Mental Health Days: What Parents Need to Know | Roadmap to Joy

In this episode, our host, Bailey Petty, Learning and Development Manager at Embark Behavioral Health, and guest, Maddy Little, Licensed Associate Counselor at Embark Behavioral Health in Phoenix, Arizona, dive into signs your teen could benefit from a mental health day. Bailey and Maddy describe restorative activities, give tips on how to communicate with your teen’s teachers and school, and provide examples of how parents can model healthy stress management techniques for their children.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 What Is a Mental Health Day?
01:25 What Restorative Activities Should Teens Do During a Mental Health Day?
01:51 Signs Your Child Needs a Mental Health Day.
03:45 What is an Appropriate Amount of Stress for Teenagers?
05:43 Specific Restorative Activities to Help with Anxiety and Depression.
08:11 Why Teens May Need to Take a Mental Health Day.
12:00 How to Talk to Your Child’s Teacher About Taking a Mental Health Day
15:44 Breaking the Stigma Around Mental Health Days.
19:01 How to Talk to Your Teenager About Their Mental Health.
22:47 When to Seek Help from a Mental Health Professional.
29:00 How Can Parents Model Healthy Ways to Cope with Stress?
31:51 How to Teach Your Teenager Time Management Skills.
36:38 Breaking the Stigma Around Seeking Mental Health Treatment
41:00 Key Takeaways and a Guiding Question for Parents.
43:11 Conclusion

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Guest Bio:
Maddy Little is passionate about fostering a safe, non-judgmental space for teens and young adults to process their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. She received her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University and her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Colorado Christian University. She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and specializes in working with trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, suicidal ideations/self-harm, identity development, and interpersonal relationships. Outside of work, Maddy loves spending quality time with her husband and 3-year-old son, getting creative with art and baking, and leaning into personal development.

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About Embark Behavioral Health
Embark has been helping people overcome behavioral health issues that may be affecting their everyday lives for over 25 years.

Conditions We Treat Include:

The Embark team has some of the most compassionate and educated professionals in the industry. Its core purpose is to create joy and heal generations. Embark’s big hairy audacious goal is to lead the way in driving teen and young adult anxiety, depression, and suicide from the all-time highs of today to all-time lows by 2028. Exceptional treatment options, like short-term residential care, makes Embark the world's most respected family behavioral health provider.

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