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Additional Resources include online resource search engines, downloadable resources and PDFs, videos, apps, guides, and more.
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ADHD & Behavioral Disorders
ADHD Daily Report Card
Source: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
ADHD: Using Rewards Effectively
Source: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
Teaching Online Organizational and Virtual Learning Skills
Source: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
Description: Videos and handouts on topics such as how to use a calendar system, creating a home workspace, creating daily routines, and more.
Video: Homework, Organization, and Time Management Strategies to Help Kids with ADHD
Source: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
Description: Many youth with ADHD struggle with completing homework, planning ahead for projects and tests, organizing school materials, and using time efficiently. This presentation provides parents of youth with ADHD with an understanding of some practical strategies for building and encouraging students’ use of homework, organization, and planning skills.
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Anxiety & Depression
Coping Strategies List
Source: Pathway 2 Success
Mental Health & Substance Use Treatment Locator (SAMHSA)
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Description: Confidential and anonymous resource for locating treatment facilities for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories
Mindfulness and Coping Strategy Cards
Source: Scatter Sunshine
Take a Break Posters
Source: The Printed Learned
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Autism
Autism Speaks Resource Provider Guide
Source: Autism Speaks
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Bullying & Cyberbullying
Please refer to the Plano ISD Guide for Addressing Bullying and Harassment Concerns for more information about policies and procedures related to bullying and harassment.
I Don't Know How to Navigate My Child's Worries About Bullying
Source: Mental Health America
Description: As we continue to evolve with an ever-changing world, mental health challenges have become more prominent than ever. In this “I Don’t Know How” Series presented by the Center for Resilient Families at Arizona State University & Mental Health America, we explore difficult topics such as trauma, depression and more to equip parents with tools to navigate and provide support for various mental health conditions.
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Digital Media
I Don’t Know How to Navigate My Child’s Use of Technology
Source: Mental Health America
Description: Living in the digital world can be overwhelming. Between the constant use of technology and new and emerging platforms of social media to keep up with, we can be left feeling stressed. This is especially true when it comes to youth utilizing these platforms. For parents, keeping kids safe is a number one priority, and online safety needs to be at the front of our minds. This webinar will focus on providing parents with information about how youth are utilizing online spaces, what social media addictions can look like, and what adults can do to monitor safety online. We will hear from experts, parents, and young adults throughout this panel-style discussion on their experiences with youth technology use.
I Don’t Know How to Support Youth Living in a Digital World
Source: Mental Health America
Description: Being a parent and supporting your child’s mental health comes with challenges and complexities. In 2024, it can be even more confusing with the added layer of the digital world young people are growing up in. Technology is ever-present for youth, affecting their mental health. It comes with online comparison, loneliness, complex dynamics of body image and self-perception, and many other things.
The Family Dinner Project
Source: The Family Dinner Project
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Emotional Regulation
12 Calming Exercises to Teach Your Child
Source: Connecticut Children's
Calm
Source: Calm
Description: This is a meditation app that can improve sleep quality, reduce stress, and improve focus. The meditations can help you throughout the day – from boosting motivation & jumpstarting your day to winding down for quality sleep at night. Additionally, the app has a daily check that helps you identify how you feel in the moment or before and after meditation. Calm provides several tools for mindfulness such as meditation techniques, mindful movement practices, calming (or energy-boosting) music, and soothing nature scenes and sounds to incorporate. The app can be helpful for anyone – whether you’re a mindfulness beginner or a pro at practicing mindfulness.
Coping Strategies List
Source: Pathway 2 Success
Emotions Chart
Source: The Check-In Project
Description: Use this emotions chart to have your child check-in on their feelings throughout the day.
Mindfulness and Coping Strategy Cards
Source: Scatter Sunshine
Relaxation Activities to Do at Home with Kids
Source: Save the Children
Sesame Workshop: Emotional Well-Being
Source: Sesame Workshop
Take a Break Posters
Source: The Printed Learned
The Body Scanner! Mindfulness for Children
Source: The Mindfulness Teacher
Description: This is a calming brain break, recommended for children aged 3-11. It is helpful for mindfulness, relaxation, or an emotional check-in.
