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May 20, 2024
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
This month is a good time to be reminded of all the mental health and wellness tools and resources available to you and your students on PANDA’s website!
- Mental Wellness Tip Sheets. Most people are quite educated about physical health, but many are not as aware of how to stay mentally well. These tip sheets can be used for yourself or your students. They are available in ten different languages. https://pandamn.org/mental-health/tip-sheets/
- PANDA’s website has information about mental health diagnoses, classroom challenges & instructional strategies. https://pandamn.org/category/mental-health/
- PANDA’s website has a variety of 24/7 free crisis lines, free or sliding fee online and community mental health resources. https://pandamn.org/mental-health/resources-6/
- The Virtual Calming room is a website from the Osseo Area Learning Center. It offers several deep breathing, mindfulness, yoga, visual & auditory calming links you can use in your classroom. https://sites.google.com/apps.district279.org/virtualcalmingroom/home
- PANDA offers three free online courses which are intended to meet mental health re-licensure requirements. https://pandamn.org/pd/
- PANDA has a lending library of tools available to assist in your and your student’s mental health!
- Stress balls
- Book of Brain Breaks
- Mindful Conversation Starters card deck
- PANDA offers free consultations. Contact PANDA if you have any questions about a student who has mental health or behavioral concerns. Email [email protected]
- Mental Health America has a 2024 Outreach Toolkit which has ideas on building a coping toolkit, ways to manage emotions, & worksheets you could use with students. To download a free copy go to https://mhanational.org/sites/default/files/MHM/2024/toolkit/2024-Where-to-Start-Toolkit.pdf
Spring is here! Take a walk, go for a bike ride, pay attention to the trees, flowers blooming, the birds chirping. Mother Nature has a bounty to share with us; being in nature can alleviate stress!
Contact PANDA staff with any questions or concerns: [email protected]
