Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

• Yorktown Counselors’ presentation, 2/8/2021
• Attend a NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Parent Support Group
  • Grades PK-12: Semi-monthly. Contact Michelle Best (mczero@yahoo.com) or Alisa Cowen (acowen@cowendesigngroup.com)
  • Young Adults: 3rd Sunday of the month from 1-3pm. Contact Naomi Verdugo (verdugo.naomi@gmail.com) or Alisa Cowen (acowen@cowendesigngroup.com)
• Community and other mental health resources
• APS Mental Health and Wellness
• Arlington Tiered System of Support
• APS Substance Abuse Counseling
• YHS Counselors
• APS Resource: In Crisis/Need Help?
• APS Social-Emotional Learning Resources and Parent Academy Video
• APS-Provided List of Mental Health Resources
• APS Bullying Prevention and resources from Stop Bullying website
• APS Mental Health Services
• APS Family and Community Engagement (FACE)
• APS Parent Resource Center
• CASEL—Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, free webinars
• Challenge Success
• Act on Addiction
• Understood
• Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families (APCYF) provides information, resources, and support for students and families in numerous areas, including:
  • parent support webinars
  • parenting resources
  • substance use prevention resources
  • mental health and suicide prevention resources
  • APCYF research includes:
    • Community Report 2019
    • Equity Data
    • Your Voice Matters Survey
    • Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Suicide Prevention

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or calk 800-273-TALK (8255), or call 911.
• Warning signs
• NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness
• Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
• A Top 10 Listing of Suicide Prevention Organizations and Resources
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center
• Ideas for Action
• Virginia Family Special Education Connection and Virginia Department of Education, list of resources available for families