Health & Wellness Resources

These health and wellness resources are an extensive, curated collection of tools and resources. The library includes external resources as well as resources that were developed under CCC Health & Wellness or submitted by the colleges. Search by keyword, topic, and/or audience.

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Self-Injury

Student Caffe’s page on self-injury discusses ways of coping with self-injury impulses, how to help a friend who might be self-injuring, and further resources that may help.

Source: Student Caffe

Self-Test for Teenagers

20 questions that will allow you to determine if you or someone you know is at risk for drug or alcohol dependence and in need of intervention and support.

Source: National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence, Inc

Seven Self-care Tips for College Students

Practicing self-care helps you be able to adapt to changes, build strong relationships and recover from setbacks.

Sidekick

Sidekick is a collaborative project combining the resources of six programs for CCCs under one, easy-to-use website. Each program is committed to helping you create engaging multimedia content that is accessible to all community college students.

Source: Sidekick

Signs Your Friend Might Be Struggling Emotionally

Balancing all of life’s demands–school, work, relationships, finances–can be stressful for anyone. And on top of our everyday challenges, going through certain transitions – losing a job, experiencing a break-up, questioning one’s identity, grieving a loved one– could challenge any … read more

Source: The JED Foundation

Six Tips for Supporting College Students during the Holidays

Earlier this year, SchoolHouse Connection, Youth Villages, and Juvenile Law Center created an editable toolkit for colleges and universities to help inform decisions to support students with experience with homelessness and foster care during COVID-19. As the semester comes to … read more

Source: SchoolHouse Connection

SPRC Research to Practice Webinar, Promoting Help-Seeking Among College Students: Strategies for Suicide Prevention

This webinar will focus on one component of a comprehensive, public health approach to suicide prevention and mental health promotion on campuses: increasing student help-seeking. Presenters will share recent research findings and will describe strategies their campuses are employing to … read more

Source: Suicide Prevention Resource Center

SPRC: Colleges and Universities

SPRC is the nation’s only federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. This page provides information and resources on suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention for colleges and universities.

Source: Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Start Your Recovery substance misuse resource for California

Substance use recovery locations.

Source: Start Your Recovery

State Laws Supporting College Students Experiencing Homelessness

The majority of well-paying jobs created since 2010 require some education beyond high school. State legislatures have been actively supporting access and success in post-secondary education for students experiencing homelessness over the past few years. State legislation can provide a … read more

Source: SchoolHouse Connection

Stop Bullying

Website of the US Department of Health and Human Services offers information and resources on preventing and responding to bullying and cyberbullying.

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Strengthening Mental Health Support for Students

Colleges understand that the magnitude of current needs warrants a public health response, as opposed to the more typical clinical approach.

Stress Help Guide (Helpguide.org)

Everyone experiences stress differently and it can affect your mental and physical health in many different ways. Stress that you can tolerate helps you to stay focused, energetic, and alert. But when stress becomes overwhelming, it can damage your health, … read more

Source: Help Guide

Stress Management

The Mayo Clinic website offers numerous articles on stress, medical effects of stress, and stress management.

Source: Mayo Clinic

Stress Management Resources from Mind Tools

All of us get stressed from time to time. This page teaches 74 skills that help you change your environment to reduce stress, relax when you’re under pressure, and cope when there’s nothing you can do about the situation. We … read more

Source: Mind Tools

Student Experiences During the Pandemic Pivot

The survey findings, which represent the experiences and needs of over 15,000 students, provide us with an understanding of the challenges that students—and in turn, their faculty, administrators, and institutions more broadly—have faced as we now approach a new year … read more

Source: Ithaka SR

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