December 23, 2024 Child Mind Institute Releases List of Best Books for Children on Mental Health The Child Mind Institute has compiled a list of books about mental health and learning challenges for children that has been broken down by topic. Learn More The Best Kids’ Books on Mental Health of 2024 features 20 books with imaginative and sympathetic takes on emotional issues. The books on the list vary from picture books for young children to a graphic novel for middle schoolers. Topics in the book include everything from difficult experiences – such as losing a friend or moving to a new place – to demystifying mental health and such developmental disorders as ADHD, anxiety, depression, and autism. Many of the books tackle how to handle big emotions and examine how to help children to learn to talk about them, cope with them, and feel assured that they will still be loved when they are sad, mad, or cranky. This Year’s Selections The 20 books on the list are broken down by topic. They include: Anxiety o The Worry Monster (Dr. Catherine Cook-Cottone) o What to Do When You Worry Too Much (Dawn Huebner, PhD) o Invisible Isabel (Sally J. Pla) o Unstuck (Barbara Dee) Mindfulness o A Tiny Difference (June Tate) o Today (Gabi Snyder) Feelings o Bea’s Bad Day (Tom Percival) o The Hare-Shaped Hole (John Dougherty) o My Thoughts Have Wings (Maggie Smith) o Cranky (Phuc Tran) o A Terrible Place for a Nest (Sara Levine) Sadness and Depression o The Cat Who Couldn’t Be Bothered (Jack Kurland) o Gray (Laura Dockrill) o A Voice in the Storm (Dawn Huebner) OCD o The Very Best Me (Marin Canaday) o Puzzled (Pan Cooke) ADHD o That Always Happens Sometimes (Kiley Frank) Autism o Henry and the Something New (Jenn Bailey) Eating Disorders o Louder Than Hunger (John Schu) A Parent’s Addiction o Breaking Into Sunlight (John Cochran) To view the entire list, visit the Child Mind Institute’s website.
October 23, 2024 Webinar: Why More Girls Suffer from Depression and How to Support Them The Child Mind Institute will host a webinar on why girls are more likely than boys to suffer from depression and how to offer support. Learn More The free webinar will involve a discussion on how girls are twice as likely to experience depression, with six in 10 high school girls reporting persistent sadness. Why More Girls Suffer from Depression and How to Support Them will help participants to understand why and learn how caregivers, educators, and professionals can offer support. A roundtable discussion will include doctors Lindsay Henderson, Omar Gudino, and Dionne Smith Coker-Appiah. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Registration is now open.
September 17, 2024 Webinar: Why Boys Struggle in School and How to Help The Child Mind Institute will host a free webinar on why some boys struggle in school and what can be done to help. Learn More Why Boys Struggle in School and How to Help will discuss how boys disproportionately struggle in school. The free webinar will explore why this occurs and how caregivers, educators, and policy makers can work together to support boys academically while protecting their mental health. A panel discussion will cover: Why boys struggle academically What needs to change in the education system to help them succeed How caregivers, educators, and community leaders can support them while protecting their mental health The webinar starts at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24. Registration is now open.