The following toolkits were developed to provide resources, support and strategies to cope with the day-to-day and increase well-being.
Suicide
Preventing Youth Suicide: Tips for Parents and Educators
- This resource provides parents and educators with an understanding of suicide risk factors, warning signs and guidance on what to do if a child or adolescent is at risk for suicide.
Save a Friend: Tips for Teens to Prevent Suicide
- Save a Friend provides teens with an understanding of suicide risk factors, warning signs and guidance on what to do if a peer is at risk for suicide.
If you are experiencing thoughts of suicide, know that you are not alone. Reach out now – We care about you!
- Please call 211 and tell the operator you must speak with the suicide lifeline.
- Call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
If you are unsafe and need help…
- If you need help immediately, call 911.
- Need to talk with a counselor? Call or text the National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453. Live chat is available at www.childhelphotline.org.
If someone in your house is unsafe or needs help…
- If you need help immediately, call 911.
- Need to talk with a counselor/advocate? Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or live chat at https://www.thehotline.org/what-is-live-chat/.
Educator Toolbox
Anxiety & Worry
Classroom Accommodations for Anxiety
Classroom Accommodations for Anxiety provides educators with practical accommodations to support students who may be experiencing anxiety. Tips for providing emotional support, classroom scheduled, setup, routines, giving instruction, assignments, and introducing new concepts.
Helping Traumatized Children Learn Volume 1 and Volume 2
Helping Traumatized Children Learn provides school leadership with a flexible framework to help create trauma-informed learning environments.
Child Trauma Toolkit for Educators
The Child Trauma Toolkit is a comprehensive guide for Educators. It provides educators with an understanding of what trauma may ‘look like’ in the school setting and actions to help students feel safe.
Tips to Manage Anxiety and Stress
Tips to Manage Anxiety and Stress from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America provides educators with practical strategies to cope with anxiety.
A Compassionate Guide to Managing Anxiety Volume 2
A Compassionate Guide to Managing Anxiety Volume 2 from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America provides educators with practical strategies and supports to cope with anxiety.
Student Toolbox
Suicide
Save a Friend: Tips for Teens to Prevent Suicide
Save a Friend provides teens with an understanding of suicide risk factors, warning signs and guidance on what to do if a peer is at risk for suicide.
If you are experiencing thoughts of suicide, know that you are not alone. Reach out now – We care about you!
- Please call 211 and tell the operator you must speak with the suicide lifeline.
- Call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
If you are unsafe and need help…
- If you need help immediately call 911.
- Need to talk with a counselor? Call or text the National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453. Live chat is available at www.childhelphotline.org
If someone in your house is unsafe or needs help…
- If you need help immediately call 911.
- Need to talk with a counselor/advocate? Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or live chat at https://www.thehotline.org/what-is-live-chat/.