5 Tips for Supporting Teen Mental Health

5 Tips for Supporting Teen Mental Health

Blog is written by - Dawna Allington, Director of Peer Programs at notMYkid Lately, there has been an explosion of awareness of mental health. As parents, or as professionals who serve young people, we have had many conversations, read many articles, spread tips and...

How To Set Your Child Up for A Successful New School Year

How To Set Your Child Up for A Successful New School Year

Back-to-school time can be an exciting time for students and their families, but it can also be stressful and exhausting. Each transition comes with new information to learn, new names and faces to get to know, and new routines. The influx of change can lead to...

Holiday Self-Care for Parents: The Eight Dimensions of Wellness

Holiday Self-Care for Parents: The Eight Dimensions of Wellness

Self-care is not selfish. Read that again: self-care is not selfish. As parents, our natural instinct is to put our kids first and ourselves somewhere after when it comes to making sure needs are met.  We often sacrifice our own wellbeing and set aside even the most...

How to Help a Young Person Heal From Trauma

How to Help a Young Person Heal From Trauma

An empathetic and safe relationship with an educated adult can help a young person heal from trauma and regulate the effects of trauma on the brain. Whether you are a parent, teacher, counselor, prevention specialist or community member, there is a step-by-step process to help a young person calm and restore the autonomic nervous system.

Guest Blog: Overcoming Anxiety and Worry

Guest Blog: Overcoming Anxiety and Worry

By Michael Klinkner - MSW, LCSW (Evolve Counseling) Worry can be really rough, and a lot of people experience it. Worry is centered on trying to control and change our circumstances so that we don’t have to be so afraid. Unfortunately, what people worry about are...

Free Webinar on Demand: Stepping Into The Digital Divide

Free Webinar on Demand: Stepping Into The Digital Divide

Keeping kids safe online has always been important, but the COVID era has added some unique challenges. With even more of adolescents' lives taking place through technology than ever before, it's crucial for parents to understand the risks and know how to guard...

notMYkid on the ABC 15 Mental Health Town Hall

notMYkid on the ABC 15 Mental Health Town Hall

  notMYkid Chief Programs Officer Joronda Montaño was among the experts featured today on ABC 15's virtual town hall on the topic of the return to school during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Also on the panel with Joronda was licensed clinical social worker Michael...

Healthy Communication With Teens

Healthy Communication With Teens

  In this new video, notMYkid Prevention Specialist Maddy Rose and Public Information Officer Shane Watson discuss seven tips for effective, healthy, and positive communication with youth. One of the most important tools we have in maintaining positive mental and...

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