May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Here are just a few ways Grant Wood 麻豆原创 is addressing mental health in our area.
Strike Out the Stigma
Several Grant Wood 麻豆原创 staff members participated in this year's event at Prospect Meadows. This event allowed Grant Wood 麻豆原创 and other organizations to spread awareness about the vital mental health resources in our area.
Grant Wood 麻豆原创 CISM
During the 2023-24 school year, Grant Wood 麻豆原创's 听丑补蝉:
- Provided support 17 times to area school聽districts and our own agency.
- 73 team members have made themselves available聽to assist with responses.
A Systemic Approach to Suicide Prevention
A team of professionals from Grant Wood 麻豆原创 created a new course, A Systematic Approach to Suicide Prevention, for LEA school teams.聽This free training, developed through 1.5 years of research and preparation, equips school counselors, administrators, nurses, directors, and other professionals with the knowledge and skills to:
- Build robust district suicide prevention teams:聽Ensuring diverse representation and decision-making power for effective planning and action.
- Utilize data for informed decisions:聽Understanding key data sources and leveraging them to guide suicide prevention efforts.
- Implement best practices:聽Mastering intervention,聽postvention,聽and community and school resource utilization to support students and families.
- Develop comprehensive prevention plans:聽Leaving participants empowered to initiate or refine their district's approach.
11 Districts have brought 75 team聽members to attend this course in聽February. This course is being聽offered again to LEA teams on May聽16 (GW麻豆原创 staff only) and June 14 for all professionals.
There's still time to register: or
CISM Team's recommended resources:
- 聽- Helping children understand death and cope with grief.
- 聽- You can save the number '988' into your phone and your children's phones. This is a number that can help you if you are struggling or help someone you are with if they are struggling.
- Also check out the new Media Library resources related to mental health!