Supporting Children's Mental Health Matters:
Focus on Mental Health

Handouts this year focus on children's mental health and the role of school-based mental health services in promoting students' success in school and life. Also included are handouts on homework and academic focus.

Mental Health Handouts

• Accommodations for Testing Students With Disabilities: Information for Parents-English
• Aggression in Adolescents: Strategies for Parents and Educators-English
• Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders in Children: Information for Parents-English, Spanish
• Attachment: Information and Strategies for Parents-English
• Bullying Prevention: What Schools and Parents Can Do-English
• Children's Reaction to Trauma: Suggestions for Parents-N/A Check NASP
• Coping With Crisis - Helping Children With Special Needs-English
• Depression in Children and Adolescents-English
• Eating Disorders in Adolescence: Information for Parents and Educators-English
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Information for Parents and Educators-English
• Preventing Suicide: Information for Caregivers and Educators-N/A Check NASP
• Resiliency: Strategies for Parents and Educators-English
• Save a Friend: Tips for Teens to Prevent Suicide-English
• School Completion and Student Engagement: Information and Strategies for Parents-English PDF
• Self-Esteem: A Handout for Parents-English
• Social Skills: Promoting Positive Behavior, Academic Success, and School Safety-English
• Sports Participation for Children: A Parent's Guide-N/A Check NASP
• Stress in Children: A Handout for Parents-English, Spanish
• Substance Abuse in Children and Adolescents: Information for Parents and Educators - English
• Teaching Young Children Self-Control Skills-English PDF
• Verbal Aggression: Coping Strategies for Children-English
• What Is a School Psychologist-English, Spanish

Homework Corner

• Academic Motivation: A Handout for Parents-English, Spanish
• Attention Problems: Strategies for Parents-English
• Homework Survival Guide-English, Spanish
• Home-School Conferences: A Guide for Parents-English PDF
• Response to Intervention: A Primer for Parents-English
• Study Skills: A Handout for Parents-English, Spanish

Handout Content

Handouts provide background information, suggested strategies, recommended next steps, and additional resources. The information is not intended as a comprehensive prescription and parents should be advised to seek additional help if a problem persists.