Free daily text service supports mental well-being for students and staff
ABC Action News
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And the most interesting thing'}, {'start': '22.560', 'end': '27.279', 'text': "about it is that it's not even an app."}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '29.519', 'text': 'Deiris Diaz is a social worker at Double'}, {'start': '27.279', 'end': '31.840', 'text': 'Branch Elementary and Wiregrass'}, {'start': '29.519', 'end': '34.000', 'text': 'Elementary. So, when the Pasco County'}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '36.399', 'text': 'School District offered a free daily'}, {'start': '34.000', 'end': '38.960', 'text': 'text message called Copenotes to help'}, {'start': '36.399', 'end': '41.280', 'text': 'with your mental well-being, she wanted'}, {'start': '38.960', 'end': '43.600', 'text': "to try it. When you're receiving these"}, {'start': '41.280', 'end': '45.840', 'text': 'daily affirmations or these daily'}, {'start': '43.600', 'end': '48.000', 'text': 'messages, it does change your'}, {'start': '45.840', 'end': '50.399', 'text': 'perspective. Copenotes says those'}, {'start': '48.000', 'end': '53.120', 'text': 'randomly timed text messages help'}, {'start': '50.399', 'end': '55.360', 'text': 'interrupt negative thought patterns. The'}, {'start': '53.120', 'end': '58.079', 'text': 'service also does not collect any'}, {'start': '55.360', 'end': '60.719', 'text': "personal information and it's free to"}, {'start': '58.079', 'end': '63.600', 'text': 'staff and students in Pasco, Charlotte,'}, {'start': '60.719', 'end': '66.400', 'text': 'and Dodto school districts. Diaz says'}, {'start': '63.600', 'end': '69.439', 'text': 'Copenotes helps her help others as well.'}, {'start': '66.400', 'end': '70.880', 'text': 'And it might even say like um touch base'}, {'start': '69.439', 'end': '72.880', 'text': 'with three people today and just send'}, {'start': '70.880', 'end': '74.320', 'text': 'them an emoji like something simple. You'}, {'start': '72.880', 'end': '76.240', 'text': "don't have to write anything. You don't"}, {'start': '74.320', 'end': '79.600', 'text': 'have to think about it. So those kind of'}, {'start': '76.240', 'end': '81.439', 'text': 'things really help people connect and'}, {'start': '79.600', 'end': '84.000', 'text': 'really help us check in on our friends.'}, {'start': '81.439', 'end': '86.799', 'text': 'According to research from USF, goat'}, {'start': '84.000', 'end': '89.600', 'text': 'oats can decrease depression, anxiety,'}, {'start': '86.799', 'end': '91.119', 'text': "and stress within 30 days. It's kind of"}, {'start': '89.600', 'end': '93.360', 'text': "a no-brainer. It doesn't cost you"}, {'start': '91.119', 'end': '95.520', 'text': "anything. It's not taking up any time or"}, {'start': '93.360', 'end': '97.439', 'text': "energy. There's nothing scary about it."}, {'start': '95.520', 'end': '100.880', 'text': 'Pasco County School District social'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '103.600', 'text': 'worker BJ Dell says he was encouraged at'}, {'start': '100.880', 'end': '104.880', 'text': 'how easy Copenotes is to use. This is'}, {'start': '103.600', 'end': '106.720', 'text': "something they don't have to download."}, {'start': '104.880', 'end': '107.920', 'text': "It's not collecting privacy information."}, {'start': '106.720', 'end': '109.200', 'text': 'All you do is put in your phone number'}, {'start': '107.920', 'end': '110.880', 'text': 'and then it starts, you know, sending'}, {'start': '109.200', 'end': '113.119', 'text': 'you messages every day. Devel says'}, {'start': '110.880', 'end': '115.600', 'text': 'connecting with his teenage son has been'}, {'start': '113.119', 'end': '118.159', 'text': 'easier as well just by talking about'}, {'start': '115.600', 'end': '119.840', 'text': "some of Copenote's messages because it's"}, {'start': '118.159', 'end': '121.759', 'text': "a randomized message and it's different"}, {'start': '119.840', 'end': '123.040', 'text': 'for everybody. Even if he and I are both'}, {'start': '121.759', 'end': '125.280', 'text': "getting it, we're seeing different"}, {'start': '123.040', 'end': '126.560', 'text': "messages each day. And so sometimes I'm"}, {'start': '125.280', 'end': '127.520', 'text': 'like, "Hey, this this caught my'}, {'start': '126.560', 'end': '129.360', 'text': 'attention. I want to talk about it."'