Summer Passport Program
My Discovery Destination’s Summer Passport Program 2021 brings together businesses, community organizations, city departments, schools, key leaders, and families in a fun, creative way to reinforce family bonds, and when families are stronger, communities are stronger! Getting started could not be easier!
The Summer Passport 2021 program offers over 100 FREE family experiences available on two platforms–web and app–to accommodate differing needs and interests of families. Regardless of which one you choose, the ready-to-play adventures can help keep your kids’ bodies active and minds engaged while also building healthy family relationships one adventure at a time.
Source: My Discovery Destination!
NUHOPE
Information and resources on suicide prevention.
Source: www.nuhopeutah.org
Maternal and Infant Mental Health
This paper discusses the impact of maternal depression on the social and emotional health of young children.
Source: zerotothree.org
Vaping 101
Health relation, benefits, dangers, fun facts, and more about vaping.
Source: vapingdaily.com
Why is Parenting so hard?
An article that points out why parenting may feel difficult and how to parent and feel good about the job you are doing with your kids.
Source: centerforparentingeducation.org
What is Autism
This website give helpful information on Autism for parents.
Source: nimh.nih.gov
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-asd/index.shtml
ASD and Visual Supports
The Visual Supports and Autism Spectrum Disorder tool kit provides a step-by-step, easy-to-understand introduction to visual supports and the ways that parents and other caregivers can begin using them.
Source: autismspeaks.org
www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/resource-library/visual-tools
Eating Disorders in Teens
Information on eating disorders in teens. Provides explanations, warning signs, and how to help teens avoid unhealthy body image and eating disorders.
Source: teens.webmd.com
Understanding of Mental Illness
Thomas Insel, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, wonders: Could we do the same for depression and schizophrenia? The first step in this new avenue of research, he says, is a crucial reframing: for us to stop thinking about "mental disorders" and start understanding them as "brain disorders."
Source: ted.com
http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_insel_toward_a_new_understanding_of_mental_illness