Trauma-Informed Resource Guide by Michelle Schmidt

Illinois State: Child Protection Services

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-Report suspected abuse or neglect: 1-800-252-2873
-DCFS Info & Assistance: 1-800-232-3798 / 217-524-2029

*Partnerships: Macoupin County, IL--Department of Human Services

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(20 miles away): (217)-854-3145.

Macoupin County, IL: Abuse Hotline

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Safe Families Program Hotline: 1-888-259-6364

*Partnerships: Carlinville, IL--Food Pantry

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(20 miles away): (217) 855-1672

National: Hotline for Mental Health Crises & Suicide Prevention

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Available 24/7: Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org.

Springfield, IL: Behavioral Health Center

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Closest behavioral health center (40 miles away): Provides inpatient care, a partial hospitalization program, and outpatient services.

Everyone:
https://lincolnprairiebhc.com/treatment-services/ or 217-585-1180

Self-Care Resources

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Everyone: It is important to take care of yourself in order to take care of others.

Early Mental Health Matters

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Everyone: Relationships and connections are important.

Youth Mental Health First Aid

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Teachers, administrators, & other school personnel: How can we help?

School-Based Mental Health Services Framework

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Administrators, teachers, & other school personnel: Rationale and logistics of implementing school-based mental health services.

Cultural Awareness / Cultural Humility

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Everyone: Recognize and celebrate our uniqueness while respecting everyone.

Culturally-Informed Mental Health

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Everyone: Recognize the importance of approaching mental health with cultural sensitivity.

Giftedness and Mental Health

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Caregivers & teachers: Insight into the mental health of gifted children and teens.

National: Crisis Text Line

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Available 24/7: text HOME to 741741 or chat crisistextline.org

Mindfulness Activities

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Everyone: Take time to pause at any age or stage in life.

Practicing Gratitude: Adults

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Everyone: Practice gratitude to develop a positive mindset.

Practicing Gratitude: Children & Teens

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Everyone: Create opportunities to inspire gratitude in your children or students. Activities are easily adaptable to teens.

YOU Can Make a Difference

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Everyone: Be inspired to be a positive influence. Improve your mental health and overall well-being by helping break generational trauma, and passing down healing.

Kindness Matters

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Teachers & caregivers: Background story of September's school assembly on mental health. Inspire others to make a positive difference.

National: Homelessness Helpline

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Call: (800) 308-2145
Email: homeless@serve.org

*Partnerships: Macoupin & Montgomery Counties--Serving Children in Care

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Making Moments Matter. Connect with precious ones in foster care through our bi-county-wide camp and mentoring program.
*See also: https://www.facebook.com/RFKCarlinville/

Every Student Deserves a Champion

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Teachers: Be a champion! The power of connection.

Macoupin County, IL: Self-Harm & Suicide Prevention Foundation

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Available 24/7: (615) 347-3104

Guided by teens, and supported by the Strategies and Approaches to Prevent Suicide guidelines set forth by the CDC and the Surgeon General reports released in early 2021. Jared's Keepers listens and responds based on immediate needs of our teen community. This is what sets us apart. We are a PREVENTION foundation not just an awareness foundation.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): They often affect mental and physical health

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Everyone: Negative or traumatic events can have long-lasting effects. Think about yourself. Consider your children or students.

Negative & Traumatic Experiences: Their Effect on Mental Health and Behaviors

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Everyone: Even if the negative event happened long ago, it can still affect how we think and behave. Think about yourselves. Consider your children and students.

See also Part 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YNhO9YPHa7l9YQ2VknjKb8bn3hoC5XNA/view?usp=sharing

Bring Hope & Build Resilience

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Everyone: Be inspired to create opportunities to reverse negative and traumatic experiences and improve others' mental health.

&Rise: Virtual Support Groups for Sexual Abuse, Domestic Abuse, & Trauma Survivors

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Females: Abuse and various forms of trauma can happen to anyone, but this is specifically for females. Join or refer someone to this community of survivors supporting and talking with one another about their experiences and healing.

