December Mental Health Highlights

Jordan District has partnered with the Cook Center for Human Connection to provide ongoing mental health education for parents and caregivers. This collaboration offers FREE access to live, virtual educational sessions covering various topics. Here is what's going on in the Month of December: 

• December’s Mental Health Series. Calendars and sessions are offered in both English and Spanish. Previously recorded seminars can be accessed through a comprehensive library of sessions and resources for each topic. You can access the library of recorded sessions at any time by visiting this site: https://parentguidance.org/mhsindex. 

• Included in the mental health series is a "Watch Together Series."  While the Mental Health Series is designed for parents, these “Watch Together” events are for the whole family, especially teens and young adults. In this series, each month, you'll meet a new animated character facing real challenges that teens and young adults experience. Together, you and your family can watch their story and learn how to start meaningful conversations at home.

  • There is NO December Event: The "Watch Together Series" will take a holiday break for December it will return on Wednesday, January 14th at 7 P.M. with the Watch Together Project: LGBTQ+ Understanding & Support – Dante  

• Ask a Therapist live virtual event. This is an anonymous opportunity to ask questions from a licensed family therapist about your child’s mental health. It is a live event on December 9th at 6 P.M. with access to the recording afterwards. Some common parent questions can also be viewed on the Parent Guidance website: https://parentguidance.org/ask-a-therapist/   Registration Link: https://cookcenter.info/ATLDec9

Reporting on Suicide website 

Provides information on responsible reporting, warning signs of suicide, etc.  

Salt Lake County Library

Did you know you can borrow useful things for your home, health projects, and adventures with this collection of items all available with your library card at the County Library?

Here are some of the items the Salt Lake County Library has that you might not expect to find available to check out at a library:

• Hotspots: Portable hotspots provide free, unlimited high-speed internet access from almost anywhere.

• Launchpad Tablets: With pre-installed apps to support early literacy.

• GoPros: Compact, and easy to use, GoPros provide amazing images and videos to remember your adventures.

• Preserve the Memory Equipment: Transfer older media formats to new ones.

• Pasta Makers: Fun pasta kit to create a special meal at home.

• Telescopes: Explore space from your own backyard. Made possible through a partnership with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society

• HappyLight Therapy Lamps: Check out and test a HappyLight Therapy Lamp to manage Seasonal Affective Disorder.

• Blood Pressure Monitors: improve your health outcomes with regular blood pressure monitoring.

• And more!

Learn more and view all items available at thecountylibrary.org//what-we-have/library-of-things

Project Yes

"Project YES ​(Youth Empowerment & Support) offers free, anonymous, brief, self-guided mental health tools for teens. YES empowers teens to learn new ways of dealing with stress while helping others do the same.

Project YES was designed with teens (ages 11-17) in mind, but people of all ages are welcome to try the tools in Project YES, anywhere and anytime. 

Project YES is run by scientists at the Lab for Scalable Mental Health, with partners at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the University of Miami, Lebanese American University, and Ankara University."

Healthy Minds - Behavioral Health Questionnaires

Take a minute to check in on your mental health by taking a behavioral health questionnaire from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services.