May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Schools can play an important role in destigmatizing mental health and supporting students to treat their mental health as part of their overall health and well-being. These resources can help you spark meaningful conversations about different things that impact mental health.
Above the Noise Episodes on Mental Health
In these Above the Noise videos, host Myles Bess investigates different aspects of mental health, providing facts and perspectives to enrich classroom conversation.
- Why Is Each Generation Getting Lonelier?
- Suicide prevention and how schools can help
- New ways of understanding neurodivergence and autism
- Getting out of spirals: How to avoid negative thinking traps
- Explore the full list of episodes on health and well-being
Youth Voices on Mental Health
Hear what students have to say about their own experiences on the KQED Youth Media showcase. Explore all of the projects on the Mental Health Playlist or start by sampling these:
- What Happened to Learning? AI and Our Attention Spans by Maggie M.
- A Conversation with Nature: Winter Isn’t the End by Micah D.
- Smelling the Roses – The Detriment of High-Achievement by Vinh E.
Find even more student perspectives about mental health and school.
Learn how your students can create and publish their own stories on topics they care about.