As you prepare to speak with your faculty, students, and community about today’s realities, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools offers you the following curated resources to support student mental health and wellbeing. This page contains resource on antisemitism, body image, suicide, loss, school safety, experiential education, resilience, brain breaks and more.
Mental Health Summit 2024 | Mental Health Resources
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Antisemitism and Mental Health (Post Oct 7)
- The Royal College of Psychiatrists' study on the mental health impacts of antisemitism
- WebMD has a summary of the impact of antisemitism on mental health
- NY State office of mental health graphic about the impact of anti semitism on mental health
- Blue Dove Foundation downloadable resource on the impact of antisemitism on mental health and their Israel resources on wellness.
- CBN news recording describing the impact of antisemitism on mental health of Jews
- BeWell’s notes and resources from the Resiliency Roundtable on antisemitism winter 2023
- Resources in response to the war in Israel from Ohel, including a guide on supporting individuals with the rise in antisemitism
- Media coverage of Ohel’s work on the ground in Israel in support of children impacted by the war
- Insights from the field: what Moving Traditions has learned about teens and Israel.
Body Positivity, Food Issues, Dress Code
- FatTorah
- MentalHealth.org.uk has amazing body image educator packs and other resources
- BeWell body image resource
Brain Breaks
Renowned teacher leader Jenny Horowitz shared newly developed resources on Brain Breaks, which are small moments of activity enhance the body’s physical ability to cope with emotions and be present for learning and growth. They are especially great for moments of difficulty and pain.
Coping with Loss and Trauma
- Prizmah curated resources on children facing tragedy
- Israel Trauma and Resource Center - emergency resources
- Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services resource on helping children cope after trauma
- Young Minds has great mental health resources and specifically some great resources on trauma support and recovery
- BeWell: Mental health training and resources
- Blue Dove Foundation
- Trauma Informed Schools Tool kit
- Dr. Julie Kaplow’s work on trauma and grief for young people.
- Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute & The Hackett Center for Mental Health
- Resiliency roundtable on trauma-informed responses to mass shootings
Experiential Education and Mental Health
- Video detailing important notes of experiential learning and why to do it
- While the effect size of certain samples found in this study were overall non-significant, this 2021 study shows how experiential learning programs were more effective than non-experiential learning programmes in improving empathy and subjective well-being.
- Video explaining the basic science behind experiential learning
Loss in the Community ( Student, Parent, Teacher)
- The Shomer Collective offers the Jewish guides to supporting individuals through a traumatic death.
- Helping Children Cope after Trauma from Ohel Children' s Home and Family Services
- Helping students deal with grief from the Child Mind Institute
- Suicide Loss Resources from the Wellness Institute
- Dr. David Fox on the psychology of hope in Jewish Action
- Copy of a planning document Beren Academy utilized when faced with loss
- The Dougy Center is the National Center for Grieving Children and Families (shared by Beth Tfiloh)
- Supporting Students After a Death – Tips for Teachers and School Personnel from the National Association of School Psychologists (shared by Beth Tfiloh)
- Back To School With Grief from the Children's Room (shared by Beth Tfiloh)
- NPR article on the developmental responses to grief 2015 – Grief In The Classroom: “Saying Nothing Says A Lot” (shared by Beth Tfiloh)
- Grieving the Loss of a Child from the National Association of School Psychologists (shared by Beth Tfiloh)
- Coalition to Support Grieving Student (shared by Beth Tfiloh)
Mental Health in Schools In General
- Mental Health America offers a Mental Health Toolkit for Mental Health Month
- Place2Be has great resources on navigating exam season here.
- National Institute for Mental Health has resources on navigating childhood irritability
- ASCD article on creating belongig in schools
- CAS Trips has seven online resources for students about mental health where students can explore and learn more on their own
- ASCD resources about mental health with practical tools, language and ideas
- Holding Each Other Up in Crisis - Sourcesheet with discussion questions by Dr. Erica Brown
Podcasts
- 18Forty’s month long segment on mental health (February 2024)
- Mental Health Matters podcasts on all topics
- Raising Good Humans: New Science on Navigating the Breakthrough Teen Years
School Safety
School Programs to Emulate
- Emery Weiner’s senior sippur program article
- The check in project's resources, blogs and ideas
Suicide
- 988 The National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
- Emergency Resources from the Wellness Institute
- Warning Signs from the Wellness Institute
- 2024 study from Mindshift shows how when adults learn about trauma-informed practices, students can recover. This article has great language and also some suggestions for how school counselors and leaders can start this training and how it really helps all learning in the building.
- NationalDepressionHotline.org. Nationwide free service, available 24/7. Connects individuals with qualified professionals.
- School Safety is the US government’s all encompassing resource pages in mental health with specific resources on suicide prevention.
- Resources for Attempt Survivors, Creating Suicide Safe Environments, and Suicide Loss Resources from the Wellness Institute
- BeWell resources from roundtables on youth suicide prevention
- Toolkit for Schools after a Suicide
- Resources for Suvivors of Suicide Loss
- Best Practices in Suicide Postvention
- Suicide Loss: What Teens Need to Know by Terri A. Erbacher, Phd and Tony Salvatore, MA
- Chai Lifeline articles and handsouts dealing specifically with incidents of loss in the Jewish Community
The Power of Resilience and How We Tell the Story of our Pain
- The Amen Effect (book) by Sharon Brous
- Resilience: Navigating Adversity a compendium of insights from experts
- Cultivating Resilience: Evidence-based, skills-based, Jewish curriculum for middle and high schools
- Betsy Stone’s book Refuah Shlema: Reflections on Healing and Growth
- Ohel’s Inner Space: My Resilience Workbook and comprehensive Teacher Guide in Hebrew, English and other languages