Children's Mental Health Week is May 3rd-May 9th. Below are resources to help you and your children. Thank you to the Rockland Youth Commission for compiling these sources!
For Mindfulness:
51 Mindfulness Activities for home
For Coping:
For Positivity:
7 Activities to Help Your Child Develop a Positive Attitude
Parent/Professional Advocacy League
Art Therapy:
Art Therapy Activities for Teens
Storytime and Reading Suggestions
Suggested Books for Elementary Grades:
Cory Stories: A Kid's Book about Living with ADHD- Jeanne Klaus
Don't Feed the Worry Bug- Andi Green
Pillar's Worries- Victoria Sanchez
A Boy Named Bat- Elana Arnold
Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too)- Keith Negley
A Terrible Thing Happened- Margaret Holmes
Middle Grades:
A Whole New Ballgame: A Rip and Red Book- Phil Bildner
Warp Speed- Lisa Yee
Fish in a Tree- Linda Mullaly Hunt
Can I Catch it like a Cold? Coping with a Parent's Depression: written by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Finding Perfect- Elly Swartz
Stanley will probably be fine- Sally J Pla
High School:
Hey Kiddo- JJK
Don't Call me Crazy: 33 Stories that start the conversation about mental health- Kelly Jensen
Turtles All the Way Down- John Green
Hold Still- Nina LaCour
How It Feels to Float- Helena Fox
Wintergirls- Laurie Halse Anderson
Schizo- Nic Scheff
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