Children's Mental Health

Suicide can be a very difficult topic to discuss. Teachers often feel helpless to prevent student suicide, but they probably underestimate the impact of their words on their students. Honest and caring conversations about suicide can save lives. Not only can students in emotional pain benefit from …

While conversations around children’s mental health have entered the mainstream, often children who are newborns to age six are left out due to misconceptions that they won’t remember the things happening at this point in their life. But science shows us differently – children’s mental health begins …

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. At Nexus Family Healing, our employees, therapists, and foster parents work with youth who have experienced different types of trauma, which often include forms of abuse or neglect. We’ve compiled a list of books that speak about child abuse and trauma that may …

Expert Insights To Support Our Community Childhood Trauma: What is it?  You may have heard phrases such as “childhood trauma” or “traumatic experience”. But what really is trauma? Unfortunately, childhood trauma is incredibly common – one in four children in our community will …

Exposure to continuous trauma causes the body’s alarm system to be easily triggered, releasing stress hormones that interfere with reasoning and activate that flight, fight, or freeze response. Children cannot learn or get along with friends or family members when living in a constant state of …

February is National Library Lover’s month, so we asked our staff members at our different agencies what mental health books are their favorite for children. See their recommendations below and learn a little bit about how reading can positively impact your child’s mental health and overall …

When you see or experience a child or teen acting out, what is often your first thought? For most, that first reactionary thought is not one of empathy nor is it thinking about the deeper meaning behind the behavior. You may tend to mentally scold or blame the child – a natural reaction that leads …