Explore these resources related to youth, mental health, and Catholic schools. This list was composed by the Catholic School Mental Health Collaborative and the inclusion of an item on the list should not be seen as endorsement of the product by either the Collaborative or NCPD.
Books
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The Playbook for Whole-Child Education in U.S. Catholic Schools
Book addressing students' diverse needs, including their overall well-being.
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Ministry of Pastoral Guidance Counseling in Catholic Schools
This volume examines the school counselor's critical role in providing pastoral care.
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A Light Unto my Path: Model of Accompaniment for Fostering Mental Wellness
Resource to build a proactive, comprehensive response to the growing need to do more related to mental health in Catholic schools.
Trainings
Organizations
Curriculum
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Growing with God
The curriculum of each grade fosters children’s social and emotional learning while giving them strategies to keep themselves safe and recognize signs of danger.
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Healthy Relationships
Available for grade 6, 7, and 8, Healthy Relationships is a five-lesson, interactive program that leverages storytelling with student self-reflections to solidify the tactics and hard work of building and maintaining trust— as well as recognizing when trust is compromised.
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Mental Health and Wellness for Catholic Schools: Emotions, Resiliency, Belonging, and Dignity of the Whole by Eastern Ontario Catholic Curriculum Corporation
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Mental Health and High School Curriculum Guide
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Raised in Grace: Arise
Curriculum which invites middle and high school students to actively participate in understanding and growing their own minds, helping them develop secure relationships, a strong sense of agency, and the ability to reflect on their own thoughts and emotions.
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Raised in Grace: Secure in Grace
Curriculum which aims to invite students in grades 4-6 to know and participate in their own neurodevelopment.
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Sanctuary Youth Series
Video series centered on the pressing questions that young people are asking about faith and mental health. It provides space to engage these questions and start important conversations in youth ministries and church communities.
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Wholehearted
A resource focused on the impact life's painful experiences have on mental health.
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Whole Human Challenge
Helps Catholic high schools respond to the student mental health crisis with a faithful, year-long wellness curriculum rooted in a Catholic understanding of the human person and evidence-informed care.