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Shared Links (weekly) April 17, 2022
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The New Mental Health Crisis Hotline Could Save Lives—and Cost Them– The details about rolling this out and funding the service and all of the services callers are referred to will determine how successful it is.
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How one teacher uses books to help students with emotions like anxiety, grief
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Statistics show sexual abuse may be more common than you think.
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Sharing – Seeing grieving as learning explains why the process takes time
So maybe, instead of agonizing over your friends not “being over it,” understand that they are learning a whole new way to navigate the world and figure out how you can help.
