For several years, research and evidence have shown that mental illness can and does occur in younger children. NAMI has developed information packets for teachers in elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools. We have distributed many of these packets to teachers and administrators in Colorado Springs and we will continue to give these packets out. We recommend anyone who works with children to review these packets.
Resources Available:
Information Packets on Mental Illness for Elementary, Middle School, and High School.
Resources for Teachers (Yellow Cover). This is an overall view of what mental Illness is, descriptions of the mental illness, famous people with mental illness.
Resources for Teachers, Teacher’s Tips (Blue Cover). This focuses on mental illness with children and adolescents, with special ideas and tips for teachers towork with children who have mental illness.
These packets can be downloaded and printed out or used in presentations. To view the packets, click on the title below.
Teacher Resources (608) - 16.32 MB
Teacher Tips (646) - 22.03 MB
*Note: These packets are very large. If you are downloading via dialup it may take a while.
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation’s voice on mental illness, a national organization including NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1100 local communities across the country who join together to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.
