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This infographic (PDF, 1 page) provides simple tips for increasing cybersecurity readiness, cyber-awareness, and strategies to help teachers and school administrators recognize and defeat cyber threats and protect students’ and staff privacy. Learn more.

This playbook helps stakeholders develop suicide prevention communication campaigns that contribute to behavior change. The playbook helps state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments and nonprofit and private organizations/coalitions clarify their goals, define and understand their audience, and develop and evaluate their campaign. Learn more.

The guide (PDF, 72 pages) provides an overview of substance use among young people and describes some of the substances they may use. The guide examines child and adolescent risk factors for trying alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs, describes protective factors that help offset those risks, and provides suggestions for talking to young people about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Parent tips on what to do if you suspect your child is using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs are also provided. Learn more (PDF, 72 pages).

This resource (PDF, 54 pages) focuses on how education practitioners can best align behavioral threat assessment and management programs alongside multi-tiered systems of support in K–12 schools. It includes information on the critical features of behavioral threat assessment and management and best practices for implementation, essential elements of positive behavioral interventions and supports in schools, and considerations for aligning and integrating behavioral threat assessment and management and a multi-tiered system of supports framework. Learn more (PDF, 54 pages).

This guide (PDF, 2 pages) provides tips to help parents start conversations with their young adults 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 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.