Sound the Alarm for Kids, in coordination with the Children’s Health Care Caucus, U.S. House of Representatives, hosted a patient-focused roundtable discussion on kids’ mental health and how to ensure children and their families have access to appropriate prevention, treatment and supportive services. The roundtable is part of a series spotlighting the national emergency in child and adolescent mental health. The discussion was led by Laura Willing, M.D., and included teens and families who shared stories about their mental health journeys.
The virtual roundtable titled “Taking the Conversation to Washington: Kids’ and Families’ Mental Health Stories,” featured frontline experts and those impacted by the mental health crisis directly.
Children’s Mental Health Resources
- Directory of Sound the Alarm for Kids Partner Organizations
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Facts For Families
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Mental Health Resources for Families
- American Psychological Association:
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Teens and suicide: What parents should know
- National Alliance on Mental Illness: Kids
- National Association of School Psychologists:
- Supporting Children’s Mental Health: Tips for Parents and Educators
- Supporting Children’s Mental Health: Tips for Parents and Educators (PDF)
- Supporting Children’s Mental Wellness: Tips for Educators
- How Caregivers Can Foster Resiliency
- How Schools Can Foster Resiliency
- Zero to Three: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Resources
Speakers
- Congressional Children’s Health Care Caucus Co-Chair Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL-14)
- Laura Willing, M.D., Co-Director, Anxiety Disorders Program and Child Adolescent Psychiatrist, Children’s National, Washington, D.C. (Moderator)
- Ashley Niggl-Aguiar, President, Massachusetts School Psychologists Association
- Family Advocates
- Melissa and Austin Bruenger | Wisconsin
- Nanfi N. Lubogo | Co-Executive Director, PATH–Parent 2 Parent and Family Voices of Connecticut
- Nicole and Alexix Pratt | SPAN Parent Advocacy Network, New Jersey
- Robyn Freedner-Maguire | Vermont Family Network, Vermont