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The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES) conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Kaiser Permanente found a correlation between the number of ACEs an individual experienced and various negative outcomes.
Bullying is a problem that affects many of our youth in a myriad of ways, but there is help available.
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Free Mental Health Support Videos
(Brought to you by SAYS and PsychHub)
(Attention: Although these videos are SAYS branded videos, the links will take you to the video host’s servers outside of the SAYS Website environment.)
Understanding Mental Health COncepts
How Can We Reduce the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health?
Helping Your Child Cope with Bullying
How to Talk About Mental Health
How to Support a Loved One with Mental Illness: 5 Practical Tips
Family Therapy: What You Need to Know
How to Tell if Therapy is Working
Mental Health Terminology: 5 Terms Everyone Should Know
What is a Mental Health Crisis: How to Support Someone in Need
What's the Most Effective Treatment for ADHD
Does Nutrition Actually Impact Your Mental Health?
LetsTalkAboutIt: What is Therapy Like for Teens?
Lets Talk About It: Mental Health Tips for Youth
Lets Talk About It: What is Anxiety?
Mental Healthcare Online: Options in Telehealth
Self-Care as a Caregiver: Protecting Yourself from Burn Out
Youth Mental Health Crisis: Options and Resources
Mental Health Treatment Settings
Mental Health Treatment: 5 Things Your Therapist Wants You to Know
Guilt and Shame: Learning to Forgive Myself
How to Effectively & Openly Talk about Mental Health
Anxiety
Lets Talk About It: What Does Anxiety Feel Like?
Childhood Depression and Anxiety: What a Family Needs to Know
Does Anxiety Begin in Childhood?
The Age of Anxiety: Tips for Caregivers Navigating Teen Mental Health
How to Help Your Teen Navigate Anxiety
Lets Talk About It: How to Overcome Anxiety
A Guided Meditation for Anxiety
Do Parents Make Their Child Anxious?
Parenting Information, Helpful tips and Strategies
Is there any parenting strategy you shouldn’t use?
Tips For Parenting an Anxious Child
Should You Reward Your Child for Good Behavior?
What is differential attention?
Family Therapy: What you Need to Know.
All the Feels!: 6 Grounding Techniques for Teens
Improving Coping Skills for Caregivers
Setting Boundaries as a Caregiver
Substance Use and Abuse
Substance Use: Stop the Stigma
Do You Know Your Risk for Addiction?
Drinking or Using More than Intended
Caring For Your Pain: You Have Options
Recognize the Signs of an Opioid Overdose
Opioid Use Disorder During the Holidays
Can You Recover from Addiction?
Suicide Prevention and Awareness
Youth Suicide: What a Family Needs to Know
Youth Suicide: What a Family Needs to Know
How to support someone with suicidal thoughts?
Self Harm
Top Tips to Avoid Self-Harming
5 Ways to Replace Self-Harm Behaviors
Coping Strategies for Self-Harm
Depression
Are Diet and Depression Related?
Living With Major Depressive Disorder: Developing Healthy Habits
Major Depressive Disorder: More Than Just the Blues
Major Depressive Disorder: Behavioral Symptoms
Depressed Mood: Smiling on the Outside
Major Depressive Disorder: Physical Symptoms
Major Depressive Disorder: What to Do When a Loved One Withdraws from Social Connection
What is Treatment Resistant Depression?
Lets Talk About It: How to Cope with Seasonal Depression
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Hope
Bipolar Disorder
Ways to Support Someone With Bipolar Disorder
Medication for Bipolar Disorder
Coping and Stress
Grief and Loss: Helping in the Moment
Childhood Depression and Anxiety: What a Family Needs to Know
Improving Coping Skills for Caregivers
Coping Strategies for Self-Harm
Tips for Dealing with Stress as a Caregiver
Trauma
Unwanted Memories: Pictures of the Past
Traumatic Event During Childhood: How to Help in the Moment
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
Unwanted Memories: Pictures of the Past
Grief and Loss: Helping in the Moment
Healthy Eating and Exercise
Binge Eating Disorder: Know the Facts
Trastorno Por Atracón: 3 Mitos Comunes
Lets Talk About It: How to Help Someone with an Eating Disorder
Difference Between Binge Eating and Overeating
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Exercise
Lets Talk About It: How to Recover from an Eating Disorder
Treatment for Eating Disorders
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
LGBTQ Resources
LGBTQ Youth: Learning to Listen
Bullying
Helping Your Child Cope with Bullying
ADHD
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children: What a Family Needs to Know
Additional Mental Health Supports
Attention: Though not SAYS branded video links, these links will also take you to sites outside of the SAYS Website and server environment.
Purejoy Parenting Walk Talks - YouTube
AAP Media Plan (healthychildren.org)
Home | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research | Transitions ACR (umassmed.edu)
MHA Webinars - https://mhanational.org/mha-webinars
Free Mental Health Trainings | Talkable Communities | Northeast Florida
THE PEARL PROJECT TBRI training for Caregivers-Parents, foster and kinship family support
Disabilities Rights and Resources:
Home Page (myflorida.com) Florida Navigator
Exceptional Student Education (fldoe.org)
Autism Spectrum, ADD/ADHD, Neurodiversity:
Organization for Autism Research | Helping Families Today (researchautism.org)
Socialthinking - Social Thinking
CHADD - Improving the lives of people affected by ADHD
Understood - For learning and thinking differences
LGBTQIA resources:
The Trevor Project | For Young LGBTQ Lives
Understanding Gender - Gender Spectrum
Additional Resources for Resilient Families:
Plan & Prepare | Florida Disaster Be hurricane-ready, and prepared for other disasters
12 Best Free Online Personal Finance Courses | Personal Finance | U.S. News (usnews.com)
Khan Academy | Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice
Find Therapists and Psychologists in Florida - Psychology Today
Find Laws, Legal Help, and Attorneys - FindLaw
Feeding Florida Food pantries and food banks
County Health Departments – free/low-cost resources may include naloxone kits and training, covid tests, vaccines, health clinics; visit your county website or call and ask about services
County Recreation Department – free/low cost classes, sports, after-school programming, family activities, clubs, summer camps
Colleges, Universities, Hospitals – regularly host free/low-cost programming, check calendars for upcoming educational workshops, trainings, conferences, CEU’s often available
Our Youth Substance Use page is designed to equip young individuals, parents, educators, and caregivers with valuable tools to navigate the challenges of youth substance use and abuse.
Our Personal Loss page is designed to equip young individuals, parents, educators, and caregivers with valuable tools to navigate the challenges of loss.
This page is designed to provide essential basic resources, insights, and support for teenagers, parents, educators, and caregivers as they assist youth in navigating the complexities of adolescent relationships.
This page is designed to provide essential resources, insights, and support for teenagers, parents, educators, and caregivers as they navigate the complexities of suicide awareness and prevention.