Wellness Mental Health

Wellness Mental Health team

Trauma Informed Classroom Project 

This project provided Trauma Informed Social Emotional Learning resources to our school districts and preschool centers we serve.  38 staff members from Arch Ford Early Childhood Special Education  department were trained in Trauma Informed Classroom Social Emotional Learning and provided consultation, materials and resources to provide to over 200 preschool in our seven counties. 

Click Link below for Additional Resources:

UAMS Arkansas TRIS

National Child Traumatic Stress Network Webinars trainings 

AFMC

If you would like to dive deeper in any of the resources please call us at 501-208-5417. 

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Trauma Informed Classroom Project
Lets talk. Mental health

Arch Ford Early Childhood Department 

Investing in Employees

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Professional Development team

Professional Development

USA Mental Health First Aid

Inclusive Practices for All

Love Your Brain

Yoga

Literacy Speaks

Articulation Station

TeachTown, Meta Play, Star Profile

Multiple topics provided annually to invest in our staff

PLC Book Studies

Find Your Wander in the Ordinary  by Bernie Freytag

Curious Reality in Imagination by Bernie Freytag

Onward Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators

by Elena Aguilar

The Path to Serendipity by Allyson Apsey 

Leadership Wellness Podcast

Encouragement, Inspiration, and Motivation

This project is to uplift and inspire special educators, therapists and teachers. The project is a collection of leadership, wellness, and resiliency thoughts. The goal is to support our employees in efforts to provide a moment to breathe, relax and be empowered. To learn more, listen to the podcast:

Podcast 

Arch Ford Early Childhood Department 

Additional Resources 

Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education

G.U.I. D. E. For Life 

School Based Mental Health 

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Onward Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators 

A practical framework to avoid burnout and keep great teachers teaching. Onward tackles the problem of educator stress, and provides a practical framework for taking the burnout out of teaching. 

Arkansas AWARE is a project funded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration RFA-SM-18-006 AWARE (Advancing Wellness And Resiliency in Education) State Education Agency Grant to support districts in efforts to provide mental health care awareness and trauma informed practices. AWARE Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education

Resources and Additional Information:  Tools to Promote Mental Health and Wellness

Behavior-ARBSS Behavior Breaks are short instructional videos that can be viewed in 35 minutes or less. Our goal is to equip you with strategies that can be implemented quickly to improve student engagement and success.

Parent Guidance : All resources  are free with self-help courses 

Kristin Neff: Self-Compassion

Mental Health Cook Center for Human Connection 

Bernie Freytag, Author, Artist, Inspiration 

Angela Duckworth: Grit (grit scale quiz listed below on self-reflection inventories) Angela Duckworth TEDtalk

Self-Reflection Inventories