Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Youth Mental Health & COVID-19
Year 3, Week 32 (134 total reports)
23.11.2022-29.11.2022
REVIEW and ANNOUNCEMENTS
There are many people to thank for last week’s successful benefit concert. There are the musicians (Vince Ruttan and Brian Richmond), the venue providers and it’s wait/cook/cleaning staff, the people who attended and, of course, YGO and AMPAY for the tireless work they do. Thank You! Please join us for future events supporting more causes.
This Week’s Top Links
29.11.2022
A ‘Fiercely Compassionate’ Approach to Student Mental Health
https://www.the74million.org/article/a-fiercely-compassionate-approach-to-student-mental-health/
There are a number of rock-solid statements in this article for those who work with young people (or are raising them). A number of these statements would make great posters placed in the staff room as a reminder of being Fiercely Compassionate.
28.11.2022
How College in Prison is Leading Professors to Rethink How They Teach
I mentor a young man who is pursuing his Christian Counseling degree from Corban University at the Oregon State Penitentiary outside of Salem, Oregon. When closed-minded people ask “why would we want to educate inmates?” I like to remind them that almost all of the inmates are going to be their neighbor someday and would they prefer someone released who was angry and uneducated or grateful and educated. It’s not just the RIGHT thing to do, it is the BEST thing.
27.11.2022
15 Cheat Codes for Life: Jump 7 Years Ahead of People
https://www.entrepreneur.com/finance/15-cheat-codes-for-life-jump-7-years-ahead-of-people/439915
Calling these insights “cheat codes” implies there is something wrong with knowing them. But they really are good insights for improving your life and helping others “hack” into a deeper life and increased well-being. That’s not cheating, that’s growing.
26.11.2022
A Texas dad gave a heart-wrenching speech about his trans son. It's a must-see.
I applaud this father and hope more people affirm this video by both watching and sharing it. The attacks on homosexuality and transsexuals has no basis in the Gospels of Jesus Christ. They come from inaccurate interpretations of the Old Testament and letters. Christians often forget that the Old Testament and the Letters in the New Testament have one primary purpose that is to point to Jesus Christ in the Gospel. They also tend to overlook that the twin purposes of Christ’s life were personal transformation and communal restoration. Though he showed anger in his life, it was always directed towards either Satan or the Judgmental Religious leaders (interesting juxtaposition).
25.11.2022
Mind the gaps: the world needs to radically transform its educational systems, not just upgrade them
There are times when minor tweaks won’t work anymore. Many of our institutions are beyond “tweaking” and need critical overhauls. I would include political, religious, economics, judicial as well as education in this state. These were systems designed to enhance corporate capitalism and they are creating a less sustainable world.
24.11.2022
Why do kids bully? And what can parents do about it?
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-kids-bully-parents.html
Having been brought to multiple school districts (in both short-term and long-term capacities), I have tired of bullying programs that focus solely on the young people. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a school or school district that was high in youth violence that wasn’t also high in adult sarcasm. Sarcasm with a child is an adult version of bullying, but it’s like throwing hardballs at an armless man. Children simply don’t have the cognitive capacity to respond to sarcasm—it’s a learned response. And why we would want our children to learn that? I encourage both educators and parents to focus on growing a culture of specific praise and to “Fast” from sarcasm. If you are witty enough to use sarcasm, you are intelligent enough to master praise.
23.11.2022
See what a kid with autism sees for 90 eye-opening seconds.
https://www.upworthy.com/see-what-a-kid-with-autism-sees-for-90-eye-opening-seconds-rp
Anyone who sees this video will walk away with increased empathy for both people with autism and also for adults who spend time with neurodiverse children. Please review this and pass it on.
