Power of PATH: Building Resilience for Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Curriculum™ Meeting Educational Goals

PATH Goals: mental and emotional health is an important part of healthy child development. School-based mental and behavioral health services are a common component of a child’s public education. Mental and emotional health builds competencies and provides the tools for academic and life success. Click below to read further…The Power of PATH Curriculum provides a wealth of information for your schools, your staff, and the children and families being served.

Note: the order is from most recent. We will update with new relevant articles in this way.

Kerchner, Jess and Jordan Hynes. “Strengthening Youth Mental Health by Building Awareness and Reducing Stigma,” National Governors Association.org. 6 Feb. 2023.

Abrams, Zara.  Kids' mental health is in crisis. 2023 Trends Report. American Psychological Association. 1 January 2023.

Klein, Alyson and Arianna Prothero. What's In, What's Out for Student and Educator Wellness, Education Week. 4 January 2023.

Zimmerman, Eilene. Meeting the Mental Health Challenge in School and at Home. The New York Times. 6 Oct. 2022.

Panchal, Nirmita, Cynthia Cox, and Robin Rudowitz. The Landscape of School-Based Mental Health Services. KFF.org. 6 Sep. 2022.

Murthy, Vivek H. (Surgeon General of the United States). Advisory on Youth Mental Health. The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory. 7 December 2021.

Walker, Tim. “Parents Support for Educators Stays Strong,” neaToday. 30 Apr 2021.

Brown, Gretchen. “Professionals Recommend These Mental Health Apps,” Rewire. 28 April 2020.

Barshay, Jill. “Lowest student-to-school-counselor ratio since 1986,” (see US map - astounding low ratio, school counselors to students) The Hechinger Report. 27 Apr. 2020.

Alvarez, Brenda. “COVID-19 and the Impact on Communities of Color,” neaToday. 24 April 2020.

Jacobson, Linda. “Students on remote learning: More creativity, interaction needed,” Education Dive. 21 April 2020.

Barnum, Matt and Kalyn Belsha. “Five ideas for helping students catch up when they return to school,” (#4 relates to the need for SEL in transition back to school) Chalkbeat. 16 Apr. 2020.

Lubell, Bernie and Kate Snow. “TODAY analysis: More states requiring mental health education by law.” TODAY, NBC. 18 Sept. 2019.