Craig
When it comes to mental health it’s just another component of the whole. You take care of someone physically, you take care of their mental wellbeing as well. So I think it’s important as an entire package to take care of that for your child.

Sarah
We just saw some behaviors that indicated anxiety and we took her to the doctor and her pediatrician and he addressed, he always addresses mental health whenever we see him, but, he knew of our family history and so we talked about that. Again, I let her teachers know what we thought was going on and they were in agreement and the school’s social worker who then started to see Mary Grace on somewhat of a regular basis, just check in with her and monitor how she was doing. And I think she ended up, she had so much support, she really came through it pretty well.

Craig
I think that they can address those kind of concerns when they see behavior exhibited by the child in a way that maybe starts a conversation. It doesn’t have to be accusatory, you’re not asking the teacher to make a diagnosis. Simply to have a conversation with the family about the kind of behavior they’re seeing. I think that’s really important.

Sarah
Talk with all the caregivers of your child, like we said; the doctors, the teachers, the social workers, the nanny, the babysitter, whomever. And let them know that that’s a priority if there are any issues or concerns. And it’s just, you know, this campaign is great. You know, just Say it out loud. It’s not, you know, if you’re comfortable with it and talking about it usually it’s going to make the other person a little more comfortable with it hopefully.