Mental Health Programming for the Community and Schools

Develop mental health programming for students and certify teachers and community members in Youth Mental Health First Aid, delivering individualized wellness plans and schoolwide education to reduce youth suicide.

Visit the nest at City High School to access a trauma-sensitive safe space with coping skills, sensory activities, and CBT and mindfulness approaches supporting students’ mental health district-wide.

Demonstrate evidence-based, occupation-based practices to address student mental health, foster lifelong learning, and implement wellness recovery action plans while certifying teachers and community members through Youth Mental Health First Aid.

Develop professionalism, ethical behavior, and advocacy skills to influence positive change with clients, communities, and the profession through the capstone experience.

Explore youth mental health programming in schools through Youth Mental Health First Aid, DVT-based worksheets, and targeted paraeducator and teacher training with evaluation insights.

Certify teachers and community members in youth mental health first aid to increase knowledge and awareness. The capstone aims for 42 participants by week 12, using the algae action plan.

Collaborate with City High students to develop an occupation-based wellness recovery action plan, guiding eight weeks of mindfulness, deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and self-care strategies for lifelong emotional wellness.

Showcases capstone projects that promote mental health resources, including door displays for Black History Month and Women's History Month, mindfulness activities, executive functioning, and personal space education.

Answer quiz questions on capstone mental health topics, including listening non-judgmentally, refraining from advice, assessing suicide risk, and the nest for navigating emotions and school through training.

Explore the references used throughout the capstone, including the first page and the second set of references.

Explore youth mental health resources, including the 908 crisis hotline and the 24/7 crisis text line, plus SAMHSA service locator, the Trevor Project, and the Iowa Suicide Lifeline.