As school counselors, one of our responsibilities is to provide students, parents, and staff resources to assist and support them with any challenge they might face. A link of Counselor Resources will be available on this page with additional resources added weekly to our website. Remember it is a strength to ask for help. The Brother Martin community is a great place to be.

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Health Education Resources for Parents:

Adjusting to a New Environment

• The Impact of Transitions on Early Adolescents
• Starting High School: Helping Your Teenager Adjust
• Seven Tips to Help Teens Successfully Transition to High School
• Adolescence and the Transition to Middle School

Anger

• Anger
• Anger Management Skills
• Cycle of Anger
• Introduction to Anger
• A Practical Guide for Anger Management

Anxiety

• Cognitive Distortions
• Helping Perfectionist Teens
• Parenting Anxious Youth

Communication

• Assertive Communication
• Beliefs that Aide Communication
• Communication that Cures Problems
• Information on Assertive Communication
• Passive, Aggressive and Assertive Communication
• Relationship Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution

• Conflict Resolution
• Relationship Conflict Resolution

Depression

• Adolescent Depression
• Depression Self Help
• National Institute of Mental Health: Teen Depression
• Parent's Guide to Teen Depression
• Symptoms and Causes of Teen Depression

Emotions

• Family Focus
• Finish the Sentence
• List of Emotions
• List of Positive Traits
• Positive Qualities

Empathy

• YouTube: Brené Brown on Empathy
• How to Show Empathy
• Importance and Benefits of Empathy
• Introduction to Empathy
• What's Empathy got to do with it?

Executive Functioning

• What is Executive Functioning
• Strategies and Interventions
• Standard Interventions

Forgiveness

• Forgiveness is...
• Forgiveness Methods
• Forgiveness Quotes

Grief

• Good Grief
• Grief and Loss
• Death of a Parent or Caregiver

Managing Responsibilities

• The Secret to Motivating Your Child
• The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong
• The Secret to Self Control
• How to Help a Teenager Be College-Ready

Resilience

• 10 Tips to Build Resilience 
• The Road to Resilience
• Homework Tips for Parents

Sleep

• Academic Impacts of Sleep Deprivation
• Healthy Sleep in Teens
• Healthy Sleep Habits
• Sleep Hygiene for Teens
• Sleep in Middle & High School Students
• Why Sleep is Important

Stress

• 10 Ways to Help Your Teen Manage Stress
• Coping with School Stress
• Self Help for Stress
• Stress in School
• Stress Management Worksheets
• Post Trauma/Disaster Stress
• Disaster/Trauma Responses of Children
• Disaster/Trauma Effects on Parents

Suicide

• How can you prevent Suicide?

Vaping

• Tip-Sheet for Parents
• E-Cigarette Fact Sheet
• Electronic Cigarettes - What's the Bottom Line?
• Smokefree.gov
• Surgeon General's 'The Facts'

Underage Drinking

• Alcohol Facts and Statistic
• Parenting to Prevent Childhood Alcohol Use
• Surgeon General's Call to Action
• Talking to Kids about Alcohol
• Underage Drinking
• Underage Drinking Prevention