Curated for Alabama Chapter-AAP Members:
HEALTHY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
This summer, the Alabama Chapter-AAP was pleased to secure a small grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics to promote some of the best, most practical Healthy Mental Development Resources for our members. For this grant project, the national AAP has catalogued more than 150 of its HMD resources for Chapters to link to, print and highlight for our members’ use. The topical areas below have been chosen by the Chapter leadership as representing our current strategic goals as well as meet the heightened demand for critical resources in light of the burgeoning mental health issues that our children and youth face. The resources below have been curated for both our pediatric providers as well as their patients/families.
For Patients and Families
ADMH Circle of Security Parenting Flyer with QR Code (1 page)
Infographic - The Three Rs- Ways to Support Your Child's Resilience - English (2 pages)
Infographic - The Three Rs- Ways to Support Your Child's Resilience - Spanish (2 pages)
For Providers
For Patients and Families
Pages Over Pixels Fact Sheet for Parents (2 pages)
Fairplay for Kids’ Be-Tech-Wise-With-Baby.pdf (2 pages)
For Patients and Families
We’re Talking About Suicide Risk handout (1 page)
Tips to Promote Social-Emotional Health Among Young Children - for both providers & families (4 pages)
Tips to Promote Social-Emotional Health Among Teens - for both providers & families (3 pages)
Suicide Prevention: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers (6 pages)
TO POST IN PEDIATRIC OFFICE: Suicide Prevention Poster for Parents - with QR code (13” x 20”)
TO POST IN PEDIATRIC OFFICE: Suicide Prevention Poster for Teens - with QR code (13” x 20”)
For Providers
Addressing Youth Suicide Prevention - A Fact Sheet for Primary Care Clinicians (1 page)
Preventing Youth Suicide: Strategies for Clinical Settings (2 pages)
Clinical Pathways for Suicide Prevention in Pediatric Primary Care (2 pages)
Talking about Suicide Risk with Patients & Families (1 page)
ASQ (Ask Suicide-Screening Questions) - Brief Suicide Safety Assessment (2 pages)
ASQ (Ask Suicide-Screening Questions) Suicide Risk Screening Tool (1 page)
Columbia Protocol (Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) (1 page)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in Primary Care - Supporting Pediatric Mental Health (3 pages)
For Providers
For Patients and Families
Prevent Youth Suicide: Remove or Lock Up Lethal Items at Home (handout, excerpted from Healthy Children.org - 2 pages)
For Patients and Families
These plain-language, brief intervention handouts offer helpful tips to your patients. They are also available in Spanish here.
For Providers
AAP’s Pediatric Mental Health Minute Series - Short, 15-minute video modules on topics such as school-based mental health, adolescent wellness, bullying, deprescribing, healthy relationships, and trauma-informed care.
Mental Health Education and Training – Found under the AAP’s Mental Health Initiatives tab, these sessions cover topics from autism identification to suicide prevention. Many are free and offer MOC Part 2 credit.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $4,160,000 with no percentage financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the US government.