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988 Suicide & Crisis Line
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a support helpline for people experiencing mental health or substance use emergencies. People can call (or text or chat) 9-8-8 to talk and to connect with services.
Calm App
Helps manage stress, sleep better, and live a happier, healthier life. Check back soon for free access!
Lucero App
Free access to self-care games with daily rewards.
Prosper: Self Care Companion
Prosper is a wellness companion app offering mood and habit tracking, community support, and educational resources for comprehensive self-care and mental health.
Headspace
Mindfulness tools for everyday life, including meditations, sleepcasts, mindful movement and focus exercises.
Apart of Me
Helps explore, accept, understand and articulate the experience of grief and the wide range of emotions connected to it.
Clear Fear
Change anxious thoughts and emotions, alter anxious behaviours and calm fear responses.
Calm Harm
Provides immediate activities and techniques to help break the cycle of self-harm behavior.
Worth Warrior
Manage low self-worth that is focused around body dissatisfaction.
Move Mood
Manage low mood and depression through Behavioural Action Therapy.
Combined Minds
Helps family and friends support young ones with mental health.
K'Bro Emotional Resiliency
A safe place to express feelings.
10 Tips to Help Your Child with Anger
Teen Mental Health: How to Know When Your Child Needs Help
Signs a child is struggling and may need more support.
Moshi Kids
Grounding techniques to help kids with anxiety.
What Mental Health Is and Why It's Important to Take Care of It
Kids learn the signs of good and poor mental health and how to seek help when they need it.
imi
Guides built for and with LGBTQ+ teens to help explore a person's identity and support their mental health.
My ADHDventure
ADHDer spreading awareness about ADHD.
Body Image and Self-esteem
Defining body image, how to accept your body, and build self-esteem.
Dealing with Divorce
You do not have to deal with this experience alone; this resource offers support and guidance.
21 ADHD-Friendly Activities for Kids
Offers 21 activities to help children dealing with ADHD stay engaged and productive.
MindShift CBT
Helps you reduce worry, stress, and panic by following Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques.
How to Address Test Anxiety
Helps students cope with test anxiety and succeed in their courses.
My Anxiety Plan (MAP) for Children and Teens
Coach anxious children or teens using practical strategies and tools to manage mild to moderate anxiety.
Managing Your OCD at Home
Self-help to manage OCD at home by learning about it and building a toolbox.
Self Help for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Learn about GAD, build a toolbox, and identify worries.
Helping Children and Teens with Trauma
Signs of traumatic stress and anxiety in children, and strategies to help those exposed to war or other traumatic events.
How to Effectively Communicate With Kids and Teens
Teach kids how to communicate their feelings and needs to build resilience.
Guided Coping Skills Videos for Kids and Teens
Identify and express emotions, communicate with ease, and manage stress in healthy ways.
Talking to Kids and Teens About Death
Teach kids about death as a natural part of life to help them understand and cope.
Positive Parenting for Challenging Behavior
Take a positive approach to discipline by providing clear expectations and guidance.
Depression in Kids and Teens
Mental health professionals answer frequently asked questions about signs, symptoms, severity, talking to your child, and when to seek help.
ADHD: Tips for Kids and/or Teens
Tips on building a support team, controlling emotions, staying focused, and getting help.
How to Help a Friend
Guide on what to look for and what to do if you think a friend might need help.
Depression: Tips for Kids and/or Teens
Discuss mental health through activities, conversations, and seeking help.
Trauma: Tips for Kids and/or Teens
Learn how to relax, take charge of your thinking, get enough sleep, and seek help.
Eating Disorders: Tips for Kids and/or Teens
Information on body diversity, eating behaviors, and seeking help.
ADHD in Children and Teens: What You Need to Know
Identifying signs like difficulty paying attention, impulsive actions, and excessive movement.
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
Recognize extreme mood changes and their impact on day-to-day functioning in children and teens.
Children and Mental Health: Is This Just a Stage?
Distinguish between normal developmental behaviors and those that may require professional help.
I’m So Stressed Out!
Facts about stress and anxiety, coping strategies, and recognizing when to seek help.
The Teen Brain: 7 Things to Know
Key facts about the significant changes in the brain during adolescence.
Digital Shareables on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Share information and materials about the importance of children’s mental health and early diagnosis and treatment.
Caring for Your Mental Health
The role of self-care in maintaining mental health and supporting treatment and recovery.
Addiction
An overview of addiction, including its causes, breaking the cycle, and the role of genetics.
When Your Child Comes Out As LGBTQIA+: Understanding, Supporting, Affirming
Learn how to support your child when they come out as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.
7 Common Reasons Why People Bully
Understand why bullying happens and how to address it effectively.
How to Help Teens Who Cut Themselves
Information on self-harm, its causes, what parents can do, and how to get help.
Overview of Youth At-Risk Behavior
How parents can use survey results to understand youth risk behaviors and guide their children.
Parent Test: Your Child’s Mental Health
Use the pediatric symptom checklist to screen for mental health issues.
