Mental Health Promotion and Education

 

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Mental Health and Wellness Program includes a mental health education component for students and staff. Center Mental Health Consultants (CMHCs) are required to host one center-wide mental health promotion and education event per year that is designed to reach all students. Additionally, CMHCs are required to coordinate with other departments on center to develop integrated mental health promotion and education services for stude​nts and staff. The following resources may be helpful in developing educational programming for your center.​​​

• Cope UP! — Positive Copin​g Card for Students — November 2022
• Sleep . . . Are you getting Enough? — Student brochure
• ​ Staying on Top of Stress — Student brochure
• SAMHSA Store —​ Fact sheets and brochures (English and Spanish available)
• National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) — Fact sheets and brochures (available in Spanish here)
• ​988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Materials (English and Spanish)​

​Holiday Blues/Holiday Stress

• Ho Ho Uh Oh! How to Cope with the Holiday Blues​
  ​Joseph Grillo, Ph.D., Center Mental Health Consultant, Long Beach JCC
• Holiday Blues Tips
  

Group Activities

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​Mindfulness Meditation

Mindfulness simply means paying attention to the present moment without judgement. Research shows that, with practice, mindfulness has positive impacts on our physical and emotional wellbeing—it helps relax the mind and body. You might practice mindfulness “formally" by developing a sitting meditation practice or you may practice mindfulness in your everyday life simply by bringing your attention to your breath, body sensations, surroundings (e.g., what you see/hear) as you move through your day. The following mindfulness resources can be shared with students and staff:

• Informal Mindfulness Exercises Handout
  

Sitting Meditation Practice

• Mindfulness Meditation I: Just This Breath (MP3- Length: 6 minutes, 40 seconds) or Transcript

Free Mindfulness Apps

• Insight Timer
• Cal​m