World Mental Health Day

How to take part

Free and safe. No fee, no student email, and no trip taken alone.

• Check on a friend with a simple question, and listen.
• Take a walk, a breath, or a break if you need one.
• If someone may be in danger, tell a trusted adult or local emergency services. Do not try to handle a crisis alone.

For classrooms

A short prompt for a teacher to use with children. This page is for adults.

Ask the class for one kind sentence that is easy to say on a hard day. Do not ask anyone to share a diagnosis, a private problem, or a crisis. A teacher follows the school's usual help process if a student needs an adult.

More stories a teacher can read aloud are in the Kids section.