Take a Mental Health Test
Access online screening tests for various mental health conditions and related articles.
How Do You Define Your Identity?
Stories from LGBTQ+ individuals discussing the meanings of various labels and identities in their lives.
11 Self-Care Ideas for Teens
Learn to recognize when you need help, decide if you should slow down, and take care of your health.
Finding Help
Identify when a mental health concern is lasting longer than usual or getting worse and seek help.
How to Talk to My Friends
Decide in advance what you’re most comfortable sharing and consider why you want to share the information.
Social Media and Mental Health
Understand the potential consequences of social media use and recognize when its patterns are unhelpful.
What to Do If Your Child Is in Crisis
Learn to distinguish between a mental health crisis and a “bad day” or “phase" in your child, and know what to do.
What to Look For and When to Act
Understand that while each mental health condition is unique, they all impact emotions, thoughts, and behavior. Here are some considerations for deciding to intervene.
Healthy Coping for Children and Adolescents
Help children and adolescents learn to cope with emotions, thoughts, and reactions through age-appropriate methods.
Anger Management
Learn what makes you angry, why, how to control it, and how to express it safely.
Sexual Consent
What consent is, how to ask for it, and who can give it, for all adolescents and young adults, including those with diverse gender identities, sexual orientations, sexual practices, physical abilities, and intellectual abilities.
Cyberbullying and Bullying
Identify what counts as cyberbullying and bullying, understand the roles people play, and know what to do about it.
Reducing Stigma about Mental Health
Learn how to reduce the stigma around mental health and promote self-care.
Identity
Learn how to identify yourself, understand that sharing your identity can be stressful, and how to cope.
Suicide Support & Prevention
Focus on self-care, creating self-care plans, and supporting others.
Quizzes: Test your knowledge, learn your risk, and more
Access free, medically approved online quizzes to explore possible mental health issues.
ADHD Test (Self-Assessment)
A simple assessment for adults who think they may have symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
3 Minute Depression Test
Ten questions related to life experiences common among people with depression to help determine if you might be experiencing depression.
Borderline Personality Test
Assess the likelihood that you or a loved one is displaying symptoms of mental health conditions.
Understanding Our Stress and Anxiety
Information on stress and anxiety and determining if your level of anxiety warrants seeking professional help.
Depression and Bipolar Caregiver & Parent Support
Information on depression and bipolar disorders in children and teens to help navigate caring for a loved one experiencing a mood disorder.
Teen Mental Health: How to Know When Your Teen Needs Help
Information about teen mental health, including the prevalence of issues, signs your child is struggling (e.g., substance use), and when they may need more support.
Binge Eating Disorder
Information on getting help, planning treatment, treatment options and their evidence, and the role of parents and carers.
Bulimia Nervosa
Information on getting help, planning treatment, treatment options and their evidence, and the role of parents and carers.
Tics and Tourette's Syndrome
Information on getting help, planning treatment, treatment options and their evidence, including medication.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Information on getting help, planning treatment, treatment options and their evidence, and the role of parents and carers.
Anorexia Nervosa
Information on getting help, planning treatment, treatment options and their evidence, and the role of parents and carers.
Feeling Angry: Booklet for Teens
A comprehensive guide to help adolescents understand, express, and manage anger healthily, including insights into the causes and constructive strategies for dealing with it.
Catching It Early
Science and research-backed information about drugs, their use, and abuse to help you support your child.
Relationships and Romance: Pre-Teens and Teenagers
Information and discussion points for parents of teens interested or engaged in romantic relationships.
Supporting the Emotional Needs of Kids with Learning Disabilities
Info for caregivers on how to support a child's emotional needs, signs of low self-esteem, anxiety, or depression, and how to help.
Boosting Girls' Self-Esteem
Thirteen ways parents/caregivers can help boost their daughter's self-esteem and confidence based on abilities, not appearance.
Mindful Parenting
An article on mindful parenting techniques to alleviate anxiety and stress in raising children.
Psychology Today: Children and Sleep
An article advising parents on the importance of sleep and the appropriate amount of sleep for infants to teens.
Breathe2Relax App
A tool with instructions and practice exercises to help users manage stress through diaphragmatic breathing.
Opioid Misuse Prevention Project
Information to raise community awareness about the risks of non-medical opioid use, proper disposal of unused prescriptions, and resources for treatment and overdose prevention.
Mayo Clinic: OCD Symptoms and Causes
An article from the Mayo Clinic providing accurate, actionable information about OCD, designed to educate and empower, easy to understand, inclusive, diverse, and evidence-based.
Mayo Clinic: Teen Depression
An article from the Mayo Clinic providing accurate, actionable information about teen depression, designed to educate and empower, easy to understand, inclusive, diverse, and evidence-based.
Healthy Minds Program
Trains your mind through meditation and podcast-style lessons to develop focus, reduce stress, and maintain positive social connections.
