Mental Health Speaker for Students
Mental Health Speaker Topics for Students
Educator, parent, and student topics are frequently bundled as a program. Presentations focus on coping strategies. AnneMoss would encourage schools to do in-person for students but virtual and hybrid options are available, especially for programs like her student anxiety workshops. Audiences include high school, university, and graduate students. Get the overview of Education Mental Health Topics here.
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Mental Health Speaker Topic for Students #1
Managing Your Mental Health: How to help yourself, a friend, and prevent suicide
Audience: For university students, high school students, RAs, sororities and fraternities, and community groups (like YMCA leader’s club).
Time: 45 minutes to 1.5 hours, virtual or in-person
Description:
How do you know when you might need support? What coping skills can help you avoid getting to a place of crisis? When are you more likely to feel depressed or anxious and what can you do about it?
From coping tips and talking to a person who is stressed, to helping someone at risk for suicide get the help they need, this presentation will empower you with the words and actions to be the bridge to life.
Learning outcomes:
- How to know when a friend is at risk and what to say/do
- How to recognize when you are in crisis and help yourself
- Know times when young adults are more vulnerable to depression/anxiety
- Healthy coping skills and crisis prevention
“But every single word that you said in that classroom that day touched my life. You helped me wanna keep pushing and strive to be even half as strong as you are… Thank you for sharing your story and helping me in ways I can’t even truly explain.”
—15-year-old student, Cosby High School
Mental Health speaker Topic for Students #2
Diary of a Broken Mind: Post traumatic growth after tragedy
Audience: For university students, high school students, RAs, sororities and fraternities, and community groups (like YMCA leader’s club).
Time: 45 minutes to 1.5 hours, virtual or in person. Includes interactive activities
Description: AnneMoss Rogers and her husband tried to find help for their struggling son, Charles, a creative genius and rap artist. Desperate to escape the darkness of his depression, Charles turned to heroin and died by suicide in 2015 at age 20.
How did AnneMoss find healing after the most devastating loss of her life? What strategies built resilience and became useful for managing other issues? And what can students do to support themselves, each other and understand that trauma of all kinds is painful but also fosters growth.
Learning outcomes:
- How stigma played into Charles’s feeling of low self-worth
- The prevalence of suicide risk for those with addiction or prevalent drug use
- How to recognize signs of depression and suicide and what to do/say
- How to find your own path to healing after loss or tragedy
Themes: This presentation focuses more on resilience and healthy coping and includes themes on suicide prevention, hope and healing, addiciton, grief, depression, and anxiety.
“Your talk has, by far been one of the most intriguing and educational of this year. Your honesty and vulnerability touched me deeply and I will forever be touched by this incredibly personal biography of your son’s life. I absolutely adore the activities you planned for us.”
—15-year-old high school student
“Anne Moss Rogers tells her tragedy and healing with passion and love. She relates to young people in a very unique and powerful way that few adults can. Her message is critical to all, particularly the teenage population. We are extremely grateful for her.”
—Cassie Rogers, High School Teacher, Health Science Specialty Center Coordinator, Cosby HS
Suicide Program Education for Students
Suicide Prevention for Students: How to help yourself or others
Audience: For university students, high school students, RAs, sororities and fraternities, and community groups (like YMCA leader’s club).
Time: 45 minutes to 1.5 hours, virtual or in person. Includes interactive activities
Quick Outline:
- AnneMoss’s Story about her son Charles and grief
- What depression looks like
- About Suicide: signs and what to do/say
- Resources for those who struggle and for the families who love them
Topic Description:
How do you know when you might need support? What coping skills can help you avoid getting to a place of crisis? When are you more likely to feel depressed or anxious and what can you do about it?
From coping tips and talking to a person who is stressed, to helping a friend at risk for suicide get the help they need, this presentation will empower students with the words and actions to be the bridge to life.
Learning outcomes:
- How to know when a friend is at risk and what to say/do
- How to recognize when you are in crisis and help yourself
- Know times when young people are more vulnerable to depression/anxiety
- Understanding grief and its affect on our mental health
- Healthy coping skills and crisis prevention
“Oh my God you are so inspiring. I’ve dealt with anorexia, depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts going in and out of treatment centers. But ur story just game me reasons not to give up and gave me hope.”
—University student
Anxiety Workshop for Students
Make Friends with Anxiety Workshop
Audience: For students 15 and over
Time: 45 minutes to 1.5 hours, virtual or in person. Includes interactive activities
Topic Description:
The rise in anxiety gets a lot of press. But what if you could reframe how you think of stress and anxiety and manage it instead of letting it take over your life by holding your brain hostage?
The anxiety itself is not the demon but rather the lack of coping skills to manage it. That’s something we can do something about. Stress, overwhelm and anxiety are all a part of life, and this workshop will help you work with it
Learning outcomes:
- Identify times when you are more likely to be more anxious
- What to do when you feel anxious and overwhelmed
- How to minimize the suffering anxiety can cause
- Effective self-talk strategies
- DBT skills for coping with anxiety
- Taking agency of your own mental health
“About a year ago, I listened and took part in your anxiety workshop. Your words truly left an impact on me and so many others. I’m reaching out to you because I would love it if you could hold that workshop with my team.”
—High School Senior, Head of Youth Outreach Council, Canada
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Training & Certifications
- Registered safeTALK suicide prevention trainer- #n42749
- ASIST Trained: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
- ASK Trained: Focused on identifying, assessing, and helping 5-12 year olds at risk for suicide find hope for life
- Youth Mental Health First Aid : 8-hour training
- Preventure: Personality-targeted life skills training for youth shown to reduce drug/alcohol use in schools
- Trauma-Informed Care Basics
- Gym Neurocognitive Training for Addiction: with Hamed Ekhtiari, M.D., Ph.D.
- Bereavement Support Group Facilitator training
- DBT Steps-A in Schools: SEL curriculum based on DBT and mindfulness
- SOP Peer Trained: Survivor Outreach Program through AFSP
- REVIVE! Training: Emergency administration of Narcan® for opioid overdose
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