resource list as a public service to provide information and support education by sharing direct links to sites that may be helpful. This does not constitute professional advice, or imply that Yarnell Consultation endorses all information on each of these sites. While reasonable effort is made to monitor and present current, accurate, information, Yarnell Consultation cannot make any claims or assume any responsibility for the reliability of information contained at or functionality of the URLs provided.

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