Cook Children's JOY Campaign

Cook Children's JOY Campaign is a suicide prevention initiative that aims to encourage hope and resilience among children and teens.

The number of children and teens suffering from anxiety, stress and depression is skyrocketing. Sadly, Cook Children's has seen a record number of patients attempting suicide in the past year. The JOY Campaign is a suicide prevention communication initiative led by Cook Children's to bring hope and needed resources to children and families facing struggles and dark times in their lives.

We encourage you to subscribe to our Raising Joy podcast, which aims to encourage hope and resilience among children and teens. Available on Apple and Google .

JOY Crisis Card

JOY Crisis Card Spanish

Find the document to view and/or print HERE

Coping skills for kids

Distorted thinking

How to Make a Coping Skills Bag

Mindfulness Strategies and Techniques

Imagining Your Feelings are Like Clouds

Belly Breathing and Pinwheel Breathing

Art Journaling: Drawing Your Feelings

When your feelings get too big

Our community created these coping cards to give you an activity to try when your feelings get really big or overwhelming. These activities will give your body and your brain a chance to catch up to the feelings and help you know why you feel the way you do.

Child coping cards

Print English coping cards

Print Spanish coping cards

Teen coping cards

Print English coping cards

Print Spanish coping cards

Prevention information and stories

Empathy May be Key in Bolstering Hope, Resiliency Among Youth

How to Talk to Your Children About the Crisis in Ukraine

Cook Children's Health Care System Launches New Podcast to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis

Mental Health Experts Worry About Increasing Marijuana Use Among Kids During COVID

2021 Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Gifts That Are Good For The Soul

A Bright Smile Begins With A Healthy Mindset: The Overlooked Link Between Dental and Mental Health

Parent Survey Underscores Need for Mental Health Focus

Keep Showing Up: Child Life Specialist (and Mom) Shares Advice for Helping Kids Through Pandemic Challenges

Take Back Life on Take Back Day: Cook Children’s Health Care System’s JOY Campaign and Speak Now for Kids Encourage Participation in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, October 23

Cook Children's JOY Campaign

Coping skills for kids

When your feelings get too big

Child coping cards

Teen coping cards

Prevention information and stories

Empathy May be Key in Bolstering Hope, Resiliency Among Youth

How to Talk to Your Children About the Crisis in Ukraine

Cook Children's Health Care System Launches New Podcast to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis

Mental Health Experts Worry About Increasing Marijuana Use Among Kids During COVID

2021 Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Gifts That Are Good For The Soul

A Bright Smile Begins With A Healthy Mindset: The Overlooked Link Between Dental and Mental Health

Parent Survey Underscores Need for Mental Health Focus

Keep Showing Up: Child Life Specialist (and Mom) Shares Advice for Helping Kids Through Pandemic Challenges

Take Back Life on Take Back Day: Cook Children’s Health Care System’s JOY Campaign and Speak Now for Kids Encourage Participation in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, October 23

State of Emergency Declared on Children's Mental Health

The Importance of Safely Disposing of Expired and Unused Drugs

The Animal-Human Connection: How Pets Improve Our Mental Health

Missing Your Motivation? You may be splooting.

Cook Children’s Community Task Force Leading Discussion on Suicide Prevention and Mental Health

Suicide Screening Reveals Alarming Trend in Cook Children’s Emergency Department

Superheroes Get Sad Too: How to Help Children with Disabilities Cope with Depression and Anxiety

It’s a Huge Problem: Teen Opioid Overdoses Spike at Cook Children’s

Let's Talk: Seven Ways to Get Kids and Teens to Open Up

Experts Call Pandemic a "Nightmare" for Teen Eating Disorders

Six Ways to Cope with Difficult Emotions

Nine Out of 10 Hospitalized Psychiatry Patients at Cook Children's Have a History of Trauma

Don't Feed the Rat: How To Spot And Stop Bullying.

Barriers, stigma and mental health challenges among minority & LGBTQ+ children.

A different kind of addiction: more kids struggle to put down their devices.

Two Cook Children’s employees take on youth suicide prevention after losing loved ones.

Mental Health Experts Worry About Increasing Marijuana Use Among Kids During COVID

Discover the impact and dangers of social media on youth mental health.

Barriers, stigma and mental health challenges among minority & LGBTQ+ children.

Over-the-counter medications and the rise in youth suicide attempts.

Crisis contacts for youth / Contactos de crisis para jóvenes

Pandemic Isolation Taking Toll on Kids’ Mental Health

Now Leading Cause of Trauma Death, Child Suicides Spur New Prevention Campaign

Experts Warn of COVID-19 Related Mental Health Risks in Children

37 Children and Teens Treated at Cook Children's for Suicide Attempts in September

Near Record Number of Patients Seen for Suicide Attempts in August

Psychology, Psychiatry Patients at Cook Children's Continue to Keep Important Appointments During Pandemic Through Virtual Visits

Pediatrician Calls Focus on Children's Mental Health a ‘Wake-Up' Call

Okay to Say: New Mental Health Awareness Campaign Targets Families in Denton County