Explore these resources, provided in collaboration with the Best Practices Workgroup of the Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force, to promote the online health and safety of children and adolescents.
General Information About Youth & Media
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- 5 Cs of Media Use – Developed by the Center of Excellence, is a mnemonic that can be used to talk to parents about kids and screens. They are: Child, Content, Calm, Crowding Out, and Communication. Along with this approach, it includes a series of five age-based handouts to give to parents at well-child visits. Based on current research and evidence, the handouts start by informing parents about their children’s developmental stages, how this influences media use, and healthy media habits to strive for at home.
- AAP Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health – This national Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health serves as a centralized, trusted source for evidence-based education and technical assistance to support the mental health of children and adolescents as they navigate social media. Resources available include tip sheets on healthy digital habits
- Common Sense Media – Common Sense Media gathers data and publishes articles about the impact of media and tech on kids’ physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development.
- Ratings and Reviews for movies, TV, books, games, podcasts, YouTube channels, and apps
- TV: TV Reviews, Kids TV shows | Common Sense Media
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- Ratings and Reviews for movies, TV, books, games, podcasts, YouTube channels, and apps
- Engaging, Safe, and Evidence-Based: What Science Tells Us About How to Promote Positive Development and Decrease Risk in Online Spaces – This report, developed by the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent, provides guidelines and recommendations for establishing healthy and developmentally-considerate digital technology use for children and adolescents. Suggestions in this report include helping kids grow well and stay healthy, keeping young teens safe, using proven ideas for how devices are made and used, and making sure everyone can use them fairly.
- Impacts of Social Media on Youth – This answer from the Q&A Portal of the Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health explores what impact social media has on youth including positive and negative aspects.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – NASEM produced a report about how social media affects the health of kids and teens. This study examined the current research and made conclusions about the impact of social media on the mental and physical health and wellbeing of adolescents and children. The study also explored ways in which product design of social media (e.g. consumer retention strategies, data profiling) impacted the mental health and wellbeing of youth.
- The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory - Social Media and Youth Mental Health – This Advisory calls attention to the growing concerns about the effects of social media on youth mental health. It explores and describes the current evidence on the positive and negative impacts of social media on children and adolescents, some of the primary areas for mental health and well-being concerns, and opportunities for additional research to help understand the full scope and scale of social media’s impact.
- We Think Twice Mental Health and Social Media Quiz – A free quiz created by We Think Twice, a youth-focused social media campaign, to help teens learn how their social media habits might be affecting them. After taking the quiz, users get evidence-based explanations and resources. Topics covered include Culture of Comparison, Isolation from Friends and Family, Inappropriate Sharing and Online Safety, Effortless Perfection, and Uncontrolled Use of Social Media.
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- 5 Rights Foundation – This organization reimagines the digital world as a place children and young people are afforded their existing right to participate in the digital world creatively, knowledgeably, and fearlessly. They provide information covering topics such as: data and privacy, child-centered design, and children’s rights.
- Design It For Us – Design It For Us is a youth-led coalition to advocate for safer online platforms and social media. The coalition is led by two Co-Chairs and a core team of young people between the age of 18 and 26. The coalition is supported by an array of youth activists, youth-led organizations, and advisors.
- Integrity Institute: Focus on Features – A guide for product managers and lawmakers to minimize digital harms by understanding the design of the features of the platform. This resource offers explanations of different social media and technology terms to help people understand them better.
- Log Off – Log Off is dedicated to uplifting and empowering youth to tackle the complexities of social media and its impact on younger generations. Their mission is helping kids, teens, and young people build healthy relationships with social media and online platforms.
Educational Resources for Parents, Caregivers, and Schools
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- American Academy of Pediatrics Family Media Plan – A customizable media plan to help facilitate discussion around safe and practical media use that works for a family’s specific needs.
- Building Healthy Digital Habits – This family tipsheet from the Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health provides research-based tips from pediatricians that can make a big difference for families. Also available in Spanish.
