Listed are the states closest to us if anyone is interested:
Connecticut
Building Blocks is planning to host a “My Big Feelings Story Time” at local libraries for Awareness Day using the “My Big Feelings” book and art and music activities that focus on expressing feelings.
Wheeler Clinic's Project LAUNCH will present the exhibit "My Feelings are a Work of Art" for Awareness Day, produced in partnership with the New Britain Museum of American Art. The children's art on display will be feelings-based artwork and will be showcased the week of May 9 at the museum. Also, the Wheeler Clinic will present a parent workshop and resource fair at the New Britain Public Library with the theme "Promoting Social and Emotional Health for Children from Birth through Eight," on Monday, May 9. The initiative is in partnership with Community Mental Health Affiliates and Klingberg Family Center.
New Jersey
Daytop New Jersey is sponsoring a writing contest for high school students for Awareness Day. In keeping with the national Awareness Day theme of the affects of trauma on childhood, the program is asking that students write about something that they have worked to overcome. The program is also distributing flyers, announcing the day to all student assistance coordinators across the state.
New York
Nassau County Family Support System of Care is planning to host an open house for Awareness Day. The program is also planning to host an information table at the community’s shopping mall.
ON CARE is planning to celebrate Awareness Day by inviting youth to submit art (2D, 3D, written, and spoken word) with the theme of how they build resilience in themselves, how they adapt, how they overcome their struggles, and what makes them strong. A frame of reference for the youth will be a rubber band: It stretches, has many different purposes, and can take on different shapes while maintaining its essence. The event will take place in May at a local venue. The program hopes to have a proclamation presented by the county executive at the event.
ACCORD Corporation, Head Start is planning an art activity to celebrate Awareness Day in May.
Chautauqua Tapestry is planning a newspaper campaign each day in May in their local newspaper showcasing the various community agencies that provide mental health and family and youth support services. The system of care is also having community days in which they are inviting youth and families to come out and enjoy an evening of fun to raise awareness about services, information, and empowerment.
The Ellis Hospital Department of Psychiatry will be hosting a parent-child dance event for Awareness Day for parents who participate in their Trauma Recovery Program. Sponsored by the Ellis Hospital Outpatient Mental Health and Ellis Medicine PROS programs, this special after-school event is called "Promoting Resiliency through Dance" and will be held May 3 at 4p.m. On Monday, May 2 at 1:15 p.m., the Ellis Hospital Department of Psychiatry staff and adolescent patients between 11 and 18 years old will also hold a dance therapy event to promote resilience through dance.
Pennsylvania
Millersville University Graduate Social Work Student—School District of Lancaster is planning to celebrate Awareness Day with a carnival-themed event in which agencies will provide information on their agency or mental health, along with a fun game, activities, or giveaway.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Cooperative Agreement for Children’s Mental Health is planning to have Harrisburg’s public radio station’s “Radio SmartTalk” call-in show feature a child psychiatrist and early childhood mental health project director as panelists to celebrate Awareness Day.
Pennsylvania System of Care Partnership is planning an Awareness Day celebration with REACH, a theatre production based in one of the system of care's partner counties. REACH will perform at the System of Care/High Fidelity Wraparound Retreat on May 2 to recognize the importance of child and adolescent mental health concerns. The performances are based on youth issues, including trauma, substance abuse and mental health, and will be followed by a question and answer session with each of the young actors.
Harris PreK Program, Harrisburg School District is planning a Community Awareness Fair for Awareness Day that will offer general children's mental health information and information on services available in and around the Harrisburg area to address mental health, responses to trauma, and building resilience in children and their families, as well as supporting healthy social and emotional development. Local service agencies will have literature and referral information available and will answer general questions for attendees.
Starting Early Together, Allegheny County Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health is hosting several events and activities in celebration of Awareness Day. These activities include a "Hope and Healing Child Abuse Prevention Conference" that will provide information and a tool kit for promoting children's mental health, trauma, and resilience. The program is also hosting a Dance Your Stress Away line dancing instruction activity and a Children's International Festival that will feature a bubble blowing activity to promote stress relief, coping with difficult emotions, and creative play. The program is also hosting a poster art activity, a cultural and linguistic competency training, and a trauma in young children training.
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