For Providers: Mental Health Resources
The knowledge, recommendations, and guidance you share with families can create an important pivot point in a child’s life.
As a provider, you want the children and families in your care to flourish and thrive.
When you’re concerned about a child’s mental or behavioral health—or when a parent or guardian has shared their concerns—you may find yourself serving as the “gatekeeper” that can offer support and point parents and caregivers toward resources and, possibly, to mental health providers.
Whether you’re an educator, health provider, faith leader, or serving families and children in any other role, the knowledge, recommendations, and guidance you share with families can create an important pivot point in a child’s life. You can set a positive tone that can help lessen the all-too-common stigma and shame associated with getting mental health care. Here are resources to help you help families.
Resource page compiled by The American Psychological Association.
We’re Learning as We Go
Watch this video and discover habits to support your family’s digital well-being.
Screen Time & Safety Tips
Information and resources about screen time, online safety for kids, and digital well-being.
Using Your Words
A coloring page helping children explore words for big feelings.
Growth Mindset…for Grown-ups!
Staying positive can help you navigate changes and take on challenges with confidence.
Understanding Digital Well-Being: A Guide for Parents & Caregivers
Digital well-being is about understanding and making choices about media as a part of family life, in order to learn, play, connect, relax, and feel closer to one another.
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C is for Choices
Elmo and Louie make choices on how and when to use technology as a family.
