Physical & Mental Health
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- Health Care Resources for Youth (31)
- Mental Health (78)
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Home of Guiding Hands (HGH) was created as a result of a small, but dedicated and ambitious group of leaders in East County San Diego. Since our inception in 1961, Home of Guiding Hands has provided benchmark programming and housing for men, women, and children with developmental disabilities. We don’t see ourselves as caregivers; rather, we are partners, facilitators, community members and teachers.
The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission: To prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected.
The mission of U Can’t B Erased is to empower teens and those around them to recognize, overcome, and be unashamed of their mental illnesses.
The Ophelia Project empowers and encourages teenage girls to increase their sense of self-worth and maximize their potential contribution to society.
StartYourRecovery.org is a free, confidential tool that helps individuals take steps toward a healthy relationship with drugs and alcohol. It was developed with the input of leading clinicians, experts from leading organizations like SAMHSA, and people in recovery themselves. Here, individuals can hear stories from people with similar life experiences, discover the answers they need for recognizing and dealing with substance use issues, and locate support. Family and friends can learn about addiction and how to encourage treatment and support sober living on the website.
10 Team-Building Games for a Friendlier Classroom is a fantastic free resource for developing relationships and a positive tone in the classroom.
TED-Ed is TED’s youth and education initiative. TED-Ed’s mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world.
Operation Respect transforms schools, camps, and other youth organizations into safer, more respectful, bully-free environments.
Free Meditations from Mindfulness
All of the meditations on the page are taken from their book ‘Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World’. The book contains the complete 8 week mindfulness course developed at Oxford University.
The Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) provides national leadership and contributes to the body of knowledge on cultural and linguistic competency within systems and organizations. Major emphasis is placed on translating evidence into policy and practice for programs and personnel concerned with health and mental health care delivery, administration, education and advocacy.
This website has 7 very simple activities for educators to implement into their daily classroom routine.
This document provides a definition of mindfulness, an overview of the scientific rationale for offering mindfulness to children and adolescents, a review of the professional and personal benefits of practicing mindfulness, suggestions for developing a personalized mindfulness practice, and two examples of activities teachers can use in their own classroom.