Mental Health Days?
Does your child's school offer Mental Health Days? They're like sick days but for when your child needs a wellness day off. Today Chrissy, Melissa and Christina talk about about the logistics of using Mental Health Days, if offered, and if they aren't offered, should parents grant them to their children anyway. It's not a simple question to answer if you're a busy working parent. Especially if you have more than one kiddo! We'd love to hear what you have to say. Let us know in the comments what you think and how you'd make them work for your family.
This Is Not What I Was Expecting
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Show Notes
We talked about a few resources today. Here they are:
What are the physical symptoms of anxiety? Find out in our blog. https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/post/the-physical-symptoms-of-anxiety
Create an Emotional Safety Plan for yourself and then have your children create one for themselves. It can be a great way to start a conversation about mental health days. https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/emotional-safety-plan
Want to create a calm room at your child's school? Here's some tips https://smithsystem.com/smithfiles/stress-less-create-a-school-calm-room-students-want-to-visit/
If your school offers calm rooms, let us know!
For one on one support at no cost to parents of children with behavior and mental health challenges in PA visit: https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/one-on-one-help
Find out more about the PA Parent and Family Alliance and how you can support our work at https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/donation
To access any tip sheets and booklets we talk about visit: https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/helpfulresources
To be the first to know about our events, read stories of success from families raising children with mental health challenges and more sign up to join the Parent Alliance community: https://www.paparentandfamilyalliance.org/join-the-community