PTA Healthy Minds Program

PTA Healthy Minds Program is sponsored by National Congress of Parents & Teachers. Offers funding to local PTAs to enhance mental health resources for students and families.

Healthy Minds - Programs | National PTA Making Mental Health an Everyday Priority Our mental health impacts how we think, feel and behave. By prioritizing young people’s mental health, we can help them to learn critical life skills for handling stress, adapting and growing through challenges, building meaningful relationships and making healthy life choices.

Healthy Minds is part of National PTA’s Healthy Lifestyles initiative, which focuses on developing the whole child for success in school and life. We recognize that mental health is as important as physical health, and similarly requires focused attention and ongoing effort. With nearly four out of five young people citing unmet mental health needs, it is important to make mental health a priority.

That’s why we support local PTAs to bring people together to learn about mental health, why it’s a critical part of overall youth wellbeing and resilience and how to start important family discussions. Informed by mental health experts, our free tips and tools cover a range of topics such as anxiety, bullying, and social and emotional learning.

We also offer funding so that PTAs can plan events and run activities to promote mental health in their communities. In an effort to help every child reach their full potential, PTA advocates for policies and legislation that ensure equity for every student, promote a positive school climate and support the whole child and family to prepare all students with social and emotional skills to succeed in adulthood.

We share free tips and tools for both PTA leaders and families to learn more about how to promote mental health. Click below to go directly to the section with resources created just for you. New Mental Health Resources Now Available: Anxiety, Depression & Emotional Skills Tools We know that understanding and navigating your child’s emotions can be challenging.

As part of National PTA’s commitment to supporting families in being proactive about mental health, we’re sharing new resources that provide quick tips and key information on anxiety, depression and emotional skills. To find more tools and resources on anxiety visit National PTA Healthy Minds resources . Invite your school community to provide feedback about the program at PTA.

org/Survey . If you are providing printed, paper copies of this survey, please mail completed surveys to National PTA Programs at 1250 N. Pitt Street, Alexandria VA 22314 or scan and provide a shared link or attachment to Programs@PTA.

org . Check out the following photos and testimonials from Healthy Minds programs. “This program allowed us to take meaningful steps toward supporting the whole child.

By working together with school staff and the community, we created a space that truly helps students feel safe, seen, and supported – exactly what every child deserves. ” “We are so thrilled that we had this wonderful opportunity to create and promote mental health awareness to our families in a fun, safe and inviting setting. It was a huge success and we hope to continue building on this next year!

” “It was refreshing to come to an event that made talking about mental health feel comfortable. My kids had fun, we learned new ways to take care of ourselves, and we left feeling more connected, not just to each other, but to the whole school community. ” Bradley Beach Elementary School PTA “I’m so happy we could do this for the community.

We can now do this event every year to connect students and families to even more resources. ” “This grant has given us not once, but two times the opportunity to focus on our students’ mental wellbeing in a way we hadn’t before. It reminded us that small acts of care can have a big impact on a child’s confidence.

” How We PTA: See PTAs in Action PTA is no longer a noun. It’s a verb—an action plan working to support your child’s success. Browse these quotes from PTAs that have implemented this program and find their inspirational full stories on our How We PTA page.

National PTA Awarded for Mental Health Efforts National PTA is proud to have received the following awards relating to areas of mental health. National PTA Awarded by Child Mind Institute National PTA is committed to supporting families on their journey to make mental health a priority by providing tools and resources to empower families to take action.

National PTA Awarded the Platinum Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health America (MHA) The Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health is a distinction awarded by Mental Health America (MHA) to companies who meet the standards for a mentally healthy workplace. National PTA earned this status for demonstrating an outstanding commitment to employee mental health and well-being.