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Allina Health’s Change to Chill program continues to fights teen stress, mental health issues

Take a look at this article posted by the Fridley Sun on how Change to Chill is reaching the community.

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Dakota County Event promotes Change to Chill

Check out Change to Chill at this great Dakota County event!

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Students learn to “chill” at RFHS

River Falls High School is one of nine area high schools chosen to be part of Allina’s new “Change to Chill” school partnership. The Change to Chill partnership is meant to support school-wide efforts to create a culture of mental

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Getting Stressed Out Students to ‘Change to Chill’

High school can be a stress minefield. From sports, homework and activities… to the ever-present cellphones and social media, it’s not a huge shock that teens are stressed. “Unfortunately, it is a growing problem,” says Susan Nygaard, a Community Health

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KSTP 5 Eyewitness News: Program Aims to Help High School Students Manage Stress

A new program is helping students in Minnesota and Wisconsin manage their stress. It’s called Change To Chill and this year Allina Health selected nine high schools to participate. One of those schools is Hopkins High School. “It’s really nice that

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CIHS to benefit from Change to Chill program

Through a partnership between Allina Health and the Cambridge-Isanti School District, the high school will benefit from the Allina Health’s Change to Chill program for the 2018-2019 school year. Read more here.

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‘Change to Chill’ will be implemented this year at Hopkins High

Hopkins High School is one of nine high schools, and the only high school in Hennepin County, to be awarded the Change to Chill School Partnership. To learn more about Hopkins’ involvement in Change to Chill and teen mental well-being,

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Change to Chill in New Ulm

As spring heats up, Allina Health and New Ulm Public Schools are planning ways to chill out. Learn more here.

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Change to Chill on Kare 11

Allina Health child and teen psychologist, Dr. Brian Kovach, shares ways to help teenagers manage stress, as well as promotes Allina Health’s Change to Chill program to help teens keep calm.

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The Chiller Challenge for teens to ‘chillax’

Chillers are visuals that help teens and their peers slow down and step back from stress. The Chiller Challenge is a contest that gives teens the opportunity to create the next Chillers for the Change to Chill website. Allina Health psychologist, Lisa Herman,

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