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Grief & Loss
Free Bereavement Resources: Books Series, Guides, and Free Downloads
Source: New York Life
Grief Support Resource Library
Source: National Alliance for Children's Grief
Description: These resources were created as a tool for those supporting a child who is grieving
Online Resource Library: Grief
Source: Eluna
Description: Resource library for articles, activities, and more about addicition and childhood grief
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Human Trafficking
Downloadable Awareness Materials
Source: National Human Trafficking Hotline
National Human Trafficking Hotline
Source: National Human Trafficking Hotline
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Mental Health
Mental Health & Substance Use Treatment Locator (SAMHSA)
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Description: Confidential and anonymous resource for locating treatment facilities for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories.
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Parenting & Healthy Relationships
100 Alternatives to "How Was Your Day?" - Full List
Source: The Family Dinner Project
Alternatives to "How Was Your Day?" for Preschool and Early Learners
Source: The Family Dinner Project
Description: For Preschool and Early Learners
Check-In Calendar
Source: The Check-In Project
Description: Start the conversation about mental health with this Check-In Calendar.
Other Parents Like Me
Source: Other Parents Like Me
Description: Other Parents Like Me is the nation’s largest, most accessible online community designed exclusively for parents of teens and young adults struggling with mental health challenges.
The Check-In Project
Source: The Check-In Project
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Substance Use
Al-Alon Family Groups: Teen Corner
Source: Al Alon Family Groups
Description: Alateen is a place where members come together to: share experiences, strength, and hope with each other to find effective ways to cope with problems; discuss difficulties and encourage one another; help each other understand the principles of the Al-Anon program through the use of the Twelve Steps and Alateen’s Twelve Traditions. Alateen is not a place: For teenagers seeking help for drinking or drug problems or a therapy program; to complain about parents or anyone else; a social hangout.
Generation Found
Source: Broad Green Pictures
Description: Documentary: Just Say No' was a slogan. This is a revolution. GENERATION FOUND is a powerful story about one community coming together to ignite a youth addiction recovery revolution in their hometown.
Gobi Support
Source: Gobi
Description: No-cost, virtual substance use prevention and education program. Gobi addresses substance use in teens and adolescents with the first online drug and alcohol prevention and early intervention programs for parents and their teenagers to do together.
Mental Health & Substance Use Treatment Locator (SAMHSA)
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Description: Confidential and anonymous resource for locating treatment facilities for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories.
Online Resource Library: Addiction and Prevention
Source: Eluna
Description: Resource library for articles, activities, and more about addiction and childhood grief
Opioid Overdose Response Training
Source: SAFE Project
Description: In this brief 30-minute training, participants learn what an opioid overdose is, how to recognize one, and how to save a life with naloxone.
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Suicide Prevention & Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)
5 Action Steps to Help Someone Having Thoughts of Suicide
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
5 Action Steps to Help Someone Having Thoughts of Suicide (Spanish)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Need to Talk? (Flyer)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Description: People can call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org for themselves or if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support. No matter where you live in the United States, you can reach a trained crisis counselor who can help.
Save the Number, Save a Life (Flyer)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Description: Save the number, save a life. Add the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (988) to your phone now—it could save a life later. Trained crisis counselors are available to talk 24/7/365. Visit NIH for more info.
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Teen Dating Violence
Interactive Safety Plan
Source: National Domestic Violence Hotline
Description: A safety plan is a personalized, practical plan to improve your safety while experiencing abuse, preparing to leave an abusive situation, or after you leave. Follow the steps in the link to create your personal safety plan.
Power and Control Wheel
Source: Love is Respect
Description: The Power and Control Wheel developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project offers a useful tool to understand the dynamics of dating abuse.
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Trauma
A Guide to Parenting Through Crisis
Source: Parenting.org
Trauma Informed Parenting
Source: Starr
Trauma Resources For Families
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
All Resource Types
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