Mental Health Minute: Venus Williams on Mental Health: Being Tough Means Taking Care of My Whole Self
How do we fight the stigma surrounding mental health?Ā In a blog post,Ā NAMIĀ leads with the importance of talking openly about mental health. With this in mind, it has been encouraging to see some of our āstrongestā athletes talk about their mental health journey, the importance of reaching out for support, and the fact that it […]
Mental Health Minute: Take Care of Yourself and Others
Since early 2020, it seems like the world around us has been in chaos. If economic hardship, political protests and recurring natural disasters werenāt already enough to cause distress, add a global health crisis to the mix. We end up with a well-documented increase in stress levels and feelings of depression for people across the […]
Creating Calming Rooms
A Calming Room is a space that is meant to be a supportive therapeutic environment which assists children in self-calming efforts by offering them a designated space to relax and self-regulate. It is a designated place designed to calm the senses where the student can experience calming visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli. Items that should […]
Employee Spotlight: Thomas Montaglione
Thomas Montaligoneās career in behavioral health spans 8 years, with 5 of those years being spent in the Charlotte area. In that short amount of time, Tomās impact has been tremendous as he worked to become the Young Adult Program Manager for The Relatives. As the Young Adult Program Manager,Ā TomĀ helps manage theĀ On Ramp Resource Center,Ā which […]