Counseling Services

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Closest comprehensive counseling (60 miles away): 877-722-2748

- Family Counseling
- Trauma Informed Care
- Sexual Abuse Recovery
- Sexually Reactive Youth
- Depression
- Anxiety and Panic
- Social Phobias
- Grief Counseling
- Anger Management
- Marital Counseling Services
- Single Parent Issues
- Children & Divorce
- Child & Adolescent Counseling
- Post Abortive Counseling
- Systematic Training for Effective Parenting
- Christian Based Counseling
- Rapid Response
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing

ADHD in the Classroom

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Teachers: Understand and support students diagnosed with ADHD and those who exhibit such tendencies.

Maintain Mental Health

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Everyone: Practical ways to remain more mentally healthy.

Teaching Students with Mental Health Concerns

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Teachers: Learn to connect with and support your students with mental health challenges.

Mental Health Risks for Rural, Low Socioeconomic Students

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Teachers & administrators: Watch this sobering account and see the accompanying resources. We have a unique responsibility to connect with our students to help support their mental health.

-See the following fact sheet on rural mental health.

Rural Mental Health Crisis Fact Sheet

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Teachers & administrators: Read these sobering facts that we know to be true about many of the students we serve.

*Partnerships: Maple Street Clinic--Medical, Dental, & Behavioral Health

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(38 miles away): (217) 839-1526 or (888) 349-4482

*Partnerships: Catholic Charities Thrift Store--Carlinville, IL

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(20 miles away): Located at 20 Carlinville Plaza in Carlinville.

(217) 854-3029

Intergenerational Trauma

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Everyone: The effects of trauma can be passed from generation to generation. Learn about this by reading and taking a brief quiz.

Rural Mental Health

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Everyone: Recognize how rural challenges affect mental health. It's okay to reach out to someone -- you might save a life.

Implicit Bias

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Everyone: We sometimes unknowingly view others differently, which can have a negative effect on how we treat others, which in turn can be harmful to their mental health.

Legend:

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Red: Emergency

Blue: Local and County Services & Partnerships

*Blue: Child Welfare

Purple: Mental Health & Counseling

*Purple: Partnerships

Green: School Tools

*Green: Mental Health Practices in Education

White: Local Culture & Diversity

*White: Neuroscience Info.

Yellow: Self-Care

*Neuroscience: Experiences Shape Our Brains

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Caregivers, teachers, & students: Learn how experiences continually shape our brains.

*Neuroscience: Feelings & Emotions

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Caregivers & teachers: Learn how our brains continually create emotions, predict, make decisions, and generate feelings.

*Neuroscience: The Dangers of Negative Self-Talk

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Caregivers, teachers & students: Learn how to manage the "chatter" of your inner voice.

*Neuroscience: Healing Trauma Without Medication

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Everyone: Medication can help, but sometimes simply masks underlying causes. Learn about non-conventional ways to heal from trauma.

*Neuroscience: Reset a Dysregulated Nervous System

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Everyone: Try this technique to reduce anxiety in under 60 seconds!

*Neuroscience: Benefits of Positive Self-Talk

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Everyone: Learn about some benefits of focusing on positivity and how to retrain your brain.

*Neuroscience: Ways to Rewire Our Brain

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Everyone: Neuroplasticity entails ways to rewire neural pathways. Simply put, it explains how our brains are changeable, like plastic. Try some of these easy techniques to make your brain healthier!

*Neuroscience: Gratitude Rewires Your Brain

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Caregivers & teachers: Discover the many benefits of practicing gratitude, including better sleep, improved overall health, and reduced stress and harmful emotions.

*Neuroscience: The Science of Gratitude

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Everyone: Begin to understand the science-based benefits of practicing gratitude.

*Neuroscience: Developing the Attitude of Gratitude

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Caregivers, teachers, & students: Learn about the benefits of regularly practicing gratitude and discover practical ways to develop an attitude of gratitude.

*Neuroscience: Co-Regulation Practices for Educators

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Teachers: Try out some of these innovative ideas to incorporate co-regulation practices in your classrooms!

*Neuroscience: How You Feel Activates Different Parts of Your Brain

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Everyone: Discover which parts of your brain are activated when you feel joyful, energetic, relaxed, fearful, stuck, etc.

*Neuroscience: What Emotions Are and How They Shape Us

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Everyone: Emotional reactions are learned through experiences. Learn how to change stuck and misguiding emotions.

*Neuroscience: Mindful Breathing

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Everyone: Practice mindful breathing through this short, guided Christian meditation and experience a calming peace.

