Mental Health Training for High School Teachers: Guide
Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. high school students reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in 2023, according to the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior…
Creating a Peer Support Program: 2026 High School Guide
Nearly 40% of high school students report persistent feelings of sadness, and research shows 69% confide in a classmate long before reaching out to…
High-Impact Follow-Up Activities for a Mental Health Assembly in 2026
The truth is raw: 40% of high school students are battling persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness right now. You bring in a speaker, the…
2026 Mental Health Awareness Week: School Activities
What if your school’s Mental Health Awareness Week didn’t just end with a few posters on the wall and a collective sigh of relief from a burnt-out…
Notifying Parents of Student Suicidal Ideation
You’re sitting across from a teenager whose eyes are hollow, and the air in your office feels like lead. They’ve finally opened up, but now the clock…
How to Lead a Community Meeting After a Student Death: A Radical Postvention Guide
The community meeting after a student death isn’t a formality. It’s a lifeline. And how you run it in the next 24 to 72 hours could be the difference…
How to Teach Coping Skills to High School Students: A Radical Guide for 2026
What if the reason your students roll their eyes at “mental health days” is because we’re giving them band-aids for bullet wounds? It’s time to stop…
Professional Development for School Counselors: A Radical Guide for 2026
You didn’t spend years in grad school to become a glorified data entry clerk. Yet, with 59% of school counselors reporting that “inappropriate…
7 Tips to Effectively Deal with an In-School Suicide
7 Tips To Effectively Deal with an In-School Suicide Imagine for a second you are dealt with an emergency situation in your building, where you have to react immediately to an in-school suicide. What do you do? Do you have measures in place for such an incident? With your emergency response plans, evacuation plans, and […]