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What Should a Tier 1 School Mental Health Approach Include?

What Should a Tier 1 School Mental Health Approach Include? A strong Tier 1 school mental health approach includes universal strategies that promote mental health literacy...

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What Is Mental Health Literacy for Students? A Guide for K–12 Schools

What Is Mental Health Literacy for Students? Mental health literacy is the knowledge, understanding, and skills students need to recognize mental health challenges, reduce...

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7 Ways Schools Can Encourage Student Help-Seeking

Why Student Help-Seeking Matters Young people spend a significant portion of their lives at school, making schools an important setting for mental health education,...

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How to Help School Staff Become Trusted Adults for Students

For many students, having a trusted adult at school can make it easier to ask for help when they are struggling with their mental health. But being a trusted adult is about...

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Students Are Ready for the Conversation: What Educators Are Seeing in Schools Today

Students may be more ready to talk about mental health than many adults realize. That was one of the strongest themes to emerge during a recent Erika's Lighthouse webinar...

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Why Teach Mental Health Education in Kindergarten Through Grade 3? Introducing "We All Have Feelings"

Every educator who has ever stood at the front of a Kindergarten through Grade 3 classroom knows the scene. A standard Tuesday morning can instantly pivot when a missing...

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Erika's Lighthouse Receives Largest Gift in Organization's History

$540,335 award from the Scripps Family Impact Fund will expand free, evidence-informed mental health education for K–12 schools nationwide.

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How to Choose a School Mental Health Curriculum

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How One Ohio Educator Helped a Student Recognize the Signs of Depression and Saved a Life

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What Works in School Mental Health? Lessons From Reaching 1.7 Million Students Annually

Since 2004, Erika's Lighthouse has partnered with more than 6,200 schools and directly impacted more than 5.5 million students. What began as a local effort has grown into...

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School Transition Stress: How Educators Can Help

Transitioning to a new school often causes stress and anxiety because students are navigating unfamiliar environments, new social dynamics, increased academic expectations,...

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Now Approved: Erika’s Lighthouse Staff Training Added to SPRC Best Practices Registry

For school administrators, counselors, and educators, managing the youth mental health crisis is one of the most serious challenges faced in classrooms today. Fifty percent...

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