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Raising Calm Minds: Mindfulness Techniques for Home and Schools

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Children and teens thrive when given tools to calm their minds, regulate their emotions, and focus. This on-demand training offers practical mindfulness strategies that parents, caregivers, and educators can use to support kids’ mental health and resilience. Click here to view this training. Please submit a short summary or a certificate (if received) to Alexis

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The Anxiety Adults Don’t Always See

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Anxiety and OCD in children and teens often exist beneath the surface—shaping emotions, behaviors, relationships, and daily experiences in ways adults may not immediately recognize. Through lived-experience insight and emotionally grounded reflection, Kyle explores what fear, intrusive thoughts, emotional overwhelm, compulsive behaviors, and anxiety can feel like internally for young people while helping caregivers, educators,

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Promoting Positive Mental Health in K-12 Students

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There’s no question that teachers and faculty members at elementary, middle, and high schools play critical roles in the educational growth of the students in their care. Through their work, they have the power to impart knowledge, foster a love of learning, and help shape future careers. It’s becoming increasingly clear, though, that these school

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Anxiety in the Classroom: Educators and Health Care Professionals Must Work Together

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For kids and teens living with anxiety and OCD, the idea of going to school or being in a classroom can present challenges. Firpo-Perretti and Stark explore how teachers, parents, and health care professionals can work together to create safe spaces for anxious students. Click here to view this training. Please submit a short summary

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