Wilton Public Schools

Connecticut School Climate Policy

• Connect4Families Toolkit: access to behavioral health services and facilitating collaboration among families, providers, and schools
• Turningpointct.org Website
• Mobile Crisis Website
• Nami
• GoZen
• "Helping Children Cope With Tragedy"
  A Report to Parents.
• Helping Young Children Cope With Trauma
  American Red Cross
• Helping Children Cope with Frightening News
• Restoring a sense of safety in the aftermath of a mass shooting
  American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers
  National Association of School Psychologists
• Talking to children about shootings
• Helping kids with Anxiety NPR
• Wilton Youth Council's Resources

• Underage Drinking: Talk, they can hear you
• The Governor's Prevention Partnership
• Teaching Your Teen about Binge Drinking
• Set the Rules CT
• Partnership of drug-free kids
• Drugs over Dinner
• Shatterproof
• Why I will never buy booze for my teenage kids
• Wilton Youth Council's Resources
• Be in the Know, State Campaign and resources against substance use
• Vaping what you need to know
• Vaping and Your Teens
• Vaping - Know the Risks
• E-Cigarettes - Juul - Know the Risks
• State of CT Vaping 2019
• Wilton Youth Council's Resources

• Domestic Violence Crisis Center
• The Rowan Center: A Sexual Assault Resource Agency 
• Love Doesn't Have to Hurt
• How to talk to your kids about sexual assault -RAINN

"There is no grief like the grief that does not speak."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• WPS/National Association of School Psychologists. Death and Grief:
  Supporting Children and Youth
• Wilton Youth Council: How to Help a Grieving Teen
• Counseling Resources for Wilton Youth and Families
• Helping Children Cope with Trauma
• Local suicide loss support groups online.
• If a child in your care is experiencing an emotional or behavioral crisis, EMPS Mobile Crisis Intervention Services has mental health professionals who can respond immediately. To access CT Youth Mobile Crisis Services, call 2-1-1.
• Kids in Crisis 24-hour Helpline: 203-661-1911
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:  800.273.8255
• Crisis Text Line:  Text HOME to 741741

Webinar (video) with Dr. Eli Lebowitz

Learn more about SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions):

• The Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program at Yale Child Study Center 
  Phone: (203) 737-4644
• SPACE website
• Facebook page for SPACE
• Purchase the book on Amazon
• Find a clinician trained in SPACE

Click here to view the WPS webinar.