PAST RESOURCES
Keeping Kids Safe (2019 - 2024)
A recurring series dedicated to Keeping Kids Safe. Topics have included suicide prevention, social media safety, substance use, bullying, and more.
Fall 2023- Spring 2024
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[FLYER] - Keeping Kids Safe
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Session 1 - October 4, 2023: Social Media Safety
Session Materials:
Short video: Social Media Strategies (10 minutes)
Key Takeaways:
- Community-wide interventions, including schools, provide promising practices to support youth in minimizing social media risks and maximizing social media benefits.
- Teens who are marginalized are particularly at risk for the negative impacts of social media. Prevention initiatives should tailor interventions to support these students and to address broader social determinants of health and mental health needs.
- Community-driven social media interventions, as described in the successful case study, will benefit from continuous quality improvement approaches and direct youth and family input.
Resources:
- Teens & Tech website
- AAP-AACAP-CHA Declaration of a National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Surgeon General Social Media Advisory
- What are social determinates of health?
- Back to School Screen Time Improvement Guide
- PBS Mental Health Toolkit for Educators
- Handbook of Adolescent Digital Media Use and Mental Health
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media
- Log Off Movement
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Session 2 - November 1, 2023: Substance Use
Session Materials:
Short videos:
- 10-minute video: Approaches to Prevent Substance Use
- 7-minute video: Youth Empowerment & Prevention (YEP!)
Key Takeaways:
- Data consistently shows that the majority of youth are not using substances which provides us with an opportunity to prevent use.
- Connectedness is incredibly protective against substance use disorders and other behavioral health issues.
- Youth drug trends change over time, but prevention science is evidence based, effective, and impactful.
Resources:
- KCTC Data
- Youth drug trends: Vaping
- Youth drug trends: Emoji drug code
- Youth drug trends: Fentanyl education
- Youth drug trends: Synthetic Cannabinoids
- Dougas County YEP
- YEP video
- DCCCA Prevention Resources
- DCCCA Naloxone/Fentanyl Test Strip Request Form
- DCCCA Medication Disposal Bags and Lock Box Request Form
- Finding treatment facilities in your area
- Youth Leaders in Kansas (YLINK) Program
- Local Crisis Line: 785-841-2345
- Suicide and crisis lifeline: call 988 or text HELP to 988
- 988 Online Chat: https://988lifeline.org/
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Session 3 - December 6, 2023: Bullying
Session Materials:
Key Takeaways:
- Bullying is prevalent with almost â…“ of youth experiencing repeated victimization.
- Bullying and victimization have identifiable risk factors and developmental consequences.
- There are numerous ways that parents, schools, and educators can help prevent bullying and respond appropriately when bullying does happen.
Resources:
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Session 4 - January 10, 2024: Self-Harm
Session Materials:
Short videos:
Key Takeaways:
- NSSI is self-inflicted injury with no intent to die as a result of the injury.
- It’s important not to dismiss or diminish a youth’s experiences surrounding self-injury.
- There are effective interventions to treat youth who engage in NSSI - safety planning is one evidence-based approach that can improve safety
Resources:
- Mental Health of America: Self-injury and Youth
- The Psychology of Self-Injury podcast by Nicholas J. Westers, PSY.D., ABPP
- S.A.F.E. Alternatives
- SAMHSA: Treatment for Suicidal Ideation, self-harm and suicide among youth
- 988 for calls, texts and chats
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Session 5 - February 7, 2024: Disordered Eating
Session Materials:
Key Takeaways:
- Following best practices, school personnel can play a key role working together with students, families, communities, primary care, and treatment teams to support early intervention & recovery
- Help create safe school environments and implement best practices in disordered eating prevention, messaging, and early intervention
- Eating disorders are complex, biopsychosocial conditions, with culture playing a part in the disordered relationship with food, body, and exercise
- There is a lot we can do to support recovery and prevent eating disorders from developing!
Resources:
- National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders
- AAP: Eating Disorders and the School Setting
- National Eating Disorders Association: Info for Educators
- VeryWell Fit: Body Acceptance
- VeryWell Mind: Media Literacy
- Resource for Parents: The Ellyn Satter Institute
Articles:
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Session 6 - March 6, 2024: Protective Factors
Session Materials:
Short Video:
Key Takeaways:
- Where there are risk factors, there are also protective factors.
- There are simple strategies we can support youth with that increase protective factors.
- Protective factors can also be thought of as strengths that are present in a person’s life.
Fall 2022
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[FLYER] - Keeping Kids Safe: Suicide awareness and prevention
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Session 1 - September 27, 2022: Building resilient kids and communities
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Session 2 - October 4, 2022: Supporting suicide loss survivors
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Session 3 - October 11, 2022: Warning signs, screening and assessment
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Session 4 - October 18, 2022: Safety planning and working with parents
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Session 5 - October 25, 2022: Q&A about hospitalization with Marillac
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Additional Resources
Fall 2019
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[FLYER] - Keeping Kids Safe: A Comprehensive Look at Suicide Prevention and Intervention
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Session 1 - Red Flags and Warning Signs | Role of Primary Care in Keeping Kids Safe - October 4, 2019
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Session 2 - Screening, Risk Assessment, and Safety Planning | One School District's Comprehensive Plan - October 11, 2019
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Session 3 - Building Resilient Kids and Communities - October 18, 2019
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Session 4 - Hospitalization and Follow-Up: What to Expect? - October 25, 2019
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Session 5 - Supporting Survivors: How Can Communities Respond? - November 1, 2019
