Clay Counts offers FREE parent resources and courses to help manage and teach their children about mental health

Shae Rohrer, the Director of School & Community Advocacy at the Cook Center for Human Connection, spoke to the Clay Counts members about their FREE resources.

Clay Counts is pleased to offer a free and confidential website for families, ParentGuidance.org. This site was developed by licensed therapists. It provides trusted and specialized courses, professional support, and a safe community for parents to learn how to support their child.

Parents can also get answers to mental health questions, especially anxiety, depression, self-

worth, grief and loss, suicide ideation, family strife and other mental health concerns. Popular courses you may want to explore are: “Parenting with a Purpose” and “Unlocking your Inner Parent Superhero.” The courses within ParentGuidance.org will provide you with tools to form stronger bonds with your children.

ParentGuidance.org has 70+ on-demand courses written by therapists. Here is a short overview video giving more information.

MyLifeIsWorthLiving.org is the first animated web series featuring teen characters and their support system dealing with current, very challenging issues. All episodes contain a message of hope and intentional modeling for teens and their parents/caregivers.

Other FREE services include:

•  Parent Coaching–HIPAA protected, 30-min, weekly face-time session with a HUMAN Cognitive Behavioral Coach (CBC), 24/7 messaging, interactive curated content, and access to topical roadmaps for additional learning (https://parentguidance.org/school-coaching/). 

• StaffGuidance--includes a CBC and associated services for ALL staff, a contained system digital intelligence tool, curated monthly content, and multi-multimedia interactive resources for work/life balance, avoiding burnout, and more (https://cookcenter.org/staffguidance/ --scroll down past the “Get Started" button for further information).

• Mental Health Series Platform – Virtual interactive seminars for parents and staff consisting of 16x monthly topics offered twice per month. Pre and post-session materials are offered, including on-demand videos, articles, and additional learning content (https://parentguidance.org/mhsindex/, enter “Utah” and “Demo Access - Current Month”).

• ElizaChat: “Safe space” teen connection intelligence tool.  Trained and monitored extensively by a seasoned team of mental health professionals.  Contained conversation system with refined guardrails and escalation protocols. Actively prompts problem solving, planning, and connections with others. See https://cookcenter.org/elizachat/

• Professional Development – Choose from 17 topics on school safety and mental health delivered live virtually with a 90%+ recommendation rate from educators (QPR Certification, Trauma Sensitive Environments in Your Schools, Minding your Mental Health: Compassion Fatigue, Parents as Partners, and more).