Mental Health Awareness Month -- Adventures in Learning with NAMI Virginia's Miranda Schnoor

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Miranda  Schnoor works for NAMI, the National Alliance of Mental Illness. As NAMI Virginia’s Educational Support & HelpLine Coordinator, Miranda oversees the HelpLine, developing and leading a number of NAMI’s programs, and working directly with volunteers. In this conversation, we share resources and picture books that may help caregivers, families, and educators support children's mental health and social emotional learning. 

She graduated from Shenandoah University with a BFA in Acting, then completed a service term with AmeriCorps, teaching literacy in the Hopewell public school system.  Outside of NAMI, Miranda likes painting, reading, writing, and photography. Follow her @miranda.with.a.camera.

[03:53] What is NAMI ?

[07:58] Mental illness, mental health, and how they fit together. 

[09:37] Resources for Mental Health Month -- and beyond

• NAMI 
•  SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Call 211 for Essential Community Services | United Way 211
• Help When You Need It
• Home - FindTreatment.gov
• Home-FindSupport.gov
• findhelp.org by findhelp - Search and Connect to Social Care
• Home - National Empowerment Center (power2u.org)
• if you're in a crisis situation or with someone in a crisis situation, call 988 

[14:37] Mental health and working with kids 

[22:07] Picture books as windows and mirrors
 A Family is a Family is a Family
My Shadow Is Purple
Patchwork
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea
You Matter
All Because You Matter
I Am Enough
Brave Every Day
After the Fall
Calling the Wind
Milo Imagines The World
The Invisible Boy

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