Digital Meditation Guides for Kids and Teens
A special collection of digital guides to meditations designed to support kids and teens in finding more calm, compassion, and joy in daily life.
Young Minds: Mania and Hypomania
Information on mania and hypomania, including symptoms, and guidance on what to do if you need support.
Young Minds: Phobias
Information on phobias, their extreme nature, and guidance on getting better with help.
Young Minds: ADHD and Mental Health
Information on ADHD, including signs of difficulty concentrating or controlling impulses, and how to get help.
Young Minds: Anxiety
Information on anxiety, recognizing when it interferes with daily life, and available help for different types of anxiety disorders.
Young Minds: Bipolar Disorder
Information on bipolar disorder, including its extreme mood changes, available treatments, and support resources.
Young Minds: Psychosis
Information on psychosis, including symptoms such as seeing or hearing things that aren't there, and guidance on what to do if affected.
Young Minds: PTSD
Information on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), its symptoms, and available support.
Young Minds: Autism and Mental Health
Information on autism, how it affects mental health, and where to get support, emphasizing that autism is a developmental condition, not a mental health problem.
National Eating Disorders Association
A screening tool to help determine if it's time to seek support for an eating disorder.
Young Men's Health: Talking to Teens About Sex
Guidance on how to talk to your teen or young adult about sexual relationships to help them have a safe and healthy sex life.
Young Men's Health: Alcohol and Teens
Information for parents on the effects of alcohol on the teenage body and what to do if their child has a problem with alcohol.
Fentanyl and Opioid Overdose: A Guide for Parents
A guide for parents on understanding and addressing fentanyl and opioid overdose.
Thrive Behavioral Health: Behavioral Healthcare, Consultation, and Training
Therapy for FCPS students, family therapy, and parent/family education and support events.
Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership (SHIP): Case Management
SHIP provides case management for high school students experiencing homelessness and those who are unaccompanied by parents/guardians.
Sheppard Pratt: Behavioral Healthcare
Sheppard Pratt provides 8-week early intervention groups for students to support their social/emotional growth.
Parent Encouragement Program, Inc. (PEP): Family Resilience Program
A free, 8-week positive parenting program.
Systems Navigation and Parent Coaching
Mental Health Association Systems Navigators support families with multiple challenges to engage in available and appropriate services to improve family and student wellbeing.
I Believe In Me: One-to-one and Group Mentoring
One-to-one and group mentoring opportunities.
Personal Safety and Violence Prevention Education
Heartly House will provide prevention programming for students and community awareness events for families on relational violence prevention.
Parenting Webinars on Anxiety Based School Refusal
In these parenting webinars that provide suggestions that work for parents as they put routines and supports in place that help their children succeed.
Centro Hispano de Frederick: Exito Youth And Family Project
This project aims to empower Latinx youth and families, addressing the root causes of behavioral health disparities, improving access to services and building a supportive community.
Family Care Coordination for Disengaged Students Program
Providing support for families with students with chronic absenteeism.
Parent Craft
A self-paced online video course that teaches parents the skills they need to meet the risks of substance abuse. Parent CRAFT is based on the proven CRAFT method.
Supporting Your Child’s Mental Health
These skills will aid your child in handling stress, building relationships, and making positive decisions.
Fun Activities to Help Your High School Student Manage Anxiety
Encourage your teen to try these activities.Helping Your Child Build Resilience
Resilience is essential for helping children handle stress and challenges. Here are strategies to support your child in developing resilience.
Supporting Your Child in Handling Peer Pressure
Peer pressure can significantly impact children and teens. Here are some strategies to help your child handle peer pressure effectively.
Helping Your Child Build Self-Esteem
Boost Your Mental Health with Fun Life Skills
Explore some cool activities to help you feel your best.Fun Activities to Help You Feel Better
Sometimes we all feel a little worried or upset, but don’t worry—there are fun games and activities you can try to feel better.
Bouncing Back: How to Be Strong and Happy
Being strong and happy means you can bounce back when things are tough. Here are some fun ways to help you be more resilient.
Saying No: How to Handle Peer Pressure
Sometimes friends might try to get you to do things you don’t want to do. Here’s how you can handle peer pressure and stay true to yourself.
Feeling Good About Yourself: Building Self-Esteem
Building self-esteem means believing in yourself and your abilities. Here are some fun ways to help you feel great about who you are!
Boost Your Mental Health
The Botvin Life Skills Training (LST) program is here to help you develop essential skills to handle stress, build healthy relationships, and make positive decisions.
Activities to Handle Anxiety or Panic Attacks
Anxiety and panic attacks can be overwhelming, but there are fun activities you can try to help manage these feelings.
Developing Resilience: Bouncing Back from Challenges
Building resilience helps you handle stress and setbacks better. Here are some tips to help you become more resilient.
Handling Peer Pressure: Staying True to Yourself
Peer pressure can be tough, but staying true to yourself is important.Building Self-Esteem: Feeling Good About Yourself
Here are some activities from Botvin Life Skills Training to help you build and maintain your self-esteem.