Mental Health

• NCDHHS Crisis Services
• Family Resource Center
• Triple P Parenting Program

Trillium

https://www.dpi.nc.gov/districts-schools/districts-schools-support/nc-social-and-emotional-learning

• Mindful Mondays

• Educator Wellness

• NC SEL Standards Mapping Document

• Educator Resources

• Resources for Resilience

• Second Step

• NC Public School Forum: Resilience and Learning Project

North Carolina’s Project AWARE/ACTIVATE is a collaboration between the NC Department of Public Instruction and the NC Department of Health and Human Services to develop a comprehensive plan of activities, services, and strategies for connecting youth and families to mental health services in six pilot school districts.

Project AWARE/ACTIVATE promotes innovative service delivery based on the recommendations of the NC School Mental Health Initiative for equitable access to high quality and well-coordinated mental health and substance abuse services, including 1) continuum of supports and services, 2) strategies to foster sustainability, and 3) engagement of all stakeholders.

Project AWARE/ACTIVATE addresses the three tiers of mental health (promotion, prevention, and intervention) through a continuum of education, universal screening, and appropriate services and supports for all students in response to varying levels of need. Recognizing the interrelatedness of academic outcomes and mental health/well-being of students Project AWARE/ACTIVATE seeks to provide an embedded approach within an existing system (schools) versus fragmented and reactive approaches.

The NC Department of Public Instruction’s Exceptional Children Division in collaboration with the NC Department of Health and Human Services has the following goals for Project AWARE/ACTIVATE:

1. Improve behavioral and psychological indices of school engagement and decrease school disciplinary events for preschool through 12th grade by implementing universal prevention activities within a Multi-Tiered System of Support.