JED 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.
JED offers evidence-based workshops, tools, and resources to protect student mental health and lower suicide and substance misuse risk in schools.
Find out how this evidence-based approach to supporting student mental health focuses on seven areas key to creating a holistic safety net for student well-being and building a connected school community.
A comprehensive study from JED and Fluent Research outlines six key findings about the state of student mental health and how administrators, students, and caregivers believe we should address it.
Research from JED explores the barriers teens face when seeking mental health support and how stigma plays a role in who they turn to for help.
Learn how to create an inclusive school environment designed to support the emotional well-being of LGBTQ students. From JED with the Upswing Fund and the Consortium for Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.
Schools offer an invaluable opportunity for providers of mental health services to meet young people where they are. But to address students’ needs, our schools require comprehensive mental health programs, qualified staff, and adequate funding. From The Commonwealth Fund and JED.
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is the new three-digit dialing code where compassionate, accessible care and support are available for people experiencing mental health-related crises including thoughts of suicide or a substance-use crisis.
The classroom is a powerful place to empower students to seek help, ensure they feel seen and supported, and teach coping skills they can rely on their whole lives.
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.
