High School Educator Guide to Supporting Students
This easy-to-use guide provides high school educators with simple, evidence-based ways you can support your students.
Access the guideThe Jed Foundation provides high schools and districts expert support, evidence-based best practices, and data-driven guidance to protect student mental health and prevent suicide.
Through our JED High School program, we partner with you to assess your community’s needs, develop a customized strategic plan to build on existing strengths, and implement tools, strategies, and techniques that lead to measurable improvements in student mental health and a more connected community.
Each school is supported by one of our trained high school advisors, professionals in education and mental health who understand the challenges high schools face. Their mission is to support and build your team’s capacity to achieve your goals. Your success is their success.
No two schools are the same, which is why we conduct a thorough evaluation of your specific school or district’s strengths and student mental health needs. We then help you create a strategic plan that will efficiently and effectively enhance what is already working and innovate to address unmet needs and create a safety net specific to your students.
JED is at the forefront of suicide prevention. We help you make informed decisions and enhance policies, programs, and resources with insight into clinically reviewed and peer-informed best practices.
JED is dedicated to making our programs accessible to all schools and districts. Learn more about our fee structure and opportunities for funding JED High School in your school or district.
“JED has provided our staff, students, and school community the resources and confidence to effectively assist our children in many ways. We learned research-based tips to work effectively with our students, but also engaged in deep discussions focused on academics, health and wellness, and other topics that impact educators each day.” —John Anzalone, Principal at Sierra Vista High School in Las Vegas
JED offers trainings, programs, research, guidance, and classroom tools to create healthy and connected school communities.
Find compassionate, comprehensive information about emotional well-being and how to get help when you need it.
If you or someone you know needs to talk to someone right now, text, call, or chat 988 for a free confidential conversation with a trained counselor 24/7.
You can also contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741-741.
If this is a medical emergency or if there is immediate danger of harm, call 911 and explain that you need support for a mental health crisis.