"Even though we come from different communities we all get to meet here, and the school truly acts as a bridge between all of our communities." Wilbur-Creston-Keller is the ultimate cooperative school, bringing three different rural communities together to give all these students a second home.

Wilbur-Creston-Keller Cooperative School is so much more than the sum of it's parts. This small school in Central Eastern Washington bring three small communities together for scholastic and community care, to ensure that "All Wildcat's Thrive". Their unique situation requires unique answers to questions around mental health, and school Principal Teresa Chirsman, and student, Jocelynn, sit down with our host to break it all down.

Coping 101 is an award-winning student-led podcast from c89.5, presented in partnership with Seattle Children's, Forefront Suicide Prevention, 4Culture and other community-minded partners, where Seattle area high school students get real about mental health. Through honest conversations with peers, Artists and behavioral health professionals, they break down stigma and share tools for coping with life's challenges — because no matter your age or background, we all struggle sometimes, and there are healthy ways to cope.

Get started with more episodes, and find community-centric resources online at c895.org/coping101

• Wilbur-Creston-Keller Cooperative: https://www.wcsd.wednet.edu/
• Forefront Suicide Prevention: https://intheforefront.org/

• Forefront in the Schools: https://intheforefront.org/programs/forefront-in-the-schools/

• Rural Health Info: https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/states/washington

"One of our team physicians published a study . . . about rates of suicide in student athletes, and it came from a database that was national, not just here at the University of Washington, and looked at a ten year period in what the suicide rate was . . . Not only was suicide the second leading cause of death in student athletes, the rate of suicide . . . doubled from the first ten years to the second ten years." The Unversity of Washington is working hard to provide suicide prevention and mental health training to it's students, because even the physically strong face mental difficulties.

UW Athletics partnered with Forefront Suicide Prevention to pioneer one of the first athlete focused suicide prevention training programs in the country. University of Washington football player, Paul Mencke Jr, volleyball players Elise Hani and Katy Wessels, and Director of Psychological studies, Dr. Kelly Schloredt, sat down with us to discuss this important athlete training that takes place off the field.

Coping 101 is an award-winning student-led podcast from c89.5, presented in partnership with Seattle Children's, Forefront Suicide Prevention, 4Culture and other community-minded partners, where Seattle area high school students get real about mental health. Through honest conversations with peers, Artists and behavioral health professionals, they break down stigma and share tools for coping with life's challenges — because no matter your age or background, we all struggle sometimes, and there are healthy ways to cope.

Get started with more episodes, and find community-centric resources online at c895.org/coping101

• Forefront Suicide Prevention: https://intheforefront.org/
• Forefront in the Schools: https://intheforefront.org/programs/forefront-in-the-schools/
• Forefront on social: https://www.instagram.com/intheforefrontwa/
• UW Department of Family Medicine "The Mental Health Game Plan": https://vimeo.com/1072599693
• UW Athletics on social: https://www.instagram.com/uwathletics/?hl=en

"We knew in our bones that mental health had to be woven into what was being offered in community life, just as we had done with cancer screenings or diabetes education ... we built on the same everyday tools we had used before: creating safe spaces to talk and breaking down stigma. When community takes care of each other that's when you can see changes." Building trusted individual-centric care is the first step to supporting mentally healthy communities.

Mental Health Matters Washington believes that mental health is the foundation for well-being and overall health. This community-centric program uses evidence-backed, culturally informed strategies to educate and train Peer Mental Health Navigators that provide mental health support in their own communities. Co-Founder, Sandra Huber, and Peer Navigator, Calvin Trinh, join us to discuss how they prioritize groups and communities most impacted by behavioral health disparities, to change the stigma about mental health.

Coping 101 is an award-winning student-led podcast from c89.5, presented in partnership with Seattle Children's, Forefront Suicide Prevention, 4Culture and other community-minded partners, where Seattle area high school students get real about mental health. Through honest conversations with peers, Artists and behavioral health professionals, they break down stigma and share tools for coping with life's challenges — because no matter your age or background, we all struggle sometimes, and there are healthy ways to cope.

Get started with more episodes, and find community-centric resources online at c895.org/coping101

• Forefront Suicide Prevention: https://intheforefront.org/
• Forefront in the Schools: https://intheforefront.org/programs/forefront-in-the-schools/
• Forefront on social: https://www.instagram.com/intheforefrontwa/
• Mental Health Matters Washington: https://mentalhealthmatterswa.com/
• MHMW Peer Navigator Training: https://mentalhealthmatterswa.com/train-to-become-a-peer-mental-health-navigator/