December 14, 2023 – Collinsville Community Unit School District #10 focuses on supporting our students’ educational AND social-emotional needs. The holiday season is a wonderful time for celebrating cultures and traditions, and making memories. It can also be a stressful time for children and their families; especially those who have experienced loss, life changes or trauma, or for those whose mental health is negatively impacted by the holiday season.
CUSD 10 Collinsville High School Wellness Club and the district’s mental health team have compiled resources for a number of holiday-related topics to assist Kahok families with challenges they might face this time of year.
If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please reach out to an organization such as Safe2Help Illinois for support and resources. For resources, links and advice for managing emotions and feelings year-round, visit the CUSD 10 Virtual Calming Room website. For dangerous or imminent situations, dial 911.
Click the image below for tips from the CHS Wellness Club:
Additional resources from the district’s mental health team for dealing with the holiday season:
- Holiday Grief List – Strategies for surviving the holidays after losing a loved one
- Coping with the Holidays Guide PsychCentral — Ideas and help for Coping with the Holidays
- Articles on Coping with Holiday Stress — Some useful ideas and thoughts from VeryWell Mind
- Coping With Depression During The Holidays Web MD — How to Enjoy the Holidays When You’re Depressed.
- Holiday Coping for Trauma Survivors – Dr. Kathleen Young
- How to Cope with PTSD and the Holiday Season — Tips and advice from Aspire Counseling
- Dread nots: surviving the holidays with spirit intact — Psychology Today – Escape the holiday dreads: handling family and stress – Marcia Eckerd, Ph.D
- Help for the Holidays – Heal Post Traumatic Stress — Good ideas and insight
- Finding Holiday Joy Amid the Grief – Web MD — If you’ve lost a loved one or suffered a setback, the holidays can feel hollow. Learn how to experience joy despite it all.
- Help for the Holidays – The Dougy Center — National Center for Grieving Children and Families
- Holidays and Grief: How to Cope – Legacy Connect — Grief support groups, grief counseling advice, condolence messages and more
- Handling Holiday Stress — Sexual Violence and Holiday Stress – Tips and Guides for Coping with Holiday Stress
- Top Ten Ways to Survive the Holidays During and After Divorce