This website has been created for TCSD students, parents, staff, and community members. Here, you can find resources to meet a variety of needs, including crisis lines, referrals and information about mental health, community resources, and a virtual calming room. You can use the navigation bar or the buttons below to view each section of the website.
You can also find any upcoming community events and announcements further down this page.
Please note that sections of our website are "under construction" but will be back up soon! Feel free to contact a member of our SEBH Team if you have any questions or concerns.
Mobile Crisis Outreach: 319-247-0030
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 9-8-8
Videos and links to ease stress and anxiety
Mental health services and information, community resources for basic needs, LGBTQ+, Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking, and more
Resources for parents/caregivers and school staff: support groups, tips for supporting students, self-care, training/education opportunities, and more
Home: SEBH Rules of Confidentiality, Community Events (SEBH department events, food pantry schedule, family-fun events, local training/education opportunities, etc), and announcements;
About us – information on SEBH department members (who we are, what we do, and our referral process).
Crisis Lines: Information on Mobile Crisis Outreach (in-person crisis de-escalation and support for adults and children); phone numbers and links to crisis lines and hotlines for support by phone, texting, or online chat to meet various needs.
Virtual Calming Room: A resource that students and families can use both at school and at home. In this virtual room, you can directly access tools to ease stress and anxiety as well as learn about emotion regulation and coping strategies. I encourage you to proactively explore the virtual calming room with your student(s) to identify helpful strategies, find fun activities, and browse the useful apps that can be added to your, or your kids', phone/tablet.
For Kids – a shortened version of the calming room that is suitable for younger children, as well activities specific to kids
Music and Sounds – youtube videos and spotify playlists for relaxing sounds and music
Visual Relaxation – youtube videos that are calming to watch
Breathing Exercises – coping skills and videos to self-soothe yourself
Yoga and Meditation – youtube videos and channels for yoga exercises/routines and links to guided meditations
Creative Activities – links to coloring printouts and websites that allow you to create, draw, etc in various mediums
Useful Apps – links to mobile apps that are great for supporting mental wellbeing, such as for mindfulness, meditations, coping skills, addiction self-help, and more.
Basic Needs – where to access local resources and organizations for food, free medical care, pharmaceutical discounts, clothing, hygiene, and other essential products, homelessness, housing (rent/utilities/etc), employment, child care, pregnancy, transportation, and more.
Mental Health Services – learn about the various types, how to access these services, and which organizations offer them.
About Mental Health – Learn about specific mental health topics (Depression/Suicide, Anxiety, Trauma, Eating Disorders, and Substance Use). Pages include definitions, symptoms, tips for self-help and supporting others, resources, and links to organizations with more information
LGBTQ+ – learn about the community (vocabulary and definitions), access to Ally trainings, and local/national resources for LGBTQ+ individuals
Domestic/Sexual Violence – hotlines and resources for victims/survivors; learn about DV, healthy relationships and red flags, and other related terms and definitions.
Grooming – List of organizations with more information, definitions, stages of grooming, warning signs, info about online grooming, how to prevent it, and what to do after a child has been groomed.
Human Trafficking – local and national organizations/hotlines with more information and support for victims, definitions of various types of trafficking, warning signs, prevention, helping victims, and training opportunities.
Grief – learn about grief and access grief resources and services
Parents and Staff: local/national support groups; resources for parents/caregivers getting help for themselves; parenting on children’s social-emotional needs and family social-emotional wellness; links for teachers to get support for themselves and for their improving their classroom environment; guides for supporting student social-emotional health and teaching them coping skills; list of books, podcasts, films, and more related to SEBH, supporting students, and supporting teachers.
Training and Education – lists of live events, webinars, conferences, online/self-paced trainings, and more for staff and parents/caregivers to learn more about mental health and other related topics; list of organizations that host ongoing live webinars related to SEBH; professional development opportunities for staff.
When a student meets with a staff member from the SEBH Department, such as a counselor, advocate, or support teacher, everything is kept confidential between the student and that staff.
This confidentiality may be broken if the student discloses:
New or worsening suicidal thoughts
Plans to seriously harm themself or others
There was a recent and/or severe incident in which they harmed themself
They have been or currently are being abused
Breaking confidentiality may include a call home, to DHS, or to Mobile Crisis Outreach. We will inform students when this happens. It is out of concern for them and keeping them safe. We may also disclose information to others when the student gives us permission.
For more upcoming webinars, trainings, classes, conferences, etc., visit our Training and Education page.
If you have children at home between the ages of birth - 5 years old, you can register for the Imagination Library! This FREE program will send you and your child a free book every month until the age of 5 years old. The books change as your child grows to match their developmental stage. For more information, visit their website. To register, fill out the attached Registration Form and mail it to the following address:
JONES COUNTY
24594 110TH ST
ANAMOSA IA 52205
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA MOBILE CLINIC
For info and dates:
iowamobileclinic.org www.facebook.com/UIMobileclinic
or contact them here:
Text: (319) 535-2684
Email: mobileclinic.ui@gmail.com
Please Note: UI Mobile Clinic is unable to handle individual patient health concerns over the Internet, by phone, or via e-mail.
InternetMatters.org offers just about everything you need to know about internet safety. This includes information on various online issues/concerns, advice by age group, setting parent controls on devices, and other guides and resources for teaching kids and learning about how to keep kids safe online.
Thank you to Iowa City High School's the NESTT for being the inspiration to create our own resources website with a Virtual Calming Room.