Supporting Student-Athlete Mental Health

This set of 14 mental health conversation cards help examine the 4 B’s associated with mental health concerns, disorders, and stigma: biology, backstory, behavior, and biography. Cards are designed to accompany the Coach Beyond “Supporting Student Athlete Mental Health” training, but also can be used as a stand-alone tool for athletic directors, and coaches.

Cost: $10.00

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When a student-athlete is experiencing mental health issue, it is important for the coach to be able to link the athlete with available resources in the school and/or community. This wallet card allows a coach to have quickly on hand a school resource, a community resource, and an emergency resource to help a student athlete in need. These can be ordered in sets of 50 or 100.

Cost for Set of 50: $37.50
Cost for Set of 100: $75.00 

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Learn how to use creative wellness check ins to understand how your athletes are doing on and off the field/court/mat/pitch, etc.!

This set of 14 mental health conversation cards helps examine the 4 B’s associated with mental health concerns, disorders, and stigma: biology, backstory, behavior, and biography. Cards are designed to accompany the Coach Beyond “Supporting Student Athlete Mental Health” training, but can also be used as a stand-alone tool for student-athletes.

Cost: $10.00

Purchase Here

Mental health concerns can be genetic or due to a child’s life experiences. Stress and trauma can reshape pathways in the brain that influence children and adolescents’ behaviors, thoughts, feelings, and physical demeanor. This resource overviews common signs and symptoms of some of the most prevalent mental health concerns affecting children and adolescents in the United States.

Daily check-ins with athletes can help coaches quickly identify when an athlete may need more support. Check out this quick resource for coaches on how to check-in daily with student-athletes!

Thank you for taking our Supporting Student-Athlete Mental Health virtual or in-person training.  In order to receive a completion certificate, you must pass the end-of-course quiz with an 80%.  This page is dedicated to highlighting key resources and facts throughout the training.

Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) for mental health crises can be critical in getting help to student-athletes appropriately and efficiently. See this example EAP for mental health from Streetsboro High School!

We are joined by 19-year head lacrosse coach Matt Triplett and Charron Sumler, LPC with the Sports Psychology and Wellness Services at The Ohio State University. Both share their expertise on what coaches can do to support their student-athletes' mental health.

Join Dr. Samantha Bates (Director of Research & Coach Beyond, LiFEsports) as she sits down with Montee Ball (Former NFL running back & Founder of Game Plan Life Foundation) and Carly Silverstein (Mental Health and Performance Therapist & Co-Founder of Sack the Stigma) to talk about mental health awareness and action in sport.