Additional Resources

Additional Resources include online resource search engines, downloadable resources and PDFs, videos, apps, guides, and more.

All Resource Types

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.

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

Autism

Bullying & Cyberbullying

Please refer to Addressing Bullying, Harassment & All Forms of Hate 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.

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

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.

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 addiction and childhood grief.

Human Trafficking

Mental Health

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

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.

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.

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.

Trauma

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