Family Engagement
How Can Schools Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month in May?
What is the Positivity Pledge? The Positivity Pledge is a schoolwide awareness campaign by Erika’s Lighthouse designed for Mental Health Awareness Month in May. It is a...
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How Can I Tell if My Teen is Depressed or Just Being a Teen?
Understanding Adolescent Depression Adolescence is a period of significant physical and emotional change, which can sometimes make it difficult to distinguish between...
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School Refusal and Depression: How to Help Your Child Get Back to Class
Understanding the Root of School Refusal It is not uncommon for a child or teen with depression to avoid or refuse to go to school. This behavior can be disruptive...
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What are the Best Resources for Families Dealing with Youth Depression?
Understanding Your Child’s Mental Health Journey Addressing youth mental health is a priority for every parent, yet many families feel overwhelmed by where to start....
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LISTEN NOW: How One Free Program is Reaching 1 Million Kids Worldwide with Life-Saving Depression Education
💡 The Free Program Reaching 1 Million Kids Worldwide In a world where youth mental health is an ever-growing crisis, one organization is...
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See Your Donation in Action: Introducing the Erika’s Lighthouse Impact Calculator
At Erika’s Lighthouse, we believe that every student deserves good mental health. We also believe that every donor deserves to know exactly how their...
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Welcome, ShineLightonDepression.org Visitors! Find All Your Familiar Resources (And More) Here.
Welcome to the Source If you were trying to visit ShineLightonDepression.org, you’ve landed in the right place. While that website will shut down at the...
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Beyond Donations: Crafting Hope with Erika’s Lighthouse Good Mental Health Toolkits
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The Cost of Spring Break: Alcohol, Risky Behavior, and Traffic Safety Concerns for Students
The Cost of Spring Break: Alcohol, Risky Behavior, and Traffic Safety Concerns for Students By: Blossom Thao (Maine State Coordinator for SADD) Spring break is all...
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Erika’s Lighthouse ’23-’24 Program Report
Erika’s Lighthouse releases an annual program report to highlight the impact that our programs have made in schools nationwide with our Level II and Level III...
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Mental Health Literacy in Schools
Erika’s Lighthouse is a beacon of hope for schools seeking to create inclusive and supportive environments where mental health matters. Mental health literacy is...
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Family Conversations: “Let’s Talk” During the Holiday Season
The holidays can be a busy and sometimes stressful time for families, especially for children and teens. There are often long days and lots of changes in routine which...
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Improve Your Family’s Mental Health & Prepare for Next Year!
As we approach the end of another year, it’s a good time to start thinking about how you and your family can improve your mental health in the year ahead....
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You Are Never Alone: Understanding Teen Depression & Suicide Prevention
September is National Suicide Prevention Month—a time to break the silence, look out for one another, and remind everybody that your mental health matters. If you’ve...
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The Four Pillars
Erika’s Lighthouse focuses on equipping school communities with the mental health education needed through four main pillars. Classroom Education, Family...
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Erika’s Lighthouse 2022-2023 Program Report
Erika’s Lighthouse is a nonprofit dedicated to providing free turn-key resources to educators to create inclusive school cultures around mental health. Every...
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Erika’s Lighthouse: Family Engagement Conversations
Are you looking for free, turn-key family engagement resources around mental health? Access Programs The resources we offer include two youth...
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Minority Mental Health: The Importance of Culturally-Sensitive Care and How Your Donation Can Help
In 2020, suicide was the third leading cause of death for black and African American youth ages 15-19. Mental health disparities among minority groups are a severe...
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The Family Conversation Journal: A Tool for Building Stronger Relationships
There are many different ways to communicate, and not everyone prefers or feels the most comfortable doing it verbally. It’s important to be aware of different...
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Parenthood
A Heart on the Outside of the Body That is what it’s like having children. That’s what we’re told and we accept that as how it is. However, I am sitting here...
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Erika’s Lighthouse Update on Adolescent Mental Health: February 2023
Access Programs Erika’s Lighthouse is dedicated to adolescent mental health and our mission of ensuring no young person ever feels alone in their...
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The Power of Programs with ImpactPart III: Family Engagement
Do the family members of your district have the tools and knowledge they need to recognize signs of depression? Are they trusted adults who can address mental...
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CDC Report on Youth Mental Health: The Erika’s Lighthouse Perspective
Access Programs In April, the CDC published a report on youth mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The statistics are grim. But the survey also...
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The Erika’s Lighthouse Perspective to the CDC’s Recent Youth Survey on School Connectedness and Mental Health
An examination of the mental health impact of COVID-19 and how connectedness to school, family, friends and community groups impact mental health outcomes. Please...
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White Paper: Integrating Mental Health into the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model for School Health
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White Paper: Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention
Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention: Model Language, Commentary, and Resources is the recognized policy for effective district-level engagement for suicide...
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