Botvin LifeSkills Training (LST) is a research-validated substance abuse prevention program proven to reduce the risks of alcohol, tobacco, drug abuse, and violence by targeting the major social and psychological factors that promote the initiation of substance use and other risky behaviors. This comprehensive and exciting program provides adolescents and young teens with the confidence and skills necessary to successfully handle challenging situations.

Program-specific outcomes:

• Decreased alcohol use
• Decreased substance use (e-cigarettes, marijuana, pills)
• Increased student knowledge of health and risk

Lions Quest: Skills for Adolescence, offered by Lions Club International, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 5-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 5-7. Programming for grades K-4 are available in the companion program, Lions Quest: Skills for Growing. Translated materials for Lions Quest: Skills for Adolescence are available in 46 languages, including Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Arabic.

Lions Quest: Skills for Growing, offered by Lions Club International, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-4 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 1-4. Programming for grades 5-8 are available in the companion program, Lions Quest: Skills for Adolescence. Translated materials for Lions Quest: Skills for Growing are available in 46 languages, including Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Arabic.

LivingWorks ASIST is a two-day interactive and in-person workshop in suicide first aid. Learners become ready, willing, and able to intervene with someone who has thoughts of suicide, and help them develop a safety plan, access help, and find hope.

This more in-depth training allows learners to practice skills and helps address myths and barriers around suicide. Learn to talk openly about suicide, reach out to someone with thoughts of suicide, and connect them with further support in a half-day, face-to-face workshop.

Additional outcomes:

Increased willingness to intervene, increased knowledge of suicide, increased confidence/willingness talking about suicide

A 90-minute online training that helps learners develop foundational skills to recognize when someone may be thinking of suicide and connect them to further help.

Manners of the Heart provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-5 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades K-5. Family/Home connection letters are available in Spanish.

This course has been designed and is best suited for educators working with students in grades 7 to 10.

This is a non-credit, online curriculum that consists of 6 modules designed to be taught sequentially in 6-12 hours of classroom time. This sustainable, Train-the-Trainer model teaches educators how to implement the curriculum in their classrooms year after year. Modules include all course materials including learning objectives, lesson plans and all materials needed to deliver the curriculum in perpetuity. All student-facing materials are also translated into Spanish and Portuguese. Also includes one year of data collection and analysis via Osprey Research Group (pre/post surveys). After analysis, lifetime access to curriculum updates and quarterly Community of Practice Meeting access.

Learn more about this course, including program background and learning objectives, at Mental Health Collaborative.

Mental health literacy is the foundation for mental health promotion, prevention, and care and can be developed through classroom based curriculum implementation that has been scientifically shown to improve mental health related outcomes for students and also for their teachers. Curriculum aligns with National Health Education Standards and CASEL competencies.

In this course, educators will learn how to apply this classroom-ready, web-based, modular mental health curriculum resource as well as develop their own mental health literacy. Educators can then use this resource designed to be delivered to regular classrooms to successfully address mental health-related curriculum outcomes designed to be delivered by classroom teachers to students in grades 7 to 10.

Through these seminars, high school juniors and seniors will learn to :

– Recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illnesses

– Identify when, where, and how to access professional support

– Explore ways to design a fulfilling life as they transition to independence

– Apply strategies for healthy coping and self-care

In this seminar, middle & high school students will learn to:

• Develop an understanding of mental health and mental illnesses
• Examine stigma and its impact on seeking help
• Identify when, where, and how to access professional support
• Strengthen skills for maintaining their own mental health and supporting peers