Posts Tagged ‘Ann Jacobus’
NCTE Panel on Mental Health for Young People
Stories help us make sense of our world. Stories also help us understand ourselves and others. At the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference, our panel of four…
Read MoreSocial and Emotional Books
More good books are coming out that address the important issue of social-emotional problems facing kids today.
Read MoreThe Coldest Winter I Ever Spent
A look at two books that invite us to talk openly with family, friends, and book clubs about mental health.
Read MoreWriting the Story of Mental Illness for Young Readers
I have been pulled toward the subject of suicide since I was a teen despite its stigma, and worked on my first suicide hotline when I was eighteen. That’s because as an adolescent I struggled not only with depression but with some periods of suicidality, and I understand the dangerous power and seduction of it when one is suffering mental despair.
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