Resources for Students

Random Acts of Kindness

We need to distance ourselves, but that doesn’t mean we can’t help each other. During difficult times, we often see the most beautiful acts of kindness. If you’re home and looking for things to do to keep busy, scroll down for a list of resources to help! We will get through this sooner if we take care of ourselves and each other (without risking contagion). Kindness is a powerful tool. Let’s use it.

Rebel Girls – Activities and Podcast Episodes

During this period of increased shelter at home, Rebel Girls is dedicated to making your family time fun and inspiring. We’ve collected our best activities and podcast episodes to keep your family engaged.

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems

New episodes will be posted each weekday at 1:00 p.m. ET and then remain online to be streamed afterwards.  Check back each weekday for new LUNCH DOODLES!

Radio Garden

Radio Garden is an app that lets you rotate the globe and highlight thousands of radio stations all over the planet. Every green dot represents a town that has one or more radio stations. Want to listen to a station in a language you are studying? Want to hear Mongolian music? The variety is amazing. Here’s an NPR article about Radio Garden.

Mental Health Apps

Dailyo– helps to set daily goals and will remind you. Allows you to process how you feel that day and write in a journal.

MyDBT – Provides skills to manage difficult emotions and allows tracking of skills.

Impulse App – helps to note impulses and help with managing and recognizing them

Headspace – Helps with guided imagery/meditation and allows you to write about and process difficult thoughts/feelings.

Reflectly– journaling app to reflect on your day

Sanity & Self – helps you to stay well with yourself during difficult times

I am – Helps with positive affirmations and allows for pop up reminders of selected affirmations

Self Checkout – allows you to check in on yourself and your feelings, allows for journaling too

CBT-i coach – helps with sleeping better and with insomnia and techniques for combatting it

Woebot – virtual “personal life coach” to help think and feel better.

The Mighty – mental health articles and affirming posts for self-help

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