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Resource: Supporting Families with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

This webpage provides information about mental health and substance use disorders affecting parents and youth as well as assessment tools and treatment programs.   Co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders  Working with families: Mental health  Working with families: Substance use  Learn more.  ...

Report: Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences Among U.S. Adults — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011–2020

This report shares data about the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences among adults, lasting impacts of ACES on adult health and well-being, and implications for public health practice. Learn more.  

Resource: U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection

This advisory (PDF, 82 pages) emphasizes the important role that social connection plays in individual, community, and societal health. It offers recommendations for increasing and strengthening social connection through a whole-of-society approach. The advisory presents a framework for a national strategy to improve social connection with specific recommendations for the ...

Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for centers to support transdisciplinary teams of clinical and mental health services researchers, behavioral scientists, social scientists, health information and communications technologists, health systems engineers, decision scientists, and mental health stakeholders (e.g., service users, family members, clinicians, payers) to engage in high-impact studies ...

Resource: Guiding Principles and Best Practices in School Discipline to Support Students’ Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Needs

This webpage features a series of four fact sheets that describe best practices and approaches to help support and respond to students’ social, emotional, behavioral, and academic needs, including practices to reduce the use of exclusionary discipline in schools. Each of these fact sheets is tailored to a specific audience ...

National Mental Health Awareness Month

This presidential proclamation declares May National Mental Health Awareness Month. In the proclamation, the president calls on citizens, government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other groups to take action to strengthen the mental health of communities across the Nation. Learn more.  ...

Resource: Good Behavior Game

This report (PDF, 21 pages) summarizes the available evidence on the effects of Good Behavior Game on student and teacher outcomes. The Good Behavior Game is a classroom management strategy that aims to improve social skills, minimize disruptive behaviors, and create a positive learning environment. Learn more.  ...

Webinar Recording: Education, Special Education, and Accommodations for Students with Psychosis: Working with Youth, Families, Teachers, and Schools

This webinar provided information and tangible suggestions on how to effectively work with schools, families, and students on behalf of high school students with psychosis. The webinar discussed federally mandated educational programs and regulations (e.g., Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA], Individualized Education Programs [IEPs], 504s) and relevant accommodations for ...

Resource: The Trauma-Informed Teacher Tip Guide

This resource helps educators more effectively and empathetically respond to students experiencing ongoing stress and trauma. This guide provides methods teachers can use to understand signs of dysregulation, decode student behaviors related to trauma, and apply evidence-based tools that help students move to a place of emotional regulation. Learn more.   ...

Resource: U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health

This Advisory describes current evidence on the impacts of social media on the mental health of young people. The advisory outlines immediate steps that parents, youth, researchers, policymakers, and tech companies can take to mitigate the risk of harm to young people. Learn more. 
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