Announcements

This brief describes the educational barriers faced by unaccompanied homeless youth (UY). It explains the key provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act related to the education of UY and suggests strategies for supporting these students’ educational success. Learn more.

This webpage provides guidelines for helping adults and children cope with disaster. The page shares risk factors for disaster-related stress, includes tips to ease stress and reassure children after a disaster, and provides common reactions in children after a disaster or traumatic event at various developmental stages. Learn more.  

This resource shares strategies with the best available evidence to reduce suicide. The Prevention Resource can help states and communities prioritize suicide prevention activities most likely to have an impact. The programs, practices, and policies in the Prevention Resource can be tailored to the needs of populations and communities. Learn more.  

This brief provides information for educators who work with students experiencing homelessness on supporting the transition from secondary to postsecondary education. The brief also spotlights promising practices and partnerships to support college completion for students experiencing homelessness at a community college and a 4-year college. Learn more.  

This guide (PDF, 2 pages) provides tips to help parents start conversations with their high school students about drug use. The document shares general guidelines and framing as well as do’s and don’ts for holding the conversation. Learn more (PDF, 2 pages).  

This resource contains effective strategies and approaches to help local, community, state, and other organizations plan for and implement a wide range of substance use prevention activities. ENGAGE has three components that organizations can use to guide their youth substance use prevention efforts: 

• Six strategies to prevent or delay youth substance use initiation 
• Approaches for each strategy that can be tailored to address the specific needs of different communities 
• Evidence for each approach in preventing youth substance use or related risk factors 

Learn more. 

These posters provide information about living situations that may qualify a child or youth for services under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and explains the educational rights that young people experiencing homelessness are entitled to. This resource can be printed and posted in locations that parents and youth frequent. Posters include:  

• Educational Rights (for youth)
• Educational Rights (for parents)

This issue brief (PDF, 3 pages) outlines risk factors for youth human trafficking and corresponding strategies that K–12 schools can implement to help protect students from trafficking situations. Schools can play an important role in preventing and responding to youth human trafficking, and understanding the factors that make students susceptible to trafficking is an important first step. To counteract youth trafficking risk factors, schools can put in place a range of protective actions that help to foster trusted relationships, address student needs, develop youth skills and awareness, and build a safe school community. Learn more (PDF, 3 pages).

This resource provides tips on how to talk to a friend about their drug use or mental health. Additional resources to keep the conversation going are provided. Learn more.

These training modules support practitioners who want to improve their knowledge of deafblindness and gain practical information they can put to use in the home or classroom. These modules can be easily incorporated into a wide variety of in-person or virtual training programs, courses, or events. Each includes more than two hours of training, divided into four 30-minute lessons. Lessons are presented in three short video sections plus additional activities and resources. Learn more.

This guide (PDF, 2 pages) provides tips to help parents start conversations with their middle school students about drug use. The document shares general guidelines and framing as well as do’s and don’ts for holding the conversation. Learn more (PDF, 2 pages).  

This campaign helps prevent and reduce drug use and overdose among youth. The campaign, which seeks to address the connection between substance use and mental health among youth ages 12–17, features these resources:

• Facts About Substances 
• Information for Parents and Caregivers
• Free Mind Materials (fact sheets, videos, social media content)  

Learn more.

These trainings help youth professionals and caretakers better understand what human trafficking is, why youth are vulnerable, and how they can help prevent, recognize, and report the crime. Learn more. 

This training course on concussions is designed to help school professionals to better support students recovering from concussion by understanding, monitoring, and accommodating their individual needs. The tool is for classroom teachers (grades K–12), school administrators, paraprofessionals, teachers' aides, and other staff who work with students. Resources for parents are also provided. Learn more. 

This quiz tests users’ knowledge of substance use facts. Parents of young people can take the quiz to evaluate their knowledge of teen substance use. Learn more. 

This issue brief (PDF, 3 pages) outlines information and strategies to create or enhance a K–12 threat assessment and reporting program. It also includes a listing of aligned resources, guides, reports, toolkits, and trainings to support schools in these efforts. Learn more (PDF, 3 pages). 

In this webinar, researchers and practitioners discussed current findings and impactful strategies for the prevention of suicide and bullying from several perspectives. Presenters described approaches that can reduce incidences of cyberbullying and support mental wellness among young people. Learn more.

This quiz tests parents’ knowledge of the latest illegal drug slang as a step to help them recognize warning signs of substance misuse among teens. Parents can review the Drug Index for information on various drugs, then take the quiz to test their knowledge. Learn more. 

This presentation provided an overview of motor vehicle injuries, discussing the scope of the problem and prevention strategies, followed by guidance and resources for fatality review teams. A state-level partner covered working with child death review and Title V programs. Learn more. 

This activity sheet encourages students to use emergency preparedness data collected by the Census Bureau to explain how prepared U.S. residents are for natural disasters and prompts them to think critically when preparing for emergencies. Learn more.