- Common Sense Media – This resource provides ratings and age-based recommendations for movies, TV, books, games, podcasts, and apps. It is also available in Spanish.
- Fair Play for Kids – Fairplay a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the wellbeing of children through advocacy efforts to counter exploitive child-target marketing practices online. Their website provides tips and tools for parents.
- Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) – FOSI is an international, non-profit organization which works to make the online world safer for kids and their families. The website provides various resources for parents and professionals including a guide on good digital parenting (also available in Spanish).
- Family Tech Planners – Families can use these tech planners (available for age groups of 2-8 years, 9-12 years, and 13+) to help guide discussions about technology use as a family. This resource is also available in Spanish.
- Healthy Children – A parenting resource of the American Academy of Pediatrics that offers a wide variety of parenting advice and resources including a Phone Ready questionnaire to help determine if your child is ready to have a phone.
- Healthy Parenting and Digital Media Use – This answer from the Q&A portal of the Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health discusses how parents' use of digital media affects their children, helping parents understand how to set a good example with their own digital habits.
- Healthy Relationships Equip Your Teen to Make Safer Decisions, Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence, 2020 – A resource that identifies the characteristics of a healthy relationship, helps build healthy relationship skills such as negotiating, decision making, and problem-solving especially as young people date. The material also covers information on abusive relationships, setting boundaries when dating, and more. Information is presented in a calm and balanced approach. Also available in Spanish.
- Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online – An evidence-based guide for parents, teachers, and other adults who spend time with kids. It offers practical advice and ideas for getting the conversation started about social networking, privacy, mobile devices, computer security, and dealing with cyberbullying.
- Parent Guides – ConnectSafely provides a collection of parent guidebooks that explain apps, services and platforms popular with kids and teens. They also cover topics including Cyberbullying, Parental Controls, and Teen Sextortion Scams.
- Raising Children Network – RaisingChildren.net is an Australian parenting website that has advice on how parents can model healthy technology use around their kids covering topics such as healthy screen time and online safety based on the age of the child
- Screen Time Guidelines – This response from the Q&A Portal of the Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health shares valuable information about considering the specific activities children and teens engage in on social media, and how to support them in using social media in ways that strengthen their social, emotional, cognitive and identity development.
- Sesame Workshop is a global impact nonprofit organization behind the children’s show, Sesame Street. Resources offered include storybooks, printable educational material, courses, webinars, games and other media to help children’s mental and emotional development.
- Setting Social Media Limits with Your Teen – This response from the Q&A Portal of the Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health explains the research on limiting time on screens and factors to consider in determining what type of limits would work best for individual teens and their families.
- Tech Without Stress – An initiative founded by psychologists, Dr. Jacqueline Nesi & Dr. Emily Weinstein to help families have a better relationship with technology. Resources include a Parenting Tech 101 course that shares research backed tools to navigate tech parenting from the first phone a child may own.
- The Family Dinner Project – The Family Dinner Project has several guides for facilitating family conversations about technology use during meal times. These can help parents & kids communicate and connect around technology use.
- The Mental Health Coalition – Leading with the founding principles of inclusivity and belonging, The Mental Health Coalition (MHC) offers media guidelines for teens, conversation starters to kickstart discussions about technology between caregivers and teens, and opportunities to join positive online communities. The MHC is developing the multi-year Safe Online Standards for Kids’ Mental Health (S.O.S.) initiative, which focuses on establishing credible, data-driven standards for youth mental health on social media platforms.
- Tip Card for Dads of Teens – This infographic shares tips for fathers of teens on teen development and online behavior, including information about cyberbullying.
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- Being Tech Smart, A Plug & Play Activity for Youth – This classroom lesson is designed to get middle and high school students thinking about digital technology (e.g., social media use, accepting/declining friend requests, sharing personal information). It’s free and has simple guidelines for teachers to follow. The lesson encourages students to reflect and think carefully about how they use technology.
