Student STRATEGIES & RESOURCES

Students - your number one resource is your family!

Community Resources

• Say Something: See Something, Say Something - Administrators get an alert 24 - 7

• NC 211:  Referral for resources in our community

• Truth Initiative: Vaping Resource or text: DITCHVAPE to 88709

• Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States, anytime, about any type of crisis.  Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 support for those in crisis. Text 741741 from anywhere in the US to text with a trained volunteer to support people in crisis and bring texters from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening and collaborative problem solving.  Text from anywhere in the USA to text with a trained Crisis Counselor.

• YouthLine: A 24/7, free, confidential teen crisis helpline. (877) 968-8491Text TEEN2TEEN to 839863 Teens can also email: teen2teen@Linesforlife.org 

Counseling and Mental Health Resources

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

• NEMOURS Kids Health General Teen Resource

• Ditch the Label:  Anti-bullying resources

• Love is Respect:  Healthy relationship support

• Our Voice:  Help for those experiencing sexual assault and/or abuse

• Suicide Prevention Lifeline:  800-273-TALK (8255) or chat online.  The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• The Trevor Project:  The Trevor Project offers accredited life-saving, life-affirming programs and services to LGBTQ youth that create safe, accepting and inclusive environments over the phone, online and through text.  Trevor Lifeline  1-866-488-7386. The only national 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for LGBTQ young people under 25.  Trevor chat  A free, confidential, secure instant messaging service for LGBTQ youth that provides live help from trained volunteer counselors, open daily.  Trevor Text  text START to 678678.  A free, confidential, secure service in which LGBTQ young people can text a trained Trevor counselor for support and crisis intervention.

• Trans Lifeline:  A nonprofit organization that is created by and for the transgender community 

• Youth Outright:  Local LGBTQ support

• BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Mental Health Resources

• Black Mental Health Resources

• Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Mental Health Resources

• LGBTQ Mental Health Resources

Students With Disabilities

• Autism Society of North Carolina

• Autism Speaks

• Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)

• Attention Deficit Disorder Association

• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders

• Federation for Children with Special Needs

• Learning Disabilities Online

• National Center for Learning Disabilities

• TEACCH:  Local Autism resources