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But the chart isn't just for emotional help. Castillo said it's served as a tool for teens to ask for academic assistance as well.

\"I'll have a student that will be struggling with something I'm teaching and they'll put a post-it up instead of raising their hand,\" Castillo said.

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Castillo shared a photo of her chart with her 24,000 Instagram followers and it was later reposted by a suicide prevention and awareness group on Facebook.

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Now, she's being tagged by teachers who are creating their own.

Kyler Olson a fourth-grade teacher from North Dakota, created a mental health check-in board after finding Castillo's on social media.

\"It has shown my students that I'm not just here to help them academically,\" Olson told \"GMA.\" It has really brought [attention] to me which [of my] students need me the most, emotionally.\"

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Castillo also created a downloadable poster, which also includes talking points that her school psychologist and a counselor helped her write. Castillo encourages fellow educators to speak to their students about the purpose of the chart before hanging it up.

\"If it can help one student, then it'd be better than where we're at now,\" Castillo said. \"I hope it gets to a place where we can talk about our struggles openly and our mental health. This looks like a step in the right direction.\"

Anyone in crisis or who knows someone in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741-741.

Editor's note: This was originally published on April 4, 2019.

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