- Common Sense Media (Digital Citizenship) – Common Sense Media offers a Digital Citizenship Curriculum for grades K-12 with tips and resources to help students take ownership of their digital lives.
- Digital Citizenship for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – This specific resource includes a set of two interactive lessons adapted from Digital Citizenship. The lessons are designed to teach youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to identify online risk and develop healthy online relationships. The lessons are adapted for youth ages 10-21 with mild-to-moderate IDD.
- Digital Citizenship Resources for Family Engagement – Common Sense Education's Digital Citizenship Resources for Family Engagement offers tips and activities by age. They cover important topics such as privacy and security, digital footprint and identity, and issues like cyberbullying, digital drama, and hate speech. This resource is also available in Spanish.
- Digital Literacy 101 Blog Series – This blog, from the Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology, shares basic information about digital literacy. Geared towards adults, it focuses on combating misinformation and explores how people interact online due to cognitive and technological factors.
- Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe) – The iKeepSafe mission is to provide a safe digital landscape for children, schools, and families by supporting the protection of student privacy, while advancing learning in a digital culture. This resource has information beneficial to both educators and families. It is also available in Spanish.
- ISTE – Digital Citizenship – This resource offers tools to bring digital citizenship into the classroom through webinars, blogs, podcasts, books and other media on the topic.
- Parent and Family Digital Learning Guide – The Office of Educational Technology at the Department of Education provides clear explanations, guidance and links to extra help for parents and caregivers managing online learning and digital tools with their children. This guide also tackles tough questions about digital learning that families may ask, such as safety, privacy, and civil rights. The Department of Education emphasizes each child’s unique needs and differences.
- Youth Toolkit – This toolkit from the Center for Humane Technology aims to help young people navigate and push for change in the social media environment. Each guide contains questions and activities that can be self-directed or worked through in a group or classroom setting. They are designed for educators to use with youth ages 13-25 but can be used by anyone to learn about these issues and to push for a humane, sustainable, and fair future.
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- Helping Children Cope – Intense media coverage of disasters can frighten young children and disturb teenagers as well. This resource aims to encourage conversations between children and their caregivers around difficult topics to help them feel safe and secure.
- Navigating Social Media Exposure of Natural Disasters and Mass Violence Incidents – This answer from the Q&A Portal of the Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health discusses the best practices for navigating social media content about natural disasters and mass violence incidents with resources for concerned parents.
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- Considerations for Social Media Monitoring and Response (Sarah Mason, Brent Allen Miller, Kiera Dressler) – This is evidence-based guidance for schools and school districts considering using technology or social media monitoring. It was created by the National Center for School Safety (NCSS) at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
- Early Learning and Educational Technology Policy Brief – This guidance, a product of the US Department of Education in collaboration with the US Department of Health and Human Services. This policy brief aims to help those who care for children from birth to age eight make wise decisions about media use and provides four guiding principles for families and early educators on the use of technology with young children.
- SchoolSafety.gov – The site serves as a one-stop access point for the American public and school communities to find information, resources, guidance, and evidence-based practices on a range of school safety topics and threats.
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- Traumatic Stress Among Refugee Children And Youth Part I: Viewing Trauma Through A Developmental Lens – This webinar will introduce the concept of traumatic stress as it relates to children and youth, including the impact on their attachment and common expressions of emotional distress.
- What Works to Improve Digital Inclusion Among Resettled Refugees? – This resource provides information on successful digital inclusion programs for marginalized populations which includes the following characteristics: social support, collaborative learning, hands-on experience, inclusive program design, a multi-faceted approach, and simple user interfaces.
Safety
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- Bullying Prevention – This webpage provides step-by step guides, tools, and lesson plans to support schools in implementing effective systems to prevent bullying. It follows PBIS approaches that schools and special educators are likely familiar with. It also breaks down the behavioral and skill-based aspects of bullying so they can be addressed. Access to linked resources is free, and there is a special section on cyberbullying.
