The Dibble Institute has created Mind Matters Minutes, a new, no-cost Mind Matters virtual tool for use with students in both virtual and in-person settings. Mind Matters Minutes provide teachers and direct service providers with short video practices from the Mind Matters curriculum that can easily be shared with young people. Each practice presents a […]
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Send Silence Packing: Beyond the Backpacks
Active Minds’ Send Silence Packing® exhibit has traveled the country for over a decade, reaching close to a million individuals, to end the silence that surrounds mental health and suicide and connect visitors with resources for support and action. Thanks to generous support from RSM Global, Beyond the Backpacks will now complement the traveling exhibit […]
GritX Make your Own Self-care Toolkit
GritX offers adolescents and young adults customizable interactive resources that include a self-care kit, skills studio, journaling, and breathing exercises they can develop online or via a smart device, download and refer back to regularly.
Building Skills for Cross-Cultural Communication and Resilience During COVID-19
COVID-19 has added to the way many of us see the world through different lenses. Differences in our worldview perspectives can cause disconnection and lead to a lack of resilience. At the same time, our ability to help each other is the main tool that we have in these difficult times. Joel Jackson explores stereotypes, […]
Navigating Risk of Suicide in the Context of Substance Misuse: Best Practices for Supporting Youth and Young Adults
This panel discussion, co-hosted with the Pacific Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center, highlights real-world intersections of substance misuse prevention and mental health best practices to reduce risk of suicide among youth and young adults. The session examines shared risk and protective factors, outlines college programs for behavioral health, and explores a state systems approach to […]
Suicide Prevention: Assessing the Environment and Culture for Risk
Tiara Peterkin, LCSW, reviews key elements of the psychological and social environment that increase likelihood of suicidality. To make a nuanced assessment, we must understand relevant cultural factors and their impact on an individual’s suicide risk. To that end, the presenter also provides a brief review of special risk factors for populations at increased risk […]
Culturally Responsive and Socially Distanced Suicide Prevention: Safety Planning and Other Resources in Pandemic Times
Dr. Heliana Ramirez discusses evidence-based strategies for suicide prevention, safety planning under social distancing orders, and the distinct factors related to suicidal crises among diverse populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. This session pays particular attention to social determinants of health related to elevated suicide rates among LGBTQ people, Veterans, Native Americans, and Latina youth and […]
Homelessness and the Pandemic: Five Youth Share Insights
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives in unimaginable ways, and education is no exception. Youth with experiences of homelessness have long faced significant and unique barriers to education, health, and well-being, but their challenges have been further amplified in the wake of the pandemic.
COVID-19 and Your Mental Health
Experts share their insights on managing mental and emotional health in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.
Supporting School Mental Health in the Context of Racial Violence Session 1: Learning from and With Students, Caregivers, Advocates, and Systems Leaders
Learning From and With Students, Caregivers, Advocates and Systems Leaders is Session 1 of the two-part learning series Supporting School Mental Health in the Context of Racial Violence. This learning series is intended for students, families, educators and school mental health professionals who are navigating the impact of racial violence on student mental health. Each […]