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Previous Postings (since 2014)
12/18/24
>Are schools protecting students' mental health?
>What do those in the field say about what student/learning supports are most helpful?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/11/24
>SEL, Winter holidays, and food & toy drives
>About socioeconomic factors and achievement gaps
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/4/24
>Parent wants to know what to do about daughter's disengagement with school and peers
> Let's face it: MTSS is not a unified, comprehensive, and equitable student support system
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/20/24
>Preventing truancy
>About Addressing Poverty: What's a School's Role?
>Thanksgiving includes thanks for public schools
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/13/24
>Demonstrating that mental health in schools is worth the investment
>Promoting positive mental health in schools
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/6/24
>Day after the election: How will you address the elephants in the room?
>Colleague asks for "real" examples of schools addressing prevention
>About Engaging students in active learning
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/23/24
>Are school boards important??
>Impact of homework on students and families
>About new directions for addressing youth mental health
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/16/24
>Will Tier 3 interventions reduce school shootings?
>About Relationship Building at School
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/9/24
>What do you think about online/telephone counseling for students?
>Rethinking universal mindfulness programs in schools
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/2/24
>Should schools use student well-being surveys to guide policy/practice?
>How should schools use artificial intelligence and also cope with misuses?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/18/24
>Enhancing How Schools Assist Families
>Promoting social capital in youth
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/11/24
>Should schools treat kids as kids?
>School support shows positive outcomes
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/4/24
>Steering students toward career & technical education:
Concerns about tracking
>Maximizing effectiveness of volunteers in classrooms
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/21/24
>Looking for a list of behavioral/mental health evidence based interventions for use in schools
>Does MTSS contribute to the marginalization of disabled students?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/14/24
>Need resources on students transitioning from group homes, those in foster care, and others who may have vulnerabilities
>Is flexible learning an essential student support?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/7/24
>Student voice and mental health in schools
>Prevention, promotion, & strength-based approaches to youth mental health
>What's involved in recruiting and retaining school professionals?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/24/24
>Welcoming School Staff and Forming Working Alliances As the School Year Begins
>>Enhancing Ongoing Alliances Between Teachers and Student/Learning Support Staff
>Who's Really Interested in TRANSFORMING Student and Learning Supports?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/17/24
>Schools need to consider "fit" in adopting interventions
>A related concern about fitting evidence-based treatment to the person, not the diagnosis
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/10/24
>What's being done about youth who have disconnected from school?
>About "at-risk" youth
>Showing and Receiving Kindness: An Example of a Natural Opportunity for SEL
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/3/24
>Can there be too much talk about mental health?
>Artificial Intelligence in the classroom
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/19/24
>Can unnecessary student mental health referrals be reduced?
>Increasing Concern About the Complexity of Attendance Problems
>Absenteeism: Yet Another Reason for Transforming Student/Learning Supports
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/12/24
>Social-Emotional Curriculum Isn’t a Good Fit for Every Student
>Supporting the Transition to High School
>14- to 24-year-old: A critical period
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/5/24
>Graduation: Celebrations and Taking Steps to Increase Graduation Rates
>Promoting work based learning this summer
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/22/24
>Paraprofessionals and student/learning supports
>Shifting discipline from consequences to prevention
>The impact of students' sense of belonging on their learning
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/15/24
>What will best meet the needs of all students and staff:
Adding Some More Mental Health Services at Schools
OR
Developing a Unified, Comprehensive, and Equitable Student and Learning Supports System?
>Discipline's impact on student mental health
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/8/24
> "How can my district provide leadership in reducing community violence?"
>About concerns that arise in addressing school/community violence
>Is there something special about middle school?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/24/24
> "How to engage English language learners?"
>How are schools dealing with the negative side effects of school mental health interventions?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/17/24
>Should schools screen students for mental health problems?
>A student-centered approach to education involves Personalized instruction and special assistance
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/10/24
>What Fosters School Connectedness?
>Chronic absenteeism is a complex problem not solved by simple strategies
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/3/24
>Too many students with emotional, behavior, and learning problems? What can schools do immediately to start improving student/learning supports?
>Improving Student/Learning Supports is Essential to Enhancing School Climate
>Peer Influences on School Engagement and Disengagement
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/20/24
>How can schools strengthen students' respect for each other?
>What's are schools planning for the rapidly approaching summer?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/13/24
>A teacher asks: What can teachers do to support mental health of student in classrooms?
>Who are opportunity youth?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/6/24
>Trying to address absenteeism? Transform student/learning supports!
>FYI: State education guides on the use of artificial intelligence in schools
>Classrooms that address absenteeism
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/21/24
>Changing the Learning Environment to Enhance Student Engagement
>How should schools address gun violence?
