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Resource: Educator Toolkit: Eating Disorder Information for a School Setting

This toolkit (PDF, 46 pages) helps educators and school staff to grow their understanding about youth eating disorders and support students who may be affected. It includes screening, treatment, and crisis plan outlines. Learn more (PDF, 46 pages).   

Bidirectional Influences Between Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) focuses on understanding bidirectional relationships between social media use and adolescent mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and risk or resilience for psychopathology. For the purposes of this FOA, social media are defined as internet-based communication platforms and applications that enable interactions between users by sharing or ...

Bidirectional Influences Between Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) focuses on understanding bidirectional relationships between social media use and adolescent mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and risk or resilience for psychopathology. For the purposes of this FOA, social media are defined as internet-based communication platforms and applications that enable interactions between users by sharing or ...

Resource: Discipline and Behavior Blog Series

The director of the Office of Special Education Programs launched a new blog series that will explain topics of interest related to the discipline and behavior guidance package released by her office this past summer. The blog series will discuss topics such as alternatives to exclusionary discipline, informal removals, discipline ...

Resource: Advancing Equity: Five Districts Focus on Improving Outcomes of Black and Latinx Students

This blog explores the Equity in Action Project, which involved five California school districts committed to racial equity change. The overarching goal for these districts was to increase the safety, well-being, and engagement of Black and Latinx students and their families. Positive takeaways from the district participants included learning the ...

Resource: Did You Know?

This resource provides data, findings, and infographics for public health professionals on caregiver memory loss. Learn more. 

Resource: Highlights From the 2020 Juvenile Residential Facility Census

This data snapshot (PDF, 1 page) draws on data from OJJDP's Juvenile Residential Facility Census to describe changes in where youth are placed and services provided. Data show the number of youth in placement fell 77 percent between 2000 and 2020. The proportion of facilities that are locally operated has ...

Resource: Youth AFFIRM: Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning (LGBTQ+) Populations

This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) provides an overview of AFFIRM Youth, a coping-skills training intervention focused on reducing mental health issues and behavioral risks experienced by LGBTQ+ populations. Learn more.  

Resource: AFFIRM Caregiver: Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Caregivers of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning (LGBTQ+) Populations

This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) provides an overview of AFFIRM Caregiver, an intervention designed to enhance affirmative parenting practices that promote the safety and well-being of LGBTQ+ youth. Learn more. 

Resource: Youth Acceptance Project

This fact sheet (PDF, 1 page) highlights the Youth Acceptance Project (YAP), a clinical model that works with families of LGBTQ+ youth to address their fears and worries related to their LGBTQ+ child and help the family learn new and supportive behaviors to improve their youth’s well-being. Learn more.  ...
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