- Bullying Resource Center – This resource, provided by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, is a hub of information on various topics related to bullying. The website offers fact sheets for families, policies for clinicians, book recommendations on the topic, and more.
- Kidscape – This UK based bullying prevention charity provides practical support, training, and advice to challenge bullying and protect young lives. Resources include a confidential parent advice line, workshops for children experiencing bullying, training for adults working with children and more.
- Heads Up: Stop. Think. Connect. – Written for kids, a resource available in twelve languages to help children stand up to cyberbullying, protect their personal information, share with care, and stay safe online.
- Lessons from the Field Webinar Series, Preventing and Intervening in Identity-Based Bullying- National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) – A free webinar series, hosted by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education's Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, and the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE), that addresses key findings in current bullying as well as evidence-based information surrounding identity-based bullying in schools. Cyberbullying-related resource links can be found on slides 39-40.
- National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) – Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary School's Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, this Center offers information and technical assistance to states, districts, schools, institutions of higher education, and communities focused on improving school climate and conditions for learning. NCSSLE offers two free evidence based interactive training formats that weave cyberbullying throughout, one in live sessions for educators to learn together and a self-paced learning option.
- PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center – PACER’s provides innovative, free bullying prevention resources for K-12 youth, families, and educators including comprehensive toolkits, videos, Q&As, information specifically for students with disabilities, and materials created for teens by teens.
- Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northwest – This blog created by Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northwest for school leaders and teachers, offers strategies that prevent cyberbullying in schools can also be used in online learning environments.
- stopbullying.gov – StopBullying.gov provides information from various government agencies on how to respond and prevent bullying, including cyberbullying and how to promote digital wellbeing. Find free tools for parents on digital safety and monitoring online activity. Educators can find resources on ways to handle cyberbullying in schools.
- Violence Prevention: School-based Anti-bullying Interventions – This website provides the results of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) evaluation of a recently published systematic review, Assessment of school anti-bullying interventions: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials, to provide program planners and decision-makers with effective intervention options
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- Image Abuse Helpline and Safety Center – The Image Abuse Helpline and Safety Center is a dedicated resource providing support and guidance to individuals affected by non-consensual sharing of intimate images. Offers confidential advice, emotional support, and practical assistance to help victims navigate the process of removing abusive content online.
- National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health (NCDVTMH) – The NCDVTMH offers free toolkits, training, and consultation regarding domestic and sexual violence using an accessible, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approach. They focus on intervention through a family-centered perspective, unlike historically separated services for adults and children.
- StrongHearts Native Helpline – The StrongHearts Native Helpline 1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483) is a 24/7 national, toll-free telephone, text, and online chat hotline. The hotline provides information and assistance to adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence; family and household members of such victims; and persons affected by the victimization, including provision of support to American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
- StopNCII (Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Images) – StopNCII is an online platform that helps individuals protect their privacy by preventing the distribution of intimate images shared without consent. It uses technology to detect and remove such content from online platforms.
- TakeItDown – TakeItDown is a free service that facilitates the removal of intimate or explicit images or videos shared online without consent. Service aims to help survivors regain control over their privacy and prevent further harm by facilitating the removal of such content from websites and social media
- The LA LGBT Center, National LGBTQ Institute on Intimate Partner Violence – The LA LGBT Center program raises awareness of LGBTQ-specific intimate partner violence (IPV) needs, interventions, and strategies while conducting research to identify and disseminate evidence-informed interventions and overseeing policy initiatives that have a meaningful impact on the quality, scope, and accessibility of LGBTQ IPV services. The free training library includes resources focused on teen dating violence and sexual health.
- The Safety Net Project – The National Network to End Domestic Violence’s Safety Net project focuses on the intersection of technology and domestic and sexual violence and works to address how it impacts the safety, privacy, accessibility, and civil rights of victims. The project provides evidence-based, interactive trainings and webinars, offers technical support to local victim services and professionals in legal and criminal justice systems; offers online toolkits and apps about internet safety, privacy, and confidentiality.
