Parent Resources
- Adoption and Kinship
- Bullying
- FBI Guide to Internet Safety
- Guide to Parenting Teens
- Homework Help
- Nutrition for Teens
- Online Safety Education Program
- Parent Coaching
- Parenting Tips
- Puberty
- Safe Social Networking for Teens
- Smartphone Addiction?
- Smartphones and Mental Health
- Social Struggles and Friendship
- Suicide Prevention
- Test Taking Tips for Students
**If your student is in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. It is a free, 24-hour hotline at 1.800.273.TALK (8255). If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
For crisis situations that are not life-threatening, mental health and substance abuse crisis services are available for Franklin County, Ohio residents 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Call Nationwide Children's Hospital Crisis Hotline (17 & younger) at 614-722-1800
- Call Netcare Crisis Hotline (18 and older) at 614-276-2273
- Call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or
- Text the Crisis Text line by sending a text message to 741741. (If you text “4hope” you should automatically be connected to someone in Ohio, but you can text anything - even just hello to get the conversation started.)
If you are looking to be connected with an outside counselor for non-emergency mental health services, please utilize:
- Your pediatrician/ doctor for a referral
- Your insurance for approved provider lists
- Psychology Today’s search tool, or
- The Ohio State University’s Community Provider Database search tool
- The Ohio Mental Health Resource Guide for Franklin County