Parent Education Materials
Parent Education Materials
Resources for parents, guardians, or family members who are looking to gain greater insight into and understanding of mental health issues faced by youth and adolescents today.
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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988 to connect 24/7 with a trained counselor for free, confidential support—for yourself or if you’re worried about your child. You don’t have to be in immediate danger to reach out.
Parenting Solutions at Your Finger Tips
MPY is pleased to offer proven resources to help students' families thrive. Explore this curated collection of quick videos and informative handouts thoughtfully grouped by relevant topics. Each segment below is filled with with proven, practical, and easy-to-implement video solutions on a wide range of parenting challenges.
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Leaders in Youth Mental Health Series Hosted by: McLean Hospital School Consultation Service: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, A Harvard Medical School Affiliate
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders
Offering education and therapeutic support to empower and give you hope as you support your child’s mental health.
A library of courses developed by leading mental health experts offers hope, answers, and compassionate help.
Project EMPOWER is a free, science-backed, 1-session online program for parents, teaching skills to build bravery and reduce anxiety in children and pre-teens.
EMPOWER was designed with caregivers in mind, but anyone who works with or cares for children may find the program helpful.
Anyone is welcome to try Project EMPOWER, freely and anonymously, at any time. Project EMPOWER does not collect any personally-identifying information.
Project EMPOWER was built by clinical researchers at the Lab for Scalable Mental Health.
Handhold was created by a team of mental health and child development experts in partnership with parents who have gone through what you are going through. Our goal? To guide you in caring for your child’s mental health and emotional well-being.
Family partners and parents of kids with similar experiences to yours told us what they wished they had known earlier in their journey. Mental health experts, including child psychiatrists, social workers, and psychologists, selected the most relevant and useful resources.
We encourage you to start by answering the four questions under “How Much Should I Worry?” to explore your concerns. Whatever steps you decide to take, we offer a variety of tips, tools, and resources to help you take them with confidence.
NAMI Basics is a six-session education program for parents, caregivers, and other family members who provide care for youth (ages 22 and younger) experiencing mental health symptoms. It is free to participants, and 99% of them say they would recommend it to others.