- Ujima, the National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community – Ujima is a national resource center for the African American and Black community focusing on domestic violence. It serves as a resource for survivors of violence, advocates, service providers and the community by offering evidence-based, culturally-specific information and trainings.
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- 2023 National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction – This resource provides an outline of Department of Justice's national strategy to combat child exploitation; focusing on a wide array of issues, including prevention, sextortion, and child trafficking.
- Keeping Children Safe Online – This resource from the US Department of Justice helps parents, guardians, caregivers, and teachers to be able to take steps to protect children from becoming victims of online child predators.
- Know2Protect is a national public awareness campaign by the Department of Homeland Security to educate and empower kids, parents, trusted adults, and policymakers to prevent and combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. The program also outlines steps to take to report threats and offers resources for victims, survivors, and their supporters.
- Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers: Protecting Your Kids (FBI) – A website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that provides multiple resources geared toward protecting children from online harms.
- NetSmartz is the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s online safety education program. Available in both English and Spanish, it provides age-appropriate videos and activities to help teach children to become more aware of potential online risks. It empowers children to make smart choices to protect themselves from harm, both online and offline.
- Not a Number – Not a Number is an interactive child trafficking and exploitation prevention curriculum designed to provide youth with information and skills in a manner that inspires them to make safe choices. The curriculum is focused on empowering youth (12-18) through education on making safe choices. Youth learn to identify and use health support systems that may reduce their vulnerabilities.
- SchoolSafety.gov Topic Page: Child Exploitation – SchoolSafety.gov provides a wide range of resources covering various topics and threats. Each main topic includes sub-topics. For example, within the topic of Child Exploitation you will find specific sections focusing on online exploitation.
- Sextortion resources (Federal Bureau of Investigation) – A website from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that offers free resources such as case studies, questions and answers for kids and caregivers that are easy to understand, stories and podcasts, and conversation starters for parents.
- The National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) – A public safety resource that provides access to sex offender data nationwide. Anyone can use the website’s search tool to identify location information on sex offenders living, working and attending school not only in their own neighborhoods but in other nearby states and communities. In addition, the website provides visitors with information about sexual abuse and how to protect themselves and loved ones and minimize the risk of potential victimization.
- The Safety Net Project – The National Network to End Domestic Violence’s Safety Net project focuses on the intersection of technology and domestic and sexual violence and works to address how it impacts the safety, privacy, accessibility, and civil rights of victims. The project provides evidence-based, interactive trainings and webinars, offers technical support to local victim services and professionals in legal and criminal justice systems; offers online toolkits and apps about internet safety, privacy, and confidentiality.
Privacy
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- A Parent's Guide for Understanding K-12 School Data Breaches – This free resource provides parents of K-12 students information to help understand what it means when your school has a data breach, along with tools and best practices to help navigate the sometimes confusing process of protecting your children’s data in the event of a breach.
- NIST Researchers Explore Best Practices for Talking to Kids About Online Privacy – At NIST, scientists conducted a study to find out what digital natives children and their parents know about online security and privacy. Advocates for talking to kids about online privacy and safety at a young age and through high school.
- Parental Controls & Digital Monitoring – This Question and Answer portal response from the Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health explores considerations around parental control apps and encourages online safety plans as an alternative.
- Protecting Kids Online – This resource provides tips for parents from the Federal Trade Commission about protecting children’s online safety. This resource is also available in Spanish.
Mental and Behavioral Health
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- Emotional Wellness – Healthy Children, the AAP Parenting Website, shares several articles on various topics of mental health, from helping a child cope with conflict to how to talk to your child about traumatizing events happening in the world.
- Impacts of Social Media on Youth from Center of Excellence Q&A – This answer from the Q&A portal of the Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health explores what impact social media has on youth including positive and negative aspects.
