Mental Health First Aid Kits for Schools, Counselors, and Youth Programs
Project Mission
Through the Mental Health First Aid Kits, Trauma Speaks aims to provide supportive resources for student-age youth who may be navigating emotional distress or mental health challenges. These kits are carefully thought and put together by our founder and co-founder based on their experiences working with clients to offer accessible tools, information, and guidance that can help young people better understand their experiences and identify healthy ways to care for their well-being.
Today’s students face a range of complex stressors, and at times the adults around them may not have the training, resources, or language needed to fully support those experiences. Our goal is to offer practical tools and foundational mental health education that foster awareness, resilience, and help-seeking. By providing these resources, we hope to empower students with knowledge and coping strategies they can carry with them throughout their lives.
Trauma Speaks is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. 100% of proceeds from every kit purchase go directly toward funding our [Mental Health Kits & Outreach] and ending the stigma surrounding mental health.
Today’s students face a range of complex stressors, and at times the adults around them may not have the training, resources, or language needed to fully support those experiences. Our goal is to offer practical tools and foundational mental health education that foster awareness, resilience, and help-seeking. By providing these resources, we hope to empower students with knowledge and coping strategies they can carry with them throughout their lives.
Trauma Speaks is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. 100% of proceeds from every kit purchase go directly toward funding our [Mental Health Kits & Outreach] and ending the stigma surrounding mental health.
What is in a Mental Health First Aid Kit?
1. What is in the Calm and Connect Mental Health Kit?
2. Are these kits free?
3. How can I help?
There are multiple ways you can help! If you would like to nominate a student, you can contact us. If you would like to help us provide more kits to K-12 students, you can also help by donating through our amazon registry list.
- Age-appropriate tools to help students build a lifelong foundation in understanding their emotions, such as feelings flash cards
- Sensory tools to refocus physical and mental energy, such as worry stones, pop fidget toys, sensory stickers/bookmarks, stress balls, breathing buddha, etc.
- Exercises from therapists and mental health professionals to calm the nervous system and gain groundedness in turbulent times, such as yoga & mindfulness cards, mindful talk flash cards.
- Guidance for trusted adults in supporting their student through these challenges written
2. Are these kits free?
- Yes, we received a small grant to help provide mental health kits to K-12 students and/or schools requesting for it.
- For non k-12, please contact us to get more information if interested.
3. How can I help?
There are multiple ways you can help! If you would like to nominate a student, you can contact us. If you would like to help us provide more kits to K-12 students, you can also help by donating through our amazon registry list.
Example Kit: K-5
Here is an example of what students may receive in their Mental Health First Aid kit. Pictured is grades K-5. Each kit consists 10 items.
If you would like to:
Please contact [email protected]
- Get more information about receiving mental first aid kits for your school or organization
- Nominate a K-5 aged child to receive a Mental Health First Aid Kit
- Get more information on workshops exploring mental health issues of student-aged children
- Speak with Trauma Speaks about sponsoring a Mental Health First Aid Kit for a student in need
Please contact [email protected]