A Link to This Week’s Links
This week, I am supplying a link to my web site if you would like more information about the rest of the links I selected this week. My primary goal is to select links that will foster healthy development in children and teens. This week’s links can be found at:
https://www.communitiesoftrust-jerrygoebel.com/teenmentalhealth
This Week’s Links
29.11.2022
A ‘Fiercely Compassionate’ Approach to Student Mental Health
https://www.the74million.org/article/a-fiercely-compassionate-approach-to-student-mental-health/
How to Create a Sacred Space, According to Indigenous Teachings
How Great Leaders Communicate
https://hbr.org/2022/11/how-great-leaders-communicate
Best of 2022: Our Favorite Picture Books | Kirkus Reviews
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/best-of-2022-our-favorite-picture-books/
What Does It Mean For a Therapist to Be Neurodiversity-Affirming?
A nurse's view as three viruses send Americans to hospitals
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139544103/a-nurses-view-as-three-viruses-send-americans-to-hospitals
28.11.2022
How College in Prison is Leading Professors to Rethink How They Teach
Parents of successful kids don't worry about screen time, expert says—they teach these 3 skills instead
Neurodivergent Versus Neuroatypical: What's The Difference?
https://www.healthdigest.com/1117474/neurodivergent-versus-neuroatypical-whats-the-difference/
Here's How To Tell If You Have A Cold, Flu Or COVID-19 & How Doctors Tell The Difference
News Wrap: 2 new COVID subvariants driving majority of U.S. cases
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-2-new-covid-subvariants-driving-majority-of-u-s-cases
As RSV Cases Surge, Experts Warn of America’s Worsening ‘Tripledemic’
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/rsv-covid-flu-cases-winter-2022/
27.11.2022
15 Cheat Codes for Life: Jump 7 Years Ahead of People
https://www.entrepreneur.com/finance/15-cheat-codes-for-life-jump-7-years-ahead-of-people/439915
Want to Raise Successful Kids? These 13 Simple Habits Pay Off Big-Time
It’s not just Covid. Flu and RSV means masks need to come back.
26.11.2022
A Texas dad gave a heart-wrenching speech about his trans son. It's a must-see.
To Raise Successful Kids, Encourage This Surprising Trait, According to a Parenting Expert
https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/successful-kids-parenting-learning-margot-machol-bisnow.html
Spare the rod, spanking your kids could permanently damage their brains
A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with Our Past and Driving Social Change
Parents who raise highly successful kids have these 3 things in common
How Great Leaders Communicate
https://hbr.org/2022/11/how-great-leaders-communicate
25.11.2022
Mind the gaps: the world needs to radically transform its educational systems, not just upgrade them
Teachers Are Drowning. So Are Students. What Can Be Done?
Does kindness get in the way of success?
From Tiny Krill To Concrete Jungles: 2022's Best Science Books For Kids
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/2022-kids-science-books/
24.11.2022
Why do kids bully? And what can parents do about it?
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-kids-bully-parents.html
Man abandoned by his dad at 14 makes videos teaching children what dads normally teach kids
David McGrath: Grateful people are happier. In that spirit, here is my Thanksgiving list. – Chicago Tribune
Mental health conversation starters: 14–18 years
https://www.unicef.org/parenting/mental-health/conversation-starters-14-18-years
10 Supplements That Can Help Treat Symptoms Of ADHD
https://www.healthdigest.com/1115457/supplements-that-can-help-treat-symptoms-of-adhd/
These U.S. Companies Gave $8 Million to Election-Denying Midterm Candidates
The next COVID wave is here. Here’s what you’re in for
23.11.2022
See what a kid with autism sees for 90 eye-opening seconds.
https://www.upworthy.com/see-what-a-kid-with-autism-sees-for-90-eye-opening-seconds-rp
Highlighting ‘Good’ Mistakes in Student Work
https://www.edutopia.org/article/highlighting-good-mistakes-in-student-work/
My Husband Refuses to Accept Our Daughter’s New Diagnosis
https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/11/adhd-disagreement-care-and-feeding.html?via=rss_flipboard
Most young people’s well-being falls sharply in first years of secondary school
Somatic therapy: How working with the body can heal the imprints of trauma
Dr. Fauci, who has served under seven presidents, delivers his final White House Covid briefing
6 free gratitude meditations to help you get grounded