Ellington Public Schools

Call 211 for support

Tips for parents and educators from National Association of School Psychologists

Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
1.800.273.8255

The Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board
1-800-SUICIDE
1-800-784-2433

Suicide Hotlines

The Trevor Project supports LGBQT students and their peer

Trans LifeLine: 1-877-565-8860

Resources from Connecticut Childrens Medical Center - Helping your child through a divorce.

https://kidshealth.org - Helping your child through a divorce.

National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline:
1.866.331.9474

Dating Abuse Resources for Teens

Preventing Teen Dating Violence from the Inside Out

Teen Dating App from the CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence
 

National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1.888.373.7888 or Text: 233733

HART(Human Traficking Response Team)

Love146

Protecting you child: Human Trafficking: What Parents Need to Know

Internet Safety 101: sex trafficking

• Vaping Dangers: Talking with your Teens
• Quick facts on the risks of vaping and E-cigarettes for children, teens and young adults
• Vaping: What you need to know
• How do I know if my child is vaping?
• EHS students' public announcement on vaping:

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Line:
1.800.662.4357

Rushford

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Drug Abuse Prevention Starts with Parents

What are the Signs of Drug Abuse?

Teenage Substance Abuse Part 1

Teenage Substance Abuse Part 2

Community Health Recourse (CHR)
1-877-884-3571

• Child Mind Institute - Helping children cope after a traumatic event
• CT State Department of Education - Understanding how Trauma affects Children and Caregivers
• Helping children cope after a traumatic event.
• CT State Department of Education Resources
• UConn trauma Informed Schools Initiative 
• Trauma
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Internet Safety Resources from Ellington Youth Services
• InternetSafety101 org

• Eating Disorders in Children: Learn the Signs
• Eating Disorder Hotline and information
• Eating Disorder Clinic (South Windsor, CT)

• Crystal Lake Food Pantry
• Ellington Food Bank
• Local Food Access Supports

• DMHAS Website

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1.800.799.7233
• Effects of Domestic Violence on Children
• Domestic Abuse

National Sexual Assault Hotline:
1.800.656.4673

Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services: 1-888-999-5545

• National Center for Grieving Children and Families
• Mary's Place - A center for grieving choldren and families - Windsor, CT
• Talking to your Kids about Disasters, Death, Dying and Tragic News
• No Child Should Ever Grieve Alone

• Unfortunately, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth experience various challenges because of how others respond to their sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Youth Gov provides information to educate adults and youth on our LGBTQ comunity
• The Tevor Project: Protecting our LGBQT community
• Need assistance talking to your parents about your sexuality?
• Tips for parents on how to talk to your LGBTQ Children
• How to tell your parents about your sexuality
• Talking to your children about LGBQT
• Trans LifeLine: 1-877-565-8860

• Institute of Living, Anxiety Disorder Center: 860-545-7685
• Anxiety Treatment Center, Farmington, CT: 860-269-7813

• Teaching Tolerance – Tolerance.org, Race & Ethnicity
• “Avoiding Racial Equity Detours” - Paul Gorski, EdChange
• “The Critical Work of Racial Identity Development” - Dr. Daren Graves presentation to CSDE
• State Education Resource Center’s (SERC) “Equity in Education: A Transformational Approach to Teaching and Learning”
• The National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement developed a guide -- Talking to Kids about Tragedies (Such as Shootings and Terror Attacks) in the News – which helps explain for parents and guardians the importance of discussing the event with children and helps inform parents of common questions children ask in the aftermath of tragic events.
• Compilation of Racial Identity Models - Racial Equity Tools
• “A look at Implicit Bias and Microaggressions” – Todd Finley, Edutopia
• Association of Middle Level Instruction and Microaggressions in the Classroom – Rick Wormeli, AMLE
• “How White Parents Can Use Media to Raise Anti-Racist Kids” - Sierra Filucci, Common Sense Media
• The National Education Association (NEA) has several online resources for teachers, students and parents to help engage in a dialogue about racism, hate and violence which can be accessed and found on NEA’s website here.
• Resources for Addressing Trauma, Violence, and Grief is a compendium produced by CSDE staff. Please consult this guide for links to additional resources.

This is the NASP website with resources also -National Association of School Psychologists Social Justice Resources

SERC is also going to have roundtable discussions later in June. Might be something to send out to staff as an option (Thursdays 4:30-5:30):

• June 4 - Our Youth Speak: COVID-19 Virtual Learning
  Register
• June 11 - COVID-19 and Anti-Asian Racism: Supporting Asian Students, Families, and Educators
  Register
• June 18 - Distance Learning and Family Engagement: The Perspective of Communities of Color
  Register
• June 25 - Mental Health and Racial Equity
  Register

• School Refusal – Created By Ellington Youth Services