Let's Catch-up: June 2024

Our mission is to empower families to foster resilience and prioritize mental health and emotional wellness in their children through educational programming, access to resources, and peer support.

Love is Love: Mental Health for All

Love goes a long way in lifting up our LBGTQ+ youth, and that's just one tool in caring for their mental health.

The American Psychiatric Association offers these 5 tips to support LGBTQ+ Youth and Children:

When it comes to telling other family members, let your child take the lead. Ask your child if and how you can help them tell other people about their LGBTQ+ identity.
Connect your child with LGBTQ+ adult role models.
Believe that your child can be a happy LGBTQ+ adult and stay positive around your child.
Stand up for your child if others mistreat them because of their LGBTQ+ identity or gender expression – at home, at school, and in the community.
Most importantly, make sure they know their family supports and loves them.

We are grateful for a community that embraces our LGBTQ+ youth and are here for those who need mental health support.

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In this Issue

Lunch & Learn Follow-Up
5 Simple Rules for High School & College Parents
CATCH Podcast: You Are Enough wit Deerfield H.S. Grad
Get Involved
Grateful for Our Sponsors
Parent Support Network
Community Program
Message for Grads & Families
Catch-up with Carter

Lunch & Learn

Did you miss our last Lunch & Learn?

5 Simple Rules for High School & College Parents

How to help your student navigate the transition to life in college

Harlan Cohen, NY Times bestselling author, speaker, college success coach, encouraged us to get comfortable with the uncomfortable, apply the 24-hour rule, and more.

Our CATCH Lunch & Learn team is taking a summer break. Check back with us in the fall for a new schedule.

Recordings of most CATCH Lunch & Learn events are available on the CATCH YouTube Channel.

Parenting the Mental Health Generation

CATCH Podcast

Meet Adison Schwartz, a recent Deerfield high school graduate who is erasing the mental health stigma every day! She is joined by her school staff mentor, Robyn Corelitz, a social emotional learning specialist.

Adison will take us on an audio tour of the amazing space she created, dedicated to student wellness at her school. Discover how a student-led project provides a safe haven for classmates to decompress, reset, and find support.

Tune in to hear about the impact of You Are Enough.

Listen

Find the CATCH podcast anywhere you get your podcasts.

Parenting the Mental Health Generation is also available on the CATCH YouTube Channel.

Volunteer Opportunities

Get Involved with CATCH

We'll find the role that suits you!

Want to take on a small task, a short-term project, or join a committee?

There's plenty to do at CATCH, and we'd love your help.

Click on the link below to let us know your interests and availability, and our volunteer coordinator will reach out and help you find the right place to start.

Volunteer

"By donating my time to CATCH, I've made amazing friends who understand me, and I've learned how to be a better parent. My whole family benefits!"

-CATCH volunteer

Grateful for Our Sponsors

Our Community Supports Mental Health

While we rely on volunteers to power CATCH, we couldn't do what we do without the generosity of our community sponsors.

Thank you to the these organizations that have financially supported CATCH with the following programs during the last year.

Northbrook Woman's Club: Lunch & Learn series
Northbrook Civic Foundation: Mental Health Awareness Month
Northbrook Rotary: Comfort Kits for 300 kids in crisis
Northfield Township: Website improvements and more
Village of Northbrook: GBN freshmen coping kits

Together, we are building a community that prioritizes mental health.

Parent Support Network

CATCH Conversations

Are your child's mental health struggles impacting you and your family? Are you wondering how to start finding help?

We recommend seeking support for yourself first with a CATCH Conversation.

Sign up and a CATCH volunteer will reach out to schedule a time to talk, meet for a cup of coffee, or go for a walk to give you a chance to share what's going on and learn how CATCH can support you.

Parents Connect: Peer Support

Plenty of parents are facing challenges raising children with mental health struggles.

When we come together and support one another, we build a community that makes each day easier.

Parents Connect groups are meeting weekly.

Find the one that's right for you.

Looking for professional support?

CATCH is here to help you find a mental health provider.

Look through our lists of providers or send a confidential email to CATCH, and we will provide you with names of trusted practices that might meet your needs.

Community Program

High School Process Group

Youth Services offers a summer group for high school girls who are looking for a safe and supportive space to navigate the everyday challenges in their lives.

Learn more

A Message for Graduates & Their Families

Whether you graduated from kindergarten or college, take time for YOU. (Kindergarteners may need some help with this. :))

"What's next" can wait. We're not suggesting you park on the couch for the entire summer, but please savor this moment.

Give yourself a pat on the back and reflect on the past -- not just accomplishments -- but what did you learn about yourself? What do you need before you dive into what's ahead?

When we figure out how to care for ourselves, we prepare to handle the ups and downs of life... and that's how we prioritize our mental health.

Congratulations to all of the graduates of the class of 2024!