}, {'start': '127.520', 'end': '131.599', 'text': "It's a great conversation starter about"}, {'start': '129.360', 'end': '133.360', 'text': 'mental health and just about um the'}, {'start': '131.599', 'end': '135.920', 'text': 'connection in general. A new case study'}, {'start': '133.360', 'end': '139.440', 'text': 'conducted in Pasco County schools also'}, {'start': '135.920', 'end': '141.680', 'text': 'shows over 98% of students reported'}, {'start': '139.440', 'end': '144.239', 'text': 'feeling more supported and positive'}, {'start': '141.680', 'end': '147.040', 'text': 'after reading Copenotes. And more than'}, {'start': '144.239', 'end': '149.440', 'text': '85% of participants interacted with'}, {'start': '147.040', 'end': '152.000', 'text': "Copenotes every day. We're helping"}, {'start': '149.440', 'end': '154.000', 'text': 'people change the way they experience'}, {'start': '152.000', 'end': '155.760', 'text': 'life by changing the way they think'}, {'start': '154.000', 'end': '159.200', 'text': 'about what happens in their life. Johnny'}, {'start': '155.760', 'end': '161.680', 'text': 'Crowder created Copenotes back in 2018.'}, {'start': '159.200', 'end': '164.080', 'text': 'Since then, more than 4 million daily'}, {'start': '161.680', 'end': '167.360', 'text': 'text messages have been sent out with'}, {'start': '164.080', 'end': '169.040', 'text': 'users in 97 different countries. If you'}, {'start': '167.360', 'end': '170.879', 'text': 'are struggling with some type of mental'}, {'start': '169.040', 'end': '173.120', 'text': 'or emotional health challenge, please'}, {'start': '170.879', 'end': '174.959', 'text': "use Copenotes. But if you're not, we"}, {'start': '173.120', 'end': '176.400', 'text': 'have data showing like published in a'}, {'start': '174.959', 'end': '177.760', 'text': 'medical journal showing that it improves'}, {'start': '176.400', 'end': '180.000', 'text': 'health outcomes for people who are'}, {'start': '177.760', 'end': '182.800', 'text': 'already mentally well. Crowder hopes'}, {'start': '180.000', 'end': '185.040', 'text': "Copenotes can continue to improve one's"}, {'start': '182.800', 'end': '186.800', 'text': 'mental well-being. My dream anytime I'}, {'start': '185.040', 'end': '188.560', 'text': 'speak somewhere is not only for you to'}, {'start': '186.800', 'end': '190.400', 'text': 'judge yourself less for the challenges'}, {'start': '188.560', 'end': '193.040', 'text': "that you're facing, but also to equip"}, {'start': '190.400', 'end': '194.879', 'text': 'you with strategies and tools and'}, {'start': '193.040', 'end': '196.400', 'text': 'knowledge that you can apply when you'}, {'start': '194.879', 'end': '198.800', 'text': "experience challenges so that you're not"}, {'start': '196.400', 'end': '201.599', 'text': 'as susceptible to crisis. And Diaz, who'}, {'start': '198.800', 'end': '203.760', 'text': 'teaches the importance of self-care, has'}, {'start': '201.599', 'end': '207.680', 'text': 'this bit of advice. It is the most'}, {'start': '203.760', 'end': '209.840', 'text': 'simplest process. It re it involves no'}, {'start': '207.680', 'end': '211.360', 'text': "like identification. You don't have to"}, {'start': '209.840', 'end': '213.360', 'text': "put your date of birth. You don't have"}, {'start': '211.360', 'end': '215.519', 'text': 'to put your social security number.'}, {'start': '213.360', 'end': '218.000', 'text': "There's nothing that ties you to it."}, {'start': '215.519', 'end': '220.200', 'text': "It's so simple and it's free. So, I"}, {'start': '218.000', 'end': '222.640', 'text': 'would just say, what do you have to'}, {'start': '220.200', 'end': '224.319', 'text': "lose? Meanwhile, thanks to Copenote's"}, {'start': '222.640', 'end': '226.400', 'text': 'partnership with the Central Florida'}, {'start': '224.319', 'end': '228.640', 'text': 'Behavioral Health Network, this mental'}, {'start': '226.400', 'end': '231.519', 'text': 'health platform is offered for free'}, {'start': '228.640', 'end': '233.680', 'text': 'again in Pasco, Charlotte, and Dotto'}, {'start': '231.519', 'end': '234.959', 'text': "County school districts. If you're"}, {'start': '233.680', 'end': '238.720', 'text': "interested in more information, I've"}, {'start': '234.959', 'end': '238.720', 'text': 'included a link on our website at'}, {'start': '238.840', 'end': '242.319', 'text': 'abcactionnews.com/mentalhealth or you'}, {'start': '240.239', 'end': '244.640', 'text': 'can scan that QR code with your phone.'}, {'start': '242.319', 'end': '246.319', 'text': "Since the pandemic, I've been committed"}, {'start': '244.640', 'end': '249.519', 'text': 'to highlighting stories about mental'}, {'start': '246.319', 'end': '249.519', 'text': 'health in our communities.'}]