Close Gap
CLoseGap is a an organization that provides bite-sized mental health and SEL content (for a fee) for K-12 classrooms, with the goal to ensure every student has access to daily emotional support and mental health.resources.
Targeted Trauma-Informed Programming
Building Statewide Awareness for SEL
This site contains lots of social emotional learning resources for educators and principals, including toolkits for advocacy like sample letters to the editor. The website has research articles, strategy toolkits and other resources that support the work to support SEL in your school or district.
Anger Coping
This video provides a brief overview of how reactive aggression can show up in students and how educators can provide direction and support.
Advancing Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems
This resource synthesizes the knowledge and guidance of over 75 experts nationally. Ultimately, this resource is a foundational document in the field to help guide local, state, and national efforts to strengthen school mental health efforts and to start to understand and bring consensus to the quality domains of school mental health. (2019)
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University of Illinois at Chicago Developmental Disabilities Family Clinic
Mental health services for kids and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Chicago. Clinicians have experience in working with children and youth who have experienced trauma.
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Rainbow Cafe
Rainbow Cafe provides non-judgmental support and access to personal, community, spiritual, and health resources to LGBTQIA+ people in Southern Illinois.
Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports – Tier 2
The PBIS Tier 2 resource details targeted interventions and supports for students who require additional assistance beyond the universal strategies of Tier 1 to improve behavioral and academic outcomes.
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Individual and Contextual Factors Associated With School Connectedness in the Context of Counseling in Schools (2020)
Research article offering insights into fostering connectedness in the context of counseling in schools with consideration to students’ developmental needs. NOTE: PAID ACCESS ONLY
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Schools (CBITS) trauma intervention
Eveidence-based school-based group intervntion for students grades 5-12 who have expereinced trauma.
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