16 Strong Project

Mental Health | Empowering youth by equipping them with the necessary tools and skills to overcome childhood adversity

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The application is now open for our next Youth Advocacy Board-Apply Now!

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Apply now to be a member of our 2021-2022 Youth Advocacy Board!

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Happening today! Join us!

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2 NEW PROGRAMS! Start the conversation in your community and be a part of something big!

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This week we are launching two brand new student-led programs!

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[Dr. Annalies Corbin @AnnaliesCorbin]

80 | 16 Strong: Normalizing Conversations About Mental Health & Mental Illness | with Samantha Wettje & Susan Solar

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#thisispast #teachers #16strong #mentalhealth

[CPTSD Foundation @cptsdfoundation]

We are not born feeling #inadequate. Life experiences create that sense within us. For example, when we were little and we felt #afraid our mind told us something was wrong with us, that's why children who were abused grow up to be adults who carry so much #shame.

[National Child Traumatic Stress Network @nctsn]

Families across the US are preparing and responding to different natural disasters #wildfires #HurricaneSally. Download the free Help Kids Cope app which helps parents support kids for different types of disasters: https://t.co/fUw5qPfhyV

[NAMI @NAMICommunicate]

"Don't attempt to 'diagnose' someone or define them by their condition."

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[National Child Traumatic Stress Network @nctsn]

Young children may have lots of questions about the recent #wildfires. Trinka and Sam: The Big Fire helps parents talk to children about what is happening and how they can feel safer. Both in English https://t.co/3k11CDpQdO and Spanish https://t.co/MTYJesxQcQ.

[NAMI @NAMICommunicate]

Learn how to support someone in crisis.

[Kevin Love @kevinlove]

Dak helped move a number of people forward today.

[Kevin Love @kevinlove]

Skip missed fact that BECAUSE Dak is the quarterback and leader of America’s team — him outwardly expressing this will lead to young men and women of every demographic to feel less alone and express themselves openly. Mental health issues rob us of achieving our full potenial.

[ACEs Aware @ACEsAware]

Children are uniquely vulnerable to the effects of an overactive stress response due to Adverse Childhood Experiences because their brains & bodies are still developing.

Find stress-busting strategies for kids in the Surgeon General’s playbook: https://t.co/xWiujMPxHk

[CPTSD Foundation @cptsdfoundation]

You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging - #SelfCare #CPTSDRecovery #ChildhoodTrauma #ACEs #HealingJourney #emdr #holistic #mindfulnes #Selflove #innerchildwork #BecauseWeAreWorthIt

[Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry @TheJCPP]

How do early adverse experiences increase the risk for mental health problems? A research digest. #ACEs #mentalhealth #research #evidence https://t.co/iqC4OcSwx5

[PACEs Connection @PACEsConnection]

ACEs awareness via a giant billboard? YES! Column: New billboard campaign alerts us to adverse childhood experiences: ‘What is shareable is bearable’ - Chicago Tribune ⁦@NPR⁩ ⁦@NewsHour⁩ ⁦@JudyWoodruff⁩ ⁦@onbeing⁩ ⁦@alfranken⁩ https://t.co/rPAQEEFwiT

[NAMI @NAMICommunicate]

"Right now, most people are only focusing on the physical aspects of COVID, but any public health professional will tell you there is no health without mental health, and this is especially true with COVID”

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