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The Power of Programs with Impact Part IV:School Policy & Staff Development

Classroom Programs, For Educators, For Supporters / 02/09/2023 06/13/2024

Does the school policy at your school account for students who may be experiencing mental health challenges? Do staff know how to be trusted adults? How do your current school policy and staff training create an inclusive school environment around mental health? About Us Erika’s Lighthouse is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 that is …

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Erika’s Lighthouse Update on Adolescent Mental Health: February 2023

Classroom Programs, Empowerment Clubs, Family Engagement, For Educators, For Parents, For Supporters / 03/02/2023 06/13/2024

Access Programs Erika’s Lighthouse is dedicated to adolescent mental health and our mission of ensuring no young person ever feels alone in their depression. In February 2023, the CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows alarming data on the mental health emergency our children are facing. In the past 12 months: However, the CDC found school connectedness has …

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Skills-Based Health Education Beyond the Classroom

Classroom Programs, For Educators, For Supporters / By Holly Alperin / 03/10/2023 06/13/2024

Holly Alperin, Ed.M, MCHES, has worked for over 20 years in public health and education. Currently she works at the University of New Hampshire preparing health educators within the Department of Kinesiology as a member of the Health and Physical Education faculty. For the 16 years prior, she worked with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary …

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Schools Can Address Mental Health Smarter, Better, Easier

Classroom Programs, For Educators, For Supporters / 03/17/2023 06/13/2024

Access Portal Another study. Another confirmation that our youth are struggling with their or their peers’ mental health. In fact, student mental health experiences are now dramatically, and negatively, impacting the academic purpose of schools. According to the latest YouthTrust Student Survey, “‘Depression, stress, and anxiety’ is the most prevalent obstacle to learning for secondary students at …

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Why Educators Must Focus on Student Mental Health

Classroom Programs, Empowerment Clubs, For Educators, For Supporters / By Stephanie Morris / 03/23/2023 06/13/2024

Access Programs Erika’s Lighthouse at SHAPE Florida I heard an amazing presentation on Erika’s Lighthouse curriculum at a conference hosted by SHAPE Florida, the state organization for physical and health education K-12 teachers in Florida. Rachel Winsten, a high school P.E. teacher presented with passion and spoke about the opportunity through Erika’s Lighthouse. Erika’s Lighthouse offers resources …

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Promoting Student Thriving by Connecting SEL and Mental Health

Classroom Programs, For Educators, For Supporters / By Karen VanAusdal / 04/14/2023 06/13/2024

Access Programs Where It Begins For many districts, the path they follow into a more systemic approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) begins with concerns for their students (and adults’) mental wellness. This is both a logical connection as well as a narrow view of SEL. There are indeed many links between a systemic approach …

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Signs & Symptoms of Adolescent Depression

Family Engagement, For Educators, For Families / 05/05/2023 06/13/2024

Adolescent depression is real, serious and treatable. However, adolescence is a time of major changes, both physically and emotionally. That may make it difficult to identify beyond typical adolescent behavior, but by looking for the signs and symptoms of depression, we can see it. Adolescence is frequently when depression may first happen, and is one …

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Key Club Raises Funds to Support Mental Health

Empowerment Clubs, For Educators, For Parents, For Supporters, For Teens / 06/19/2023 06/13/2024

The Wilmot Union High School Key Club raised funds to support mental health education by hosting a Snowball Dance at their school. Hello! My name is Katherine Bubel and I am part of the Wilmot Union High School’s Key Club. If you don’t know what Key Club is, it is a club that encourages students …

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Minority Mental Health: The Importance of Culturally-Sensitive Care and How Your Donation Can Help

Classroom Programs, Empowerment Clubs, Family Engagement, For Educators, For Families, For Supporters / By Nathalia Harris / 07/18/2023 06/13/2024

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 problem in the United States. There have been increasing trends in suicidal ideation and attempts among US adolescents by sex and race/ethnicity over the past few decades. A …

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Erika’s Lighthouse: Family Engagement Conversations

Family Engagement, For Educators / 07/24/2023 06/13/2024

Are you looking for free, turn-key family engagement resources around mental health? Access Programs The resources we offer include two youth mental health workshops, a family handbook, practical language for having a conversation with their child, and more. Let’s take a deeper look at the family engagement resources: Erika’s Lighthouse offers many resources for families. …

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