Seven Self-care Tips for College Students
Practicing self-care helps you be able to adapt to changes, build strong relationships and recover from setbacks.
Health & Wellness Resources
These health and wellness resources are an extensive, curated collection of tools and resources. The library includes external resources as well as resources that were developed under CCC Health & Wellness or submitted by the colleges. Search by keyword, topic, and/or audience.Showing 20 resources of 635 resources found.
Sexual Assault: A Guide for Families and Loved Ones of Survivors
Guide for understanding and helping friends or family members who have survived a rape or sexual assault.
Source: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
Sidekick
Sidekick is a collaborative project combining the resources of six programs for CCCs under one, easy-to-use website. Each program is committed to helping you create engaging multimedia content that is accessible to all community college students.
Source: Sidekick
Signs of Potential Homelessness in a Virtual Learning World
This infographic is a quick, visual way to help teachers and other staff identify students who may be experiencing homelessness, as they connect with them virtually.
Source: SchoolHouse Connection
Signs Your Friend Might Be Struggling Emotionally
Balancing all of life’s demands–school, work, relationships, finances–can be stressful for anyone. And on top of our everyday challenges, going through certain transitions – losing a job, experiencing a break-up, questioning one’s identity, grieving a loved one– could challenge any … read more
Source: The JED Foundation
Six Tips for Supporting College Students during the Holidays
Earlier this year, SchoolHouse Connection, Youth Villages, and Juvenile Law Center created an editable toolkit for colleges and universities to help inform decisions to support students with experience with homelessness and foster care during COVID-19. As the semester comes to … read more
Source: SchoolHouse Connection
Social Media and Mental Health
Social media plays a big role in modern society, especially for young people
SPRC Research to Practice Webinar, Promoting Help-Seeking Among College Students: Strategies for Suicide Prevention
This webinar will focus on one component of a comprehensive, public health approach to suicide prevention and mental health promotion on campuses: increasing student help-seeking. Presenters will share recent research findings and will describe strategies their campuses are employing to … read more
Source: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
SPRC: Colleges and Universities
SPRC is the nation’s only federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. This page provides information and resources on suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention for colleges and universities.
Source: Suicide Prevention Resource Center
STAR Center
The development of leadership contributes greatly to the positive development of young people and their communities. Leadership skills, such as goal-setting, problem-solving and sound decision-making, are not just necessary for leaders – these skills are needed for success in today’s … read more
Source: STAR Center
Start Your Recovery substance misuse resource for California
Substance use recovery locations.
Source: Start Your Recovery
State Laws Supporting College Students Experiencing Homelessness
The majority of well-paying jobs created since 2010 require some education beyond high school. State legislatures have been actively supporting access and success in post-secondary education for students experiencing homelessness over the past few years. State legislation can provide a … read more
Source: SchoolHouse Connection
Stop Bullying
Website of the US Department of Health and Human Services offers information and resources on preventing and responding to bullying and cyberbullying.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Strategic Primer on College Student Mental Health
Published by the APA, NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, and the American Council on Education, the primer explains that mental health issues are a “critical component” of ensuring students’ success.
Source: NASPA
Strengthening Mental Health Support for Students
Colleges understand that the magnitude of current needs warrants a public health response, as opposed to the more typical clinical approach.
Stress Continuum Indicators Brochure PDF
This brochure includes a guide that lists common indicators for each zone. This is not a checklist. It is not meant for diagnosing and is not comprehensive. Rather, it gives some signs to help recognize when and to what extent … read more
Source: US Coast Guard
Stress Help Guide (Helpguide.org)
Everyone experiences stress differently and it can affect your mental and physical health in many different ways. Stress that you can tolerate helps you to stay focused, energetic, and alert. But when stress becomes overwhelming, it can damage your health, … read more
Source: Help Guide
Stress Management
The Mayo Clinic website offers numerous articles on stress, medical effects of stress, and stress management.
Source: Mayo Clinic
Stress Management Resources from Mind Tools
All of us get stressed from time to time. This page teaches 74 skills that help you change your environment to reduce stress, relax when you’re under pressure, and cope when there’s nothing you can do about the situation. We … read more
Source: Mind Tools
Stress Screener
Screening tool offered by Mental Health America. Site also includes information on the negative health consequences of too much stress and how to manage stress.
Source: Mental Health America