- Mental Health Initiatives – This website of the American Academy of Pediatrics provides recommendations and guidelines to support pediatricians and other health professionals working to address mental health concerns and promote healthy mental development.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – This in-depth report describes how social media affects the health of kids and teens based on current research. The report also explored ways in which product design of social media (e.g. consumer retention strategies, data profiling) impacted the mental health and wellbeing of youth
- Selfies, Social, And Screens: Navigating Virtual Spaces For Youth – This resource is a youth focused toolkit which provides information, tips, and resources for young people, caregivers, and school personnel on how to protect youth mental health in a digital world.
- Suicide: Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention – This educational resource of the American Academy of Pediatrics is designed to support pediatric health clinicians and other health professionals in identifying strategies and key partnerships to help youth at risk for suicide.
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- Dating Matters® – Dating Matters is an evidence-based teen dating violence prevention model developed by the CDC that includes prevention strategies for individuals, peers, families, schools, and neighborhoods. It focuses on teaching 11–14-year-olds healthy relationship skills before they start dating and reducing behaviors that increase the risk for dating violence, like substance abuse and sexual risk-taking.
- National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) - Love is Respect – The NDVH Love is Respect Hotline is a national resource to disrupt and prevent unhealthy relationships and intimate partner violence. It empowers young people through inclusive education, support, and resources.
- We Think Twice™ – A comprehensive digital media campaign developed with youth for youth intended to shift perceptions and social norms and support resistance to negative peer pressure. The site builds teen knowledge and skills to form healthy relationships, set goals for the future, and feel empowered to make smart decisions. This is a resource that would be best paired with other trauma-informed or psychosocial interventions.
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- SchoolSafety.gov Topic Page: Mental Health – A centralized location for resources for schools that cover a wide range of school safety topics such as school-based Mental Health Services, Suicide Management, and Training, Partnership and Capacity Building that are trauma-informed, inclusive, and evidence-based.
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- LGBTQI+ Community Safety Partnership – To protect against growing threats against the LGBTQI+ community, including trans youth, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with support from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), launched the LGBTQI+ Community Safety Partnership. The Partnership works hand-in-hand with LGBTQI+ community organizations to provide critical safety resources, ensuring spaces remain safe for the community.
- The Trevor Project – The Trevor Project is a suicide prevention and crisis organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning young people. They provide free and confidential services through a 24/7 phone line, chat, and text. Also available are public education resources, advocacy initiatives, and research findings. TrevorSpace offers a moderated online social community for LGBTQ young people between the ages of 13-24 years old.
Additional Resources For Acute Needs
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- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline – The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is a source of support available 24/7 to people in crisis, including people experiencing challenging reactions to disasters. Call 988 for support in English or Spanish.
- National Safe Place Network – Safe Place is a national youth outreach and prevention program for young people under the age of 18 (up to 21 years of age in some communities) in need of immediate help and safety. Safe Place locations include: libraries, YMCAs, fire stations, public buses, various businesses, and social service facilities. texting resource (TXT4Help 44357
- SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline – The SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) provides free, confidential crisis counseling and support to people in distress due to natural and human-caused disasters. The DDH is available 24/7, on all days of the year, via talk or text at 1–800–985–5990. The line also offers support in Spanish (people who call or text should press 2 for this option) and several additional languages other than English. People who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have other speech or hearing disabilities can use the texting option or, if they would like support in American Sign Language (ASL), they can call the DDH’s toll-free number via videophone-enabled device or click the “ASL Now” link at the DDH website.
- The Trevor Project: Crisis Line – This LGBTQ+ Suicide Crisis Line supports LGBTQ+ youth by providing 24/7 access to crisis counselors via text, chat, or phone. The website also offers ways for LGBTQ+ youth to connect with peers around the world.
This resource was developed in partnership with the Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force, which is co-led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in close partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Funding for the Center of Excellence was made possible by Grant No. SM087180 from SAMHSA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, SAMHSA/HHS or the U.S. Government.
Last Updated
07/20/2024
Source
American Academy of Pediatrics