ACS Mental Health Connector

Thanksgiving is around the corner! The holiday season may often bring unwelcome guests; stress and anxiety. The holidays often present a dizzying array of demands; cooking meals, shopping, baking, cleaning, and entertaining; to name just a few. With some practical tips, you can minimize the stress that accompanies the holidays.

Practical Coping Tips

Reset. If you feel burned out, it’s important to make sure you’re getting enough sleep, eating nutritious meals, drinking lots of water and staying active. Incorporating these things into your routine will leave you feeling good inside and out.

Plan. Take the extra time at home to sit down and plan out some realistic goals you’d like to achieve in the upcoming year.

Connect. Check in with your loved ones, family, and friends.

Organize. Turn on your favorite playlist, podcast or movie and clean out that area of your house that you have been putting off. You will not only feel accomplished but being in a tidy space also brings clarity.

National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week focuses on giving and caring the week before Thanksgiving. The observance serves as a reminder that hunger and homelessness doesn't stop for the holidays. They continue all year long.

World Kindness Day (WKD) is a global day, celebrated on November 13 each year that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world.

Athens-Limestone Counseling Center

Mental health screenings and treatment resources https://www.mhcnca.org/

School-Based Mental Health Therapist- Alice Kindred

Limestone County Health Department
COVID Vaccinations, Clinical, Environmental and Home Health services https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/limestone/

Caring House
Grief Support services https://hhcaringforlife.org/caring-house

United Way
DIAL 2-1-1 from your phone or search the database online to get help with non-emergency needs. https://www.uwca.org/get-help/2-1-1-call-center/

Limestone County DHR

https://dhr.alabama.gov/county-office-contact/

Limestone Child Advocacy Center
Prevention and intervention services for children and families https://www.limestonecac.com/contact

Family Resource Center
Housing, Rent, Utilities, Clothing, and Counseling https://alcfamilyresourcecenter.org/

Happi Health
Medical and Behavioral Health Services https://www.happiinc.com/

My goal is to provide and assist families with mental health resources within the community. Reach out if you have any questions!

ACS Mental Health Services Coordinator

michael.ross@acs-k12.org