Sources of Strength
Sources of Strength is a student-driven, strengths-based, comprehensive wellness and prevention program implemented in most LCPS secondary schools. It promotes student mental health by helping students identify and develop protective factors that build their resiliency. It provides messages of hope, help, and strength. These messages are spread through student-led campaigns designed to address the eight pillars of strength: family support, positive friends, mentors, healthy activities, generosity, spirituality, physical health, and mental health.
A dedicated group of staff, called adult advisors, support this program at each school. Adult advisors include teachers, School Resource Officers, and school-based mental health staff - such as school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists. Student members, called peer leaders, are identified through staff, student, parent, and community recommendations and represent a diverse sample of leaders within each school. Adult Advisors and Peer Leaders are trained annually by a group of nationally certified LCPS staff trainers. Additional information about LCPS Suicide Prevention and Sources of Strength is available here.
To learn more about Sources of Strength:
Watch this video created by LCPS staff and students
View parent presentations led by LCPS staff
Visit the Sources of Strength website for more information about the program.
In the 2023-2024 school year:
Over 425 Sources of Strength meetings were held
65+ Sources of Strength advisory lessons were provided to students, sharing the message of hope, help and strength, with nearly all lessons reported to reach of more than 75% of the student body
150 campaigns were completed across the county, with an average reach of over 1000 people
Campaign topics included Introduction to Sources of Strength, mindfulness, mentors and trusted adults, mental health awareness, positive friends, family support, “What Helps Me,” and more!