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Don't miss April's

Network Meeting!

Date:   April 21, 2021

Time:   8:30 am

Topic:  "The Emotionally Naked Truth about Suicide"

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Register: Email for zoom link access to the meeting.

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Anne Moss Rogers is an emotionally naked TEDx storyteller, award-winning author of Diary of a Broken Mind, and co-author of Emotionally Naked: A Teacher’s Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk through Wiley Publishing and due out August 2021. She is a marketing expert who co-owned and later sold her digital marketing business to pursue grief education and suicide prevention after her twenty-year-old son, Charles, died by suicide June 5, 2015.

Looking for support during this time of crisis?

Parents and Families...

The WIU7 TaC Team in partnership with state and local experts, brings you these FREE Webinars "F.A.C.E Together." These brief webinars offer help in supporting students' emotional health while navigating barriers the COVID crisis presents.

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Originally aired 12/4/20 

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Originally aired 10/12/20 

Click here for the presentation slides-

Part 1 Slides

Part 2 Slides

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Check out these sites for mental health support for LGBT Youth and Families

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https://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/youth-resources.htm

https://pflag.org/needsupport

https://pflag.org/hotlines

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Anne Moss Rogers

Thanks to all who joined us for our virtual

1st annual awareness walk on 6/20/20!

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Click the link below to watch the recording of the event.

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QUX3xjf4IRG-CMDTCUT3BIKEE7PW0RwL/view?usp=sharing

The presentations below offer many resources to help navigate instructional and wellness activities for students while they are away from school.

Self-Advocacy

"Trauma-Informed Parenting"

Mental Wellness/Self-Care for Educators and Therapists

"COVID-19 At Home Resources"

Parent Help to Create Structure and Calm at Home During COVID-19

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Click Here for Free Videos and Tools for Parents!

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Helping Teens Manage Anxiety Around COVID-19

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  Supporting Homeless Youth 

and Those in Foster Care

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       Pregnancy & Postpartum Peer to Peer

support during COVID-19

Way to lessen emotional distress in children during crisis/emergencies...

• Consider limiting the amount of media exposure 

• Encourage children to ask questions and use age appropriate explanations

• Review safety procedures and preventative measures

• Make and keep a schedule while at home and away from regular activities.  Keep meals, bedtime and other routines as close to typical as possible

• Model calm

• Take time to have FUN and enjoy time together

Check out these ideas for family fun!

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For age specific signs of distress and interventions go to NCTSN's Parent/Caregiver Guide

Can you focus on doing

NOTHING for two minutes?

Studies have shown that listening to nature sounds and practicing mindfulness can calm your fight or flight response and allow your body to relax

http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/ding 4

Take the 2 minute Challenge!

Matters

Hey Teens!  You are not alone! Check out this video made especially for you...

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