District-level leaders need to ensure an organized, multitiered system of supports that addresses both academic skills and emotional and behavioral health.

Parents, family members, and caregivers can encourage mental wellness and promote social,emotional, and academic success. Good mental health is not simply the absence of illness, but alsoincludes skills necessary to cope with life’s challenges.

Educators can encourage mental wellness and promote social, emotional, and academic success.Good mental health is not simply the absence of illness, but also includes skills necessary to copewith life’s challenges.

Youth suicide is a serious problem but is preventable. Use this infographic to share with teens on how to help a friend in need.

Youth suicide is a serious problem but is preventable. Use this infographic to share with teens on how to help a friend in need.

Grief can result from many types of loss (e.g., death, divorce, transitions). How childrengrieve can be influenced by age, cultural traditions, religious beliefs, mental health,disabilities, and other factors.

While an armed assailant on school property is very rare, schools are increasingly being required to consider how to best prepare for and respond to these events.

School psychologists play a key role in crisis response in schools. Advance planning and crisisteam training are critical, as are establishing first steps to supporting physical and psychologicalsafety.

Families and school personnel play a critical role in helping to reestablish a senseof normalcy and security for children after an act of violence occurs.

Natural disasters can be especially traumatic for children and youth. This resource lists the issues associatedwith specific disasters, provides information for both families and schools immediately following a naturaldisaster, and shares suggestions to help children adjust to relocation.

Acts of violence are frightening and upsetting. Children and youth will look to adults for informationand guidance on how to react.