*Neuroscience: Meditation & Prayer

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Caregivers, teachers, & adolescent students: Listen to this meditation and prayer that aligns with a biblical, Christian faith, and enjoy their calming benefits to frame or close your day.

*Neuroscience: Cultural Awareness

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Everyone: We don't all think the same, and that's okay! Consider and appreciate others' perspectives and how culture shapes thinking.

*Neuroscience: Square Breathing (El Cuadro de Respirar)

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Everyone: Practice this relaxing, guided breathing technique in Spanish. Subtitles are available in English and Spanish.

*Neuroscience: Breathing for Relaxation (in Spanish)

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Everyone: Follow along with this deep breathing technique, narrated in Spanish, to feel relaxed.

*Neuroscience: Window of Tolerance and Emotional Regulation

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Caregivers & teachers: Our windows of tolerance are influenced by a variety of factors. Learn how we can widen our windows of tolerance and increase our ability to manage stress.

*Neuroscience: Gut Bacteria and Its Effects on Depression & Anxiety

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Caregivers, teachers, & administrators: Learn how what we ingest can affect our mood, sleep, and appetite. Should we consider making changes to what we eat and what we offer our children and students?

*Neuroscience: Body Scan Mindfulness Meditation

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Everyone: Relax while becoming in tune with your body as you listen to this calming mindfulness exercise (without background sound or music).

*Neuroscience: Grounding Techniques

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Everyone: Try out any of these 30 physical, mental, or soothing techniques to bring relief from distressing thoughts caused by anxiety, stress, depression, PTSD, etc.

*Neuroscience: The Effects of Stress on Our Body

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Caregivers, teachers, & administrators: Stress triggers the fight-or-flight response. Gain insight into how stress affects your own body and the bodies of your children, students, and employees. Learn how physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral effects of stress differ between men and women. Explore ways that you can help reduce the various effects types of stress.

*Neuroscience: Depression: What It Does to the Body

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Caregivers, teachers, administrators, & adolescent students: Learn about different causes, types, and symptoms of depression. Recognize its effects on the body. Learn how to detect depression in yourself, your children, students, and employees. Explore ways to counter depression, including alternative therapies, natural remedies, and lifestyle tips.

*Neuroscience: Anxiety: What It Does to the Body

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Caregivers, teachers, administrators, & adolescent students: Learn about different causes, types, and symptoms of anxiety disorders. Recognize the effects of anxiety on the body. Learn how to detect anxiety in yourself, your children, students, and employees. Explore ways to counter anxiety, including alternative therapies, natural remedies, and lifestyle tips.

*Neuroscience: Multisensory Perception

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Caregivers, teachers, & students: Did you know our brains create flavor?! Discover how our senses influence and even trick us. Try the experiment for extra fun and become inspired to learn more about our amazing brains!

*Neuroscience: Empathy Mirror Neurons

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Everyone: Empathy is more than understanding the thoughts and feelings of others. Learn the science behind empathy, "the sharing of others' thoughts and feelings."

*Neuroscience: Using Movement to Change and Adapt Our Brains

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Caregivers, teachers, & administrators: Neuroplasticity is our brain's ability to change and adapt. If movement is key, consider the missed opportunities of growth for students sitting at desks for extended periods.

*Neuroscience: Devotionals, Meditation, & Prayer

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Everyone: Science demonstrates that intentionally dwelling on the positive and practicing gratitude creates a healthier brain. Feed your brain well and notice overall improved well-being in your entire body. Check out these free resources!

*Child Welfare: Foster Care Acronyms

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Everyone: Become familiar with common acronyms used within the foster care system.

*Child Welfare: Common Abbreviations

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Everyone: Become familiar with common abbreviations in child welfare.

*Child Welfare: Through the Eyes of a Child Placed into Foster Care

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Everyone: Gain perspective and empathy for children placed in foster care due to maltreatment and neglect.

*Child Welfare: Kinship Foster Care Through a Child's Eyes

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Everyone: Gain perspective and appreciation for fictive kin foster carers.

*Child Welfare: Aging Out of Foster Care

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Everyone: Hear first-hand insecurities and struggles of aging out of the foster care system. Is there hope of a stable, productive life?

