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Student Mental Wellness Positive Self-Talk Coping Cards

This is a print-friendly booklet that contains coping statements and grounding tips that families, teachers, and other adults can share with students as tools to help them self-regulate when experiencing anxiety, anger, overwhelm, and other feelings of distress.

These tools and tips draw on Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), which provides a foundation for safe and positive learning, and enhances students’ ability to succeed in school, careers, and life. The affirmations included in this resource are easy to tailor to particular needs, and they can be incorporated into other routines at the beginning and ending of days.

Promoting Youth Mental Health and Well-Being through Resiliency and Community Connection (Irvine youth perspectives)

On Mar 3, 2021, a Youth Town Hall entitled “Promoting Youth Mental Health and Well-Being Through Resiliency and Community Connection’’ engaged youth leaders from the City of Irvine’s High School Youth Action Team (HSYAT), along with parents and other community leaders, to discuss the mental health impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had on high school students.

This document provides a summary and synthesis of the learnings from that event.

Resources for Orange County Educators to Support LGBTQ Youth

This resource was developed in response to a request from OCDE. There are legislative requirements that Orange County schools have an accessible list of support resources for LGBTQ students. This comprehensive resource list includes resources for teachers and educators of LGBTQ students. The resources are largely specific to Orange County and include crisis resources as well as primary and behavioral healthcare resources.

The Other “Rs” in Education: Reconnecting, Reclaiming, and Reintegrating in Educational Spaces

This document is a step-by-step guide to help educators through the transition back to in-person, classroom-based teaching. It summarizes the foundations, significant impact, and best practices for addressing trauma, self-care, social problem solving, psychoeducation, relaxation, and classroom activities. It offers concrete, easily adaptable tools and strategies that can be implemented by teachers without further training or research. It also offers curated resources that link teachers to additional activities, tools, and guides that can be used in the classroom.

School-based Suicide Prevention Campaigns: A Step-by-Step Resource Guide

This step-by step resource guide has been created to assist schools to comply with AB 2246, the Pupil Suicide Prevention Policy through the implementation of Suicide Prevention Campaigns. It offers guidance on appropriate language and terminology; support for planning; explanations of the appropriate roles and partners; and a multitude of action planning tools, tips, and resources. Sample strategies, agendas, and graphics are provided throughout the guide, making it easy for schools to adapt or adopt these resources for their own suicide prevention campaigns.