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Building Resilience
Statewide Initiative

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The Angst: Building Resilience Statewide Initiative aims to Equitably Provide Vital Mental Health Support to the Youth of Connecticut

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  • Mental Health issues among young people have been magnified by recent conditions
  • Angst: Building Resilience is a proven program that helps students understand how they're feeling, develop coping skills and strategies and encourages them to open up and get support. Learn More.
  • Angst distributor, iNDIEFLIX, can efficiently and equitably distribute all aspects of the program to every public middle and high school in Connecticut. Learn More.
  • We need your support to make this a reality and transform the lives of our future generation. Learn More.

 

Angst is a film-based mental health support program, endorsed by educators, psychiatrists and mental health advocates. Distributed by education veteran, iNDIEFLIX, it has transformed lives across 64 countries.

This Statewide Initiative will:

Directly address anxiety, its causes and solutions
Help develop long-term resilience, strength and emotional well-being
Provide strategies and techniques to help deal with the mental health impacts of COVID-19

"My county serves children of all demographics including those in poverty. Angst is not only appropriate but needed because it offers practical tips that are accessible to all. The film helps them understand the brain science behind anxiety symptoms and to be equipped with healthy tools that empower them."

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Dr. Tinisha Parker
ASCA Chair
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"Learning to cope with stress in a healthy way will make you, the people you care about, and those around you become more resilient."

— Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Why Connecticut, why now?

The need for this program has never been more critical:

As highlighted in the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut's Impact Report, the mental health of our youth is of major concern, with at least one in five students needing help, and the vast majority not receiving it. Schools are in the best position to reach and positively impact all of the students who need this vital support.

About The Angst: Building Resilience Program

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What it Is

  • A plug-and-play mental health support program for students, parents and teachers 
  • Combines the classroom-period length Angst documentary with a discussion guide, tip sheet, classroom exercises and a library of support links and materials
  • Delivered virtually to both virtual and hybrid classrooms in English or Spanish, as well as to parents and families at home

What it Does

  • Helps Connecticut’s youth understand what anxiety is, and what it feels like, through the reflections of other young people who have experienced it
  • Integrates mental health and educational specialists (Stanford, Child Mind Institute), who break down all aspects of anxiety, and provide practical tips on how to manage it 
  • Shows how common anxiety is, that anyone can suffer from it, and that everyone can use tools to manage it

The Impact

  • De-stigmatizes and creates space to open up the conversation around anxiety and mental health
  • Demonstrates that anxiety is 100% treatable
  • Encourages students to reach out for support
  • Helps identify silent sufferers 
  • Connects ALL students and families to vital Connecticut mental health resources
  • Guides students in creating a personal action plan of support, providing them with hope and resilience
  • Offers practices and techniques for developing healthy coping strategies
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"I never knew that what I was experiencing was severe anxiety. I'm so grateful to know that there is treatment."
— Student, Seattle WA

"Middle and high school student anxiety in our community is very real, this was an excellent way to educate us about the brain, our feelings, and reactions to anxiety, what challenges it can cause in individuals and family life, as well as some helpful solutions!"
— Parent, Dallas TX

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Watch Film Clip:

Breathing Through Anxiety

See the Impact:

What People Say About Angst

"I welcomed the opportunity to be a part of Angst to further the dialogue around mental health and to help people understand the impact anxiety has on our mental state and encourage people, especially kids, to ask for help."

— Michael Phelps, Olympic Gold Medalist

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Making Angst Available Statewide

Reaching Students Through School

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All middle, high and charter schools will equitably receive:

Classroom Program

A 75-minute classroom program which includes the 43-minute Angst film in either English or Spanish, plus interactive classroom activities, including a discussion guide, tip sheet, action plan of activities and a library of audio, visual and readable mental health resources, as well as click- through links to find support.

Educator Support 

Guidelines for principals and teachers on how to easily promote and implement the plug-and-play program, from a full set of promotional materials to all support materials for discussion, activities and further research. Everything is organized and delivered through one central Angst landing page and dashboard.

Parental Access

On demand, at home screenings for parents and families to watch Angst together, as well as access to the discussion guide, tip sheets and library of resources

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"My life has been dedicated to raising awareness about the wide-spread impact of anxiety, reducing the shame of those suffering from anxiety disorders, and eliciting commitment for treatment. I’m pleased to host the screening of Angst, a documentary that vividly and accurately portrays what it’s like to have anxiety, how anxiety can look different across child and adolescent development, and the treatments that have proven effective. It is my hope that this screening will encourage you to reach out for help and inspire us to face this epidemic head-on!"

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Dr Dan Villiers
Co-Founder of The Anxiety Institute

Campaign Rollout

The event launch would ideally be in late September 2021, so students can gain timely support as they adjust to a new, in person school year. 
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Be Part of the Solution

With your support, we could provide equitable mental health support to impact more than 300,000 youth, their parents, and families in Connecticut

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“Angst is the most important, eye-opening documentary you will see this year… Whether you are a teenager, parent, educator or a mental health professional, you simply need to see this movie, and soon. And every school and corporation needs to screen this film. It’s that important.”  


— Dr. John Duffy, Clinical psychologist, author

Partner with us to provide critical support to the youth of Connecticut.

Please partner with us for this critical initiative to provide impactful mental health support to Connecticut youth, equitably across the state in public schools. We need your help to make this program possible for the fall of  2021, when students are adjusting to being back in school. We have the opportunity together to deliver essential tools to help stabilize our youth and build resilience during the time they need it the most.

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