*Child Welfare: Illinois Legislation Gives Legal Voice to Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

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Everyone: On February 8, 2023, Illinois signed legislation providing foster youth with legal counsel. Learn about this important advancement.

*Child Welfare: Illinois Fictive Kin Self-Care

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Fictive Foster Carers: Remember to take care of yourself as you pour into the vulnerable loved ones you have taken in.

*Child Welfare: Indicators of Child Abuse and Neglect

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Caregivers & Teachers: WARNING -- Potentially triggering video -- WARNING. Learn how to recognize and report child abuse and neglect.

*Child Welfare: Illinois Legislative Services

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Caregivers & Teachers: Become informed about Illinois legislation surrounding child welfare.

*Child Welfare: The Effects of Poverty on Brain Development

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Caregivers & Teachers: Learn about the negative impact poverty has upon the brain and its repercussions in the classroom.

*Child Welfare: Parental Rights with Children Removed by the Court

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Caregivers & Teachers: Become informed about the rights of parents with court-removed children.

*Child Welfare: Steps to Report Child Abuse or Neglect

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Everyone: WARNING -- Potentially triggering video -- WARNING. Learn what to look for and what steps to take to make a mandated reporter call.

*Child Welfare: DCFS Illinois Manual for Mandated Reporters

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Teachers & Administrators: Use this resource for in-depth understanding and training for mandated reporters.

*Child Welfare: Signs & Indicators of Sexual Abuse

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Caregivers & Teachers: WARNING -- Potentially triggering video -- WARNING. Learn about signs and indicators of child sexual abuse, how to communicate with children suspected known or suspected to be victims of sexual abuse, online sexual abuse, and more related topics.

*Child Welfare: Physical Abuse -- Spot the Signs

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Everyone: Recognize the ABCs of recognizing physical abuse in this 40-second video by looking for changes in one's appearance, behavior, and communication.

*Child Welfare: Victims and Witnesses of Physical Abuse

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Caregivers & Teachers: WARNING -- Potentially triggering video -- WARNING. Better understand the physical and emotional effects of exposure to physical violence.

*Child Welfare: Emotional Abuse

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Everyone: Learn about indicators and long-term consequences of emotional abuse.

*Child Welfare: The Science of Neglect

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Everyone: Explore the four levels of neglect and learn how neglect affects the brain and body.

*Child Welfare: Prevention & Intervention of Child Maltreatment and Neglect

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Everyone: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are quite common. Learn how you can be part of the solution.

*Child Welfare: A Brief History in the United States' Child Welfare System

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Everyone: Understand the history of the child welfare system and be inspired to know how you can help write the next chapter by becoming involved.

*Child Welfare: The "Heart" Work of Being a Social Worker

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Everyone: WARNING -- Potentially triggering video -- WARNING.-- Gain insight into social workers' roles, realizing it involves more than removing children from unsafe environments.

*Child Welfare: A Glimpse of Social Workers' Lives

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Everyone: Gain a better understanding of the tireless hours they spend with the ultimate goal of protecting children and youth.

*Child Welfare: Adoption

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Everyone: Not everyone is born into a forever, stable and loving family. This can still become possible when others open their homes and hearts to vulnerable children and youth via adoption.

*Child Welfare: Legal Guardianship

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Everyone: Not everyone is born into a forever, stable and loving family. Guardianship enables children, youth, (and disabled adults) to be granted a guardian who will assume their legal care and responsibility.

*Child Welfare: Guardian ad Litem

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Everyone: Understand the role of a Guardian ad Litem in Illinois regarding children and youth removed from their biological parent(s) due to abuse or neglect (or adults with a disability).

*Child Welfare: Traditional Foster Care

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Everyone: Learn more about how to become a foster parent in Illinois to give hope, stability, and healthy connections for children and youth removed from their biological parent(s).

*Child Welfare: Exit Interviews for Youth in Care (FARE)

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Everyone: Learn about a safeguard created by DCFS of Illinois to give a voice to children and youth exiting a foster home.

*Child Welfare: Foster Parenting Handbook for Illinois

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Caregivers & Teachers: Explore topics surrounding foster care including DCFS, juvenile court, permanency, emotional needs, health services, education, after foster care, caregivers' rights and responsibilities, and a reference of caregivers' resources. *(Disponible en español).

