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The Trevor Project Releases Mental Health Guide for Black LGBTQ Youth

June 7, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz

The Trevor Project, a national organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ young people, has released a guide to supporting Black LGBTQ youth in dealing with the mental health aftermath of recent violence against Black Americans, as well as additional guidance for providers working with Black LGBTQ youth.

Access the guide here»

AAP outlines needs of youths in justice system including during pandemic

May 7, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz

New guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics on “Responding to the Needs of Youth Involved With the Justice System During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

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With Senior Year In Disarray, Teens And Young Adults Feel Lost. Here’s How To Help

April 20, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz

Tips and guidance from child-serving mental health professionals on how to support young people dealing with grief and disappointment due to missing developmental milestones, such as prom and graduation, during the coronavirus pandemic.

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12 Resources Available To Help Children During This Stressful Time

April 10, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz

Good roundup of tools and resources to support children’s (and parents’!) mental health during the pandemic

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Coronavirus and Parenting: What You Need to Know Now

March 13, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz

This article from NPR covers all the bases of talking to your kids about the Coronavirus, from “How do I get them to stop touching their faces?!” to “With racist incidents toward Asians and Asian Americans, is this a teaching moment for social justice?”

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Practice Brief: Supporting the Youth Peer Workforce

March 9, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz

This new practice brief, prepared in collaboration with MHTTC and Pathways RTC, addresses the existing research on how to best support youth peer support specialists and offers strategies and to address some of the common challenges they and their employers face.

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Child Trends Brief: Applying the Research and Evaluation Provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act

November 19, 2019 | Emily Taylor

Child Trends has published a brief with information for state agencies, legislators, and researchers on the Family First Act. The brief outlines research and evaluation requirements for prevention and kinship services currently eligible for federal reimbursement under the Family First Act.

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Tools to Measure Progress in Implementing Trauma-Informed Approach

October 17, 2019 | Emily Taylor

The Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, Inc. (CHDI) has published “Issue Brief 72: Are We Trauma-Informed? Tools to Measure Progress in a Program, School, or Organization,” which summarizes results of a research review they, along with the Yale School of Medicine, and the Medical University of South Carolina, did of 49 surveys evaluating trauma-informed approach. The reviewers identified four assessment tools as the most promising for evaluating an organization’s progress in implementing a trauma-informed approach.

Read the issue brief on evaluation of trauma-informed approaches»

2019 Children’s Mental Health Report: Social Media, Gaming and Mental Health

October 16, 2019 | Emily Taylor

The Child Mind Institute’s “2019 Children’s Mental Health Report: Social Media, Gaming and Mental Health” is intended to help parents, professionals and policymakers better understand the online lives of children and adolescents. The report includes information on the positive and negative mental health effects of online activities and provides guidelines for social media and internet use.

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National School Mental Health Curriculum

October 3, 2019 | Emily Taylor

The Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network Coordinating Office and the National Center for School Mental Health have developed a national school mental health curriculum. Designed to provide guidance and best practices for states, districts, and schools, the curriculum includes a trainer manual, participant manual, 8 training presentations designed for a series of one-hour, in-person sessions and 5 recorded virtual learning sessions.

For more information and to access the curriculum»