Episode 3 - Adapting for Life Program

For our third episode, we talk with Stacey Hoffman, LPCC,MEd, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Program Manager, Adapting for Life. Adapting for Life helps young people understand and identify the drivers that can lead to harmful and suicidal behavior and helps students find better ways of coping during difficult times, so they can adapt and lead healthier lives. We discuss the Adapting for Life program and how it has grown and changed since its inception as the Surviving the Teens program. We then discuss what a holistic mental health program plan would look like for schools. 

After talking with Stacey, we connect with Terri Thomas, a health and physical education teacher with over 30 years of classroom experience. We discuss how the mental health needs of students have changed over time, the impact that the Adapting for Life program has on her students, and how 1N5 has helped shift the culture at Mariemont.

Links:
1N5.org
Children’s Hospital Adapting for Life
CDC Stats on Mental Health
National Alliance on Mental Illness  

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National Resources:
You don’t have to be in a crisis to talk with someone.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1- 800-273-TALK (8255)
The National Suicide Prevention Hotline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741
The Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 mental health support via text message. Crisis Counselors bring texters “from a hot moment to a cool calm” using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they’ve built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter’s goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe. Texting in will not appear on your bill if you have AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon as your cell phone carrier.