*Child Welfare: Service Provider IDentification and Exploration Resource of Illinois [SPIDER]

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Everyone: Connect to resources including mental health, substance use, parenting, domestic violence, early childhood interventions, housing, mentoring, vocational training and physical and medical health care service throughout Illinois.

*Child Welfare: Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)

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Caregivers & Teachers: Learn how to help bring healing and build resilience following trauma.

*Child Welfare: Resilience-Building During and Following Traumatic Events & Circumstances

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Caregivers & Teachers: Responsive relationships and skilled caregivers can help children and youth who have undergone or who are undergoing trauma learn coping skills to manage stress, solve problems, manage behavior, and plan ahead. You can be one of these life-giving, life-altering adults!

*Child Welfare: Maltreatment in Rural, U.S.A.

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Everyone: Rural America has higher overall maltreatment rates, including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and neglect, than urban rates.

*Child Welfare: Statistics for Macoupin County, Illinois

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Everyone: Learn about the prevalence of children in foster care in Macoupin County, Illinois, and gain an understanding of what led to their removal, their length of time in foster care, and more.

*Child Welfare: Royal Family Kids (RFK), Macoupin & Montgomery Counties of Illinois

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Everyone: Learn sobering facts, including the percentage of death row inmates who were in the foster care system. Be inspired to make a difference in the lives of foster children and youth in our county and beyond by volunteering at a camp or mentoring program, or partnering via financial support.

*Child Welfare: Child Maltreatment Occurs Across all Cultures

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Everyone: Child maltreatment has no boundaries. It crosses all socioeconomic and educational levels, religions, ethnic, and cultural groups.

*Partnerships: Implicit Bias

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Everyone: We all have implicit bias...so what is it and why is it important when building partnerships?

*Partnerships: Think Fast!

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Everyone: Play this "game!" (No spoilers--hence no image and a vague description)! Play alone and use with others in a small group or Professional Development setting.

*Partnerships: Empathy

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Everyone: Learn the important difference between empathy and sympathy.

*Partnerships: Partnering with Parents/Caregivers

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Teachers & Administrators: Discover some great ways to partner with parents and caregivers.

*Partnerships: National Standards for Family-School Partnerships

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Teachers & Administrators: Gain insight into guidelines to create and maintain strong family-school partnerships.

*Partnerships: Community Schools

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Everyone: Be inspired to take steps toward becoming a community school or at least incorporate some of these amazing ideas.

*Partnerships: Teacher-Teacher Partnerships

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Teachers: We need each other! Learn about the importance of having healthy relationships with other teachers and their impact on your life and the lives of the students you influence.

*Partnerships: Creating Community Partnerships

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Teachers & Administrators: Community partnerships foster engagement, mutual support, and shared responsibility for students' success. Read, and be inspired!

*Partnerships: Carlinville Hospital

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Everyone: Explore opportunities to partner with the closest hospital.

*Partnerships: Blooming Grove in Palmyra, IL

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Everyone: Consider connecting to this community of faith. (314) 530-9209

*Partnerships: Project Third Day--Macoupin County, IL

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Everyone: Consider partnering with this amazing non-profit organization serving rural Macoupin county schools by providing food, supplies, funds, and support.

*Partnerships: Rural Technology Fund

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Everyone: Rural Technology Fund offers grants to help narrow achievements gaps, targeting rural and high-poverty areas. offering grants

*Partnerships: Energy Assistance Programs

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Everyone: Apply to receive assistance with energy needs. (217) 839.3467

*Partnerships: Don't Wait...Get Moving!

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Everyone: Watch this brief motivational video and be inspired to build partnerships, make action steps, and become an agent of change!

*Partnerships: Find a Vision & Find Others to Join You

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Everyone: Once you discover your passion, invite others to partner with you to develop action steps to bring about change.

*Partnerships: How to Start a Movement

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Everyone: Even if you do not view yourself as a natural leader, you can be a catalyst for change by being a good follower!

*Partnerships: Diversify for Maximum Impact

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Everyone: Think outside of the box when building partnerships to enrich, bring widespread perspectives, and connect with more diverse people.

*Partnerships: Tips for Trauma-Informed Advocacy

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Teachers & Administrators: As we delve into partnerships that advocate for our students, it is important to reflect and evaluate. These practical tips are essential for effective advocacy and maintaining self-care.

