As a component of First Lady Casey DeSantis' "Hope for Healing Florida" program, the State Board of Education has approved the implementation of 5 hours of mental health instruction for all public school students in grades 6-12 on an annual basis. Required topics to be covered in the instruction are:
- Awareness of sign and symptoms.
- Process of getting or seeking help for themselves or others.
- Awareness of resources ( i.e., Fortify Florida app and the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-825).
- What to do or say to peers struggling with mental health disorders.
- Awareness of sign and symptoms.
- Process of getting or seeking help for themselves or others.
- Awareness of resources ( i.e., Fortify Florida app and the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-825).
- What to do or say to peers struggling with mental health disorders.
