Mental Health Spotlight: Call to Action

Calling All PTA Advocates for Mental Health Awareness

Council's Mental Health Committee has been noticing inconsistencies with the accessibility to a school's mental health resources. We are asking our local leaders to take a few minutes to check out the website for their school to determine the following:

• Is it easy to find the mental health resources for your school?
• Does it list your school's mental health counselor (name & how to contact)?
• Does it talk about what services they can help with/provide?
• Is there a list of outside services for students and families to reach out to?

​After checking out your school's website, if you find these things hard to locate or not available, we encourage you to advocate with your school office staff and principal to get these things included. If your school is already doing a great job at making mental health information accessible, we would love to know! Please email the link to your school's website so we can share it as a resource with other PTA leaders and schools looking to improve their mental health accessibility and awareness.

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