Video WordPlay believes in the power of self-expression to heal and protect [VIDEO]
Through poetry, story telling, and other forms of self-expression, WordPlay works to empower youth and build resilience in the face of mental health challenges.
Amplifying youth voices
Amplifying Youth Voices raises awareness about youth mental health by reporting on community-based solutions. Stories and videos feature youth-serving grantees plus medical, nonprofit, education and philanthropic leaders. Grantees empowered youth to create change through projects and experiences providing them a voice that was seen, heard, and valued during a fast-paced timeline to initiate solutions. Amplifying Youth Voices is a pilot program from Interact for Health, a foundation serving a 20-county region to advance health justice. More healthcare organizations are coming together to respond to this challenge, testing with solutions-based processes and gathering data to determine a wider 10-year strategy. Solutions journalism reporting is an ideal match to explain, in a clear-eyed way, how local people are working together to solve a shared problem.
Something to say: Powerful self-expression supports mental health in teens
Giving voice to teens and creating ways to express themselves is seen as one way to head off depression, anxiety, even suicide among youth.
How to bridge the gaps in mental health care? One way is students helping students
Peer counselors, youth advisory boards, and student researchers are filling gaps in the mental health network, serving as sounding boards, gathering information, and practicing early intervention.
Video ‘Shoot With a Camera’ teaches a better way to aim and shoot [VIDEO]
"Shoot with a Camera," a project of the Cincinnati Black Theatre Company, teaches creativity, story telling, and constructive ways to manage emotions.
Our schools have become a chief source of treatment – and concern – for youth mental health
Schools have become critical places to identify mental health concerns, but they're also a major source of stress.
Finding and affording mental health care is a struggle for many families and children
A shortage of providers means kids in need of care must wait or don’t receive it at all.
Safe spaces: Collective action emerges on the crisis in youth mental health
A new report lays the groundwork for a comprehensive community plan.
