Parent Resources
There are many resources available in our community and online.
Aurora Mental HealthConnect to Care
Walk-In appointments to begin the initial intake process |
Colorado Crisis ServicesColorado Crisis Services website
Walk-In Crisis Service locations are open 24/7 You can call the 24 hour hotline to speak to a trained professional 1-844-493-8255 or You can text TALK to 38255 |
Questions about Mental Health? Check out the following resources
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Questions about Grief? Check out the following resources
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Questions about bullying? Check out the following resources
Questions about Internet safety? Check out the following resources Questions about surviving Middle School?
Questions about 8th grade transition to high school?
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Questions about self injury? Check out the following resources
Additional Resources
Safe2Tell
Safe2Tell is an anonymous reporting site, where you can report anything that concerns or threatens you, your friends, your family, or your community. To make an anonymous report, call 1-877-542-7233 from anywhere, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Reports also may be made by completing the anonymous online tip form or by downloading and reporting through the Safe2Tell Colorado mobile app (Apple or Google Play). |
Book Recommendations for Parents/Guardians from PBS
The Roller-Coaster Years: Raising You Child Through the Maddening Yet Magical Middle School Years
By: Charlene C Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese
Supported and advised by the National Middle School Association, this is a lively guide to mastering the ups and downs of early adolescene.
Middle School and the Age of Adjustment: A guide for Parents
By Eileen Berstein
Advice and practical suggestions that parents can use to help thier children deal with common problems that can occur in middle school, written by a school counselor
Not Much Just Chillin'
By Linda Perlstein
This book chronicles a group of suburban middle schoolers following five representative kids through the school year as they study, flirt, argue, rollerskate, instant-message and explain what they think and feel, and offers a trial map to the baffling no-man's-land between child and teen, the time when children don't want to grow up and so badly do.
The Roller-Coaster Years: Raising You Child Through the Maddening Yet Magical Middle School Years
By: Charlene C Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese
Supported and advised by the National Middle School Association, this is a lively guide to mastering the ups and downs of early adolescene.
Middle School and the Age of Adjustment: A guide for Parents
By Eileen Berstein
Advice and practical suggestions that parents can use to help thier children deal with common problems that can occur in middle school, written by a school counselor
Not Much Just Chillin'
By Linda Perlstein
This book chronicles a group of suburban middle schoolers following five representative kids through the school year as they study, flirt, argue, rollerskate, instant-message and explain what they think and feel, and offers a trial map to the baffling no-man's-land between child and teen, the time when children don't want to grow up and so badly do.