HIGH SCHOOL
Create a thriving, connected high school community with our JED High School program and our mental health trainings, workshops, and guidance for school administrators, educators, and students.
Explore JED High SchoolPartner with JED to assess your school’s needs and develop a customized strategic plan to drive measurable improvements in student mental health. Our team will help you implement proven tools, strategies, and vetted resources to build a more connected school community.
Reach out to JED’s experts who will respond rapidly, reliably, and compassionately to provide support after a suicide or other tragic event. The Jed Foundation can also proactively help you strengthen or prepare your high school’s crisis response measures.
Protect the emotional well-being of students districtwide by joining this initiative that supports district leaders as they develop and improve school mental health systems.
Collaborate with JED to improve systems of support for students at your boarding school.
Schedule a workshop, keynote, webinar, or training for your school or district. JED’s educational offerings are available to educators, students, families, and community-based organizations, focusing on providing mental health education and preventing suicide among teens and young adults.
I am delighted to say that our participation in the JED program, and our dedicated School Mental Health Specialist’s ability to work collaboratively and toward the same goals, has enabled me to convince the administration that this initiative is worthwhile, and in many ways critical, to the health, well-being, and education of all of our students.
— Maddy Steinberg, Psy.D., District Psychologist at Weston High School in Weston, MA
Download JED’s Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention in High Schools to explore the principles behind the model, along with the seven key domains for creating a broad safety net for student well-being.
Dive into this robust study from JED and Fluent Research that outlines important findings about the state of student mental health and how administrators, students, and caregivers believe we should address it.
Access JED’s research to understand the barriers teens encounter in seeking mental health support. Learn how biases and other obstacles influence their decisions about who to turn to for help.
Support the vital integration of comprehensive mental health programs, qualified staff, and adequate funding in schools to effectively meet the needs of young people through these insights from The Commonwealth Fund and JED.
JED’s free, web-based resource, created in collaboration with Headstream Innovation and The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, helps schools select and implement digital tools to support student mental health.
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.