*Partnerships: Free School Supplies

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Everyone: Consider rallying together for our school to receive these Back 2 School kits! Call our school: (217) 436.2210 and ask for Michelle!

*Partnerships: Illinois Education Association

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Teachers: Learn how to connect with policymakers to enact change to bring voice to Illinois schools serving those in rural poverty. Ready to partner? Contact our school: (217) 436.2210. Ask for Michelle!

*Partnerships: Homeless Families

micaelalynn17 — 2024-06-02 03:12:50 UTC

Teachers & Administrators: Learn about how to best partner with our homeless students and their families.

*Partnerships: The Forgotten 20%--Unseen and Unheard in Rural Poverty

micaelalynn17 — 2024-06-02 03:30:08 UTC

*This is just an image. Click on the link below to access the insightful article.

Everyone: Learn about the unique challenges of teaching those who live in rural poverty. It's time to give them (us) voice!

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/23328584211052046

*Partnerships: Building Trauma-Informed Parental/Caregiver Relationships

micaelalynn17 — 2024-06-02 03:38:07 UTC

*This is just an image. Click on the link below to access!

Teachers & Administrators: Use this resource to learn how to build trauma-informed relationships with parents/caregivers. Tweak it for your specific population.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FVF_uMwW8Um-_QsgcBJHyBV9jkszfpLeW23lLyv2WNo/edit#slide=id.g27172ea66ed_0_18

*Partnerships: Rural Matters

micaelalynn17 — 2024-06-04 12:32:28 UTC

Everyone: Gain a better understanding into the challenges facing rural U.S.A. and the effect on education. Be inspired to reach out and make a positive impact.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Trauma-Informed Education

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 20:36:02 UTC

Everyone: Learn how YOU have a role in trauma-informed education. It's not just for teachers and it's not just for those in trauma.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Body Scan

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 20:42:49 UTC

Everyone: Take 6 1/2 minutes to relax and become more mindful. Consider tailoring the activity to best suit you! (For example, express gratitude for being able to breathe, wiggle your toes, etc.).

*Mental Health Practices in Education: American Association of Christian Counselors

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 20:50:19 UTC

Everyone: The rural Midwest culture is known for farming and church. Connect to Christian mental health resources or call to speak anonymously to someone who cares. (800) 526-8673

*Mental Health Practices in Education: How & Why Mindfulness

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 21:13:59 UTC

Everyone: Take 4 minutes to become fully present and participate non-judgmentally.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Blowing Bubbles

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 21:20:43 UTC

Everyone, especially the young: Take under 2 minutes to let your worries blow away.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: PBIS at Home

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 21:35:51 UTC

Caregivers & Teachers: Partner with families to support positive behavior at home and school.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Different is Awesome

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 21:44:31 UTC

Everyone: Prepare to be inspired by this spirited, heart-warming story about autism.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Standing Tall

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 21:53:32 UTC

Everyone: Take 1 1/2 minutes to become calm and self-aware.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: 5-4-3-2-1 for Anxiety

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 22:04:16 UTC

Everyone: Take 4 1/2 minutes to see, feel, hear, smell, and emote. Tailor the exercise to account for sensory impairments. Consider practicing gratitude for sight, touch, etc.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Self-Regulation Games

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 22:20:30 UTC

Caregivers & Teachers: Try these fun games to teach self-control to young people!

*Mental Health Practices in Education: I Am Lovable

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 22:24:52 UTC

Everyone: Sometimes it is hard to love and accept others because we find it hard to love and accept ourselves. We are never too old to learn to say and believe, "I am lovable!"

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Growth Mindset

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 22:32:51 UTC

Everyone: "It's too hard!" Don't say that yet! First, hear the inspirational story of the power of "yet!"

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Controlling Emotions

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 22:39:59 UTC

Everyone: We all have emotions. Why do we sometimes lose control of them?

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Live with Purpose

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 22:44:32 UTC

Everyone: You were made for a purpose. Discover it and make a positive mark on your world and on those around you.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Hold On!

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 22:49:02 UTC

Everyone: You can do hard things! Learn how to dig in and not give up!

