This website seeks to assist parents with resources for supporting Mental Health Awareness.  Approximately one in six school-aged youth experiences impairments in life functioning, including impacts on academic achievement due to mental illness.  The number of students experiencing mental illness increases as young people grow older.  The earlier mental health concerns are detected and addressed, the more likely a student is to avoid the onset and/or progression of mental illness.  Often, signs of deteriorating mental health are noticeable well before a mental illness emerges.

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Jason Foundation Suicide Prevention Enrichment Lessons for 6th & 9th grades​

• Course Content

• Adolescents & Alcoholism, Warning Signs and More
• Prevent, Recognize, Report Human Trafficking
• Suicide Prevention Slideshow
• Healthy Teen Dating Slideshow
• Self-Harm Slideshow
• Tips for Talking to Someone Who is Thinking About Suicide
• Talking to Your Kids About Racism
• Talking to Your Kids About Discrimination
• Racial Stress & Self-Care
• Teaching About Disabilities
• Empowering Your Special Needs Child
• Embracing Diversity

The following is a series of recorded Virtual Parent Workshops Relating to Trauma-Informed Care and Mental Wellness Awareness.  The topics are based on an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of children with challenging behaviors, TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention).  TBRI offers practical tools for parents, caregivers, teachers, or anyone who works with children to see the “whole child” in their care and help that child reach their highest potential.  The approach uses three basic principles, Connecting, Empowering, and Correcting to disarm fear-based-behaviors.

• Connected Family
• Connected In Crisis: Teaching Children to Accept No
• The Power of Connection with Children
• Balancing Structure and Nurture
• Empowering with Respect
• Connect Before Correcting
• Daily Struggles

• Calm Down Bingo
• Engine Plates
• Managing Your Feelings
• Using Your Thoughts to Cope with Your Feelings
• You Can Learn to Be More Patient

Secondary

• Avoiding Things You Can Use To Hurt Yourself
• Coping With Stress
• Creating an SI Emergency Kit
• Doing Things That Will Make You Happy
• Understanding Why You Self-Injure
• Understanding Your Feelings
• What Causes Your Feelings
• What You Can Do Instead Of Hurting Yourself

Telehealth Services

Youth Aware of Mental Health is an additional resource offered to secondary campuses for grades 8^th– 10^th by Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine.  Parents/guardians will have an opportunity to consent before this program is offered to your student. Please see flyer  for more information.

Telehealth Services are now available on all of our KISD campuses. Please contact the school counselor if you are interested. 

Click the link to the flyer and watch the video for more Information.