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 >>
The Complicated Relationship Between Screen Time and Depression
Some experts think that the rise in mental health problems in youth can be tied to an event in 2007: The introduction of the iPhone. Psychologist and author Jean M. Twenge wants us to believe that the “iGen”, the generation Read more >>
Can you tell the difference between a mental health myth and fact? Learn the truth about the most common mental health myths. Mental Health Problems Affect Everyone Myth: Mental health problems don’t affect me. Fact: Mental health problems are actually Read more >>
Children’s Mental Health: Signs Your Child Is Struggling
As a parent or caregiver, you want the best for your children or other dependents. You may be concerned or have questions about certain behaviors they exhibit and how to ensure they get help. Read more >>
Eating Disorders — Anorexia, Binge Eating, and Bulimia
Eating disorders involve extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors involving weight and food. Read more >>
Concrete Ways To Help Students Self-Regulate And Prioritize Work
There are a lot of skills necessary to succeed in school that aren’t directly about mastering content, including the ability to recognize, name and control ones emotions. The school day often comes with lots of emotion, everything from elation to Read more >>
National PTA’s Special Education Toolkit [web resource]
The Special Education Toolkit from National Parent-Teacher Association (National PTA) helps make sense of an often confusing system and educates families of newly diagnosed children with special needs on how to get the best special education, services, and resources available 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 >>
Fight Flight Freeze – Anxiety Explained for Teens
F3 or the Fight-Flight-Freeze response is the body’s automatic, built-in system designed to protect us from threat or danger. This video teaches teens how anxiety can trigger this normal biological response. 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 >>