*Mental Health Practices in Education: When we Feel Unhappy

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 22:59:33 UTC

Everyone: Learning to pour out from your bucket into others can leave you feeling fulfilled and grateful. Learn to look beyond you when you feel unhappy.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: When we Feel Angry

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 23:08:48 UTC

Everyone: It is okay to feel angry. However, sometimes others treat us or say something hurtful to us in anger. And, sometimes we treat others or say something hurtful to others. This is a good way to introduce the topic of anger.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Bias

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 23:16:58 UTC

Everyone: We are all wonderfully unique, yet all the same. Treat everyone with kindness; everyone is worth it!

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Labels

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 23:30:05 UTC

Everyone: Many people are quick to label others. We often believe the harmful labels given to us by others and act accordingly. Learn the transformative power of one particular label.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Interactive Game to Teach about Labels

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 23:35:54 UTC

Teachers & Administrators: Replicate this powerful activity with students to jump start a conversation about accepting others and oneself.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Offer Empathy (Middle School)

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 23:42:36 UTC

Teachers & Administrators: Take the time to open your eyes to those around you, and then reach out to them. Challenge students to make a similar video in your school.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Offer Empathy (High School)

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-28 23:51:29 UTC

Teachers & Administrators: Imagine yourself in others' shoes before you judge. Challenge students to create a similar video in your school.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Hidden Biases

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 01:27:13 UTC

Teachers & Administrators: Watch this to be challenged to look beyond the surface of our students.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: ADHD

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 01:48:00 UTC

Everyone: Learn about ADHD from the perspective of a student who has ADHD.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Depression

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 02:15:04 UTC

Teachers: Show this video to students as an introduction to a conversation or lesson to begin to remove the stigma surrounding depression. www.Wellness.McMaster.ca

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Anxiety (Teens)

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 02:23:55 UTC

Teachers & Caregivers: Find out about common causes of anxiety specific to adolescents and learn the signs to watch for.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Anxiety (Children)

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 02:28:35 UTC

Teachers & Caregivers: Show this video to young students as an introduction to a conversation or lesson to talk about anxiety.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Bipolar Disorder

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 02:38:13 UTC

Teachers, Caregivers, and Adolescents: Learn more about what bipolar disorder is, how it affects people, and how it is treated. www.PsychHub.com

*Mental Health Practices in Education: PTSD

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 02:45:55 UTC

Everyone: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) doesn't only affect military veterans. Please become aware. www.psychiatry.org

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Signs of Battling Mental Health

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 03:06:36 UTC

Everyone: Do you recognize these signs in you or someone else? Though this video is not meant to diagnose, perhaps it can lead to an open conversation. Don't battle alone; don't let someone else battle alone.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Underage Alcohol Discussion Starter Video

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 03:17:08 UTC

Caregivers, Teachers, & Administrators: Take a proactive stance to talk to your children about underage alcohol use. *See the accompanying Discussion Starter Video Guide.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Underage Alcohol Discussion Starter Video Guide

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 03:21:16 UTC

Teachers & Administrators: Use this in conjunction with the SAMHSA's "Talk" video campaign in your school.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Vaping

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 03:42:40 UTC

Caregivers & Teachers: Read current data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the dangers of vaping. Many links are embedded within this site for further information.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: The Rural Mental Health Desert

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 03:54:04 UTC

Everyone: Access to services, including mental health care, is challenging in rural communities. Assistance Support Counseling (ASC) has shown promise in filling the access gap of previously unmet mental health needs.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Hidden Mental Crisis in Rural U.S.A.

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 04:09:04 UTC

Teachers & Administrators: Policy-makers focus on urban areas where resources abound. "Nobody talks about rural America, which makes up almost 90% of this country” (12:59). We need a call to action!

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Rosa Reflection

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 04:18:51 UTC

Everyone: Regularly reflect upon positives, areas of growth, and supports to grow mentally and increase gratitude.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Illinois Dep't. of Human Services Mental Health Database

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 17:07:55 UTC

Teachers & Administrators: Read and use any of the Illinois school-based mental health resources in this database.

*Mental Health Practices in Education: Human Trafficking

micaelalynn17 — 2024-07-29 17:15:18 UTC

Everyone: The Midwest is known for several things; sadly, one is human trafficking. CRISIS HOTLINE: (800) 559.7233
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