Teacher Resource Center

UACF recognizes the value of teachers in not only furthering the educations of our children and youth, but in the critical role you play in strengthening the home-school partnership that leads to enhanced academic performance, the development of productive social skills and mental wellness.  UACF has included sites that offer parents/caregivers, families, and students, as well as school educators, and administrators the resources they need to be successful in schools.   The following organizations have developed materials about mental illnesses and their treatment that may be useful to you or your students. Much of the information is available on the World Wide Web. Phone numbers are also provided here for your reference.

1.  School Mental Health Project

Provides in-depth training on child/adolescent mental health topics such as: suicide, crisis intervention, eating disorders, anxiety/panic, ADHD, substance abuse--geared for school nurses, counselors, teachers, administrators, and social workers http://eahec.ecu.edu/smhp.cfm

2.  SchoolMentalHealth.Org

This site offers school mental health resources not only for clinicians, but also for educators, administrators, parents/caregivers, families, and students. *Courses are online and FREE* http://www.schoolmentalhealth.org/index.html

3.  Mind Matters

A resource and professional development program supporting Australian secondary schools in promoting and protecting the mental health, social and emotional wellbeing of all the members of school communities.  http://www.mindmatters.edu.au/default.asp

4.  Breaking the Silence

Website designed for teachers to purchase resources needed to educate themselves and others of mental health issues http://www.btslessonplans.org/

5.  Office of Mental Health (New York!)

Great site for all those involved-educational/full of resources/ http://www.omh.state.ny.us/ http://www.aboutourkids.org/

6.  Center for School Based Mental Health Programs

Online training program http://www.btslessonplans.org/

7.  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Center for Community of Caring

Website designed to develop a "Character Education Program" with a focus on disabilities, which includes utilizing school's staff development as a space to train/educate teachers/ staff , identify a lead staff, coordinating committee, action plan and family/community involvement: http://www.communityofcaring.org/about/index.html

8.  CASEL(Collaborative for Academic, Social, Emotional Learning)

Website to train educators and schools with curriculum for the classrooms available http://www.casel.org/pub/training.php

9.  SAMHSA

Website provides information to promote acceptance and social inclusion of people with mental illness, training and technical assistance http://162.99.14.79/default.aspx

10.  Resource Training Center (RTC)

Portland: Family Support & Children's Mental Health (Provides a glossary, resources for community, data trends, discussion board, FAQ's, articles/research) http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgResources.shtml