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
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.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 … read more
Source: Active Minds
Sexual Assault: A Guide for Families and Loved Ones of Survivors
Guide for understanding and helping friends or family members who have survived a rape or sexual assault.
Source: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
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 of Potential Homelessness in a Virtual Learning World
This infographic is a quick, visual way to help teachers and other staff identify students who may be experiencing homelessness, as they connect with them virtually.
Source: SchoolHouse Connection
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
STAR Center
The development of leadership contributes greatly to the positive development of young people and their communities. Leadership skills, such as goal-setting, problem-solving and sound decision-making, are not just necessary for leaders – these skills are needed for success in today’s … read more
Source: STAR Center
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
Strategic Primer on College Student Mental Health
Published by the APA, NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, and the American Council on Education, the primer explains that mental health issues are a “critical component” of ensuring students’ success.
Source: NASPA
Stress Continuum Indicators Brochure PDF
This brochure includes a guide that lists common indicators for each zone. This is not a checklist. It is not meant for diagnosing and is not comprehensive. Rather, it gives some signs to help recognize when and to what extent … read more
Source: US Coast Guard
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
Stress Screener
Screening tool offered by Mental Health America. Site also includes information on the negative health consequences of too much stress and how to manage stress.
Source: Mental Health America
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
Student In-Take and Discharge Forms
This is a detailed health services intake form that campuses can use to quickly assess student needs.
Source: Modesto
Student Mental Health Committee Strategic Planning Worksheet (Fresno-Reedley Consortium)
This worksheet is a task planning matrix for mental health services strategic planning. It shows how to align goals with specific tasks/activities.
Source: State Center Community College District
Student of Concern Monthly Tracker
This Excel spreadsheet allows campuses to track the number of students referred for different areas of concern, and also track each student.
Source: West Valley College