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Mental Health Resources

Stafford County Public Schools is committed to supporting the mental health and wellness of all students and staff. As shared in our strategic framework, we prioritize the wellbeing of our stakeholders by providing a variety of resources and programs. Each school has a school counseling department along with an assigned school psychologist and social worker to provide assistance for our students. 

As part of our commitment to strengthening the mental health and emotional well-being of our students, we have partnered with The Jed Foundation (JED) and The School Superintendents Association's (AASA) in the District Comprehensive Approach (DCA). The DCA will provide the district with an evidence-based framework combined with expert support, best practices, and data-driven guidance to ensure existing systems support the mental health, and reduce suicide risk, for all students at every grade level. Derived from JED’s Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention for High Schools, this collaboration establishes a new framework and exemplifies the significance school district leaders are placing on their students’ emotional health.

The school district is participating in the JED High School program to 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 in all five high schools and the Phoenix Center. JED will provide ongoing advising, guidance, and technical assistance support through a dedicated JED School Mental Health Specialist.

The JED Foundation

JED The Jed Foundation

The Jed Foundation's Mental Health Resource Center provides essential information about common emotional health issues and shows teens and young adults how they can support one another, overcome challenges, and make a successful transition to adulthood.

 

 

 

988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States.