>Classrooms that address absenteeism
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/14/24
>Addressing the Student Mental Health Crisis: Some Major Concerns
>How are schools reengaging disconnected students (and families)?
>Classrooms that address absenteeism
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/7/24
>Students' concerns about seeking mental health help
>After school programs are essential transition supports
>Valentine's day: a great opportunity to give to others
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/24/24
>Addressing the social determinants of chronic absenteeism
>Classrooms that address absenteeism
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/17/24
>Support for peer-rejected students
>About Student Voice, Participation, and Support
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/10/24
>Martin Luther King Day: An opportunity
>A High School Student asks Questions Related to Addressing Barriers to Learning at school
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/3/24
>What's your Take on Promoting Positive Mental Health?
>More on Reengaging Students
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/20/23
>About Student Empathy and the Holiday Season
>How Much of a Problem is Student Engagement?
>Enhancing Student Engagement Over the Rest of the Year
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/13/23
>What supports can schools provide over winter break?
>Enhancing teacher/staff well being and retention
>The Youth Homelessness System Improvement Grants
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/6/23
>Ideas about enhancing a school's efforts to prevent problems
>Are you supporting population based mental health?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/22/23
>What can schools do when problems are so severe?
>Rethinking breaktime
>Natural Opportunities for Enhancing Social and Emotional Development
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/15/23
>How tired are you of being bombarded by bad news about schools?
>What is authentic community service? students and families?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/8/23
>School board member asks: Why can't all students be mentors?
>How are schools welcoming immigrant & other newcomer students and families?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/25/23
>How should a parent respond when a school's practice undermines their child’s positive attitudes?
>Providing housing for homeless students by districts and communities
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/18/23
>"Has the pandemic changed the way we build teens' self-esteem?" asks a high school student
>Updates on How Hawai`i schools and communities are supporting students/family/staff in the aftermath of the Maui fire
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/11/23
>Why are school-community collaborations so difficult to establish & maintain?
>Can schools counter hate?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/4/23
>What's the current state of student supports? the future?
>Community Schools and MTSS Provide a Platform for Transforming Student/Learning Supports
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/20/23
>Teachers Can't and Shouldn't be Expected to Do it Alone
>Can the Arts be Used to Enhance Students' Empathy and Compassion?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/13/23
>School support for homeless families and students
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/6/23
>New insights into risk and enhancing resiliency
>Amplifying youth voice in promoting help-seeking
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/23/23
>Strengthening social connections among peers
>TikTok as a public health tool?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/16/23
>Seeking family input to improve student success
>About threat assessment
>Update from Hawai`i on Impact on Schools
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/9/23
>About kicking off the school year with community support
>Connecting with students in the first days of the new school year
>Interventions to promote attendance before it becomes a problem
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/2/23
>Enhancing a positive school climate this school year begins with welcoming
>About the Role of School Engagement in Preventing School Dropout
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/19/23
>What's the plan for strengthening relationships with families this school year?
>Reclaiming Our Schools' Promise and Purpose
>A closer look at mandatory reporting
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/12/23
>How do students know that teachers care about them?
>Youth thrive when the environment fits
>Free activities for summer learning and enrichment
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/5/23
>Positive psychology goes to school
>About the growing number of reports of discipline problems
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/21/23
>Increasing student engagement: Students as teachers
>Enhancing mental health effectiveness: Focus on Prevention
>School board member responds to MH in Schools: Moving Beyond the Emergency
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/14/23
>Adding "belonging" to summer learning
> End of the school year is a time for expressing appreciations
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/7/23
>Colleague asks: How to measure school mental health success?
>About reducing teacher burnout
>Interchange about "Screening Students for Problems: Testing Often is Not Needed"
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/24/23
>How can schools reach students who are hesitant about using school mental health resources?
>Summer: Can schools and communities provide students with opportunities for social and emotional growth and well-being?
>Children and Youth Resilience challenge
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/17/23
>What's next for a district ready to transform student/learning supports?
>What can schools do about student problems in poverty neighborhoods?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/10/23
>A school's socialization agenda can produce problems for families
>Youth share recommendations about supporting their MH needs
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/3/23
>Is behavior management co-opting SEL?
> What happens when a student stands up for a bullied peer?
>Peer to Peer support for teen mental health
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/19/23
>Using lessons learned from the MH crisis to strengthen prevention
>School enjoyment contributes to positive learning and behavior
>About Children in Ukraine
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/12/23
>Engaging and reengaging students -- featuring an effort by Pinellas County to "get middle schools right"
>Youth mental health: Sharing decision making
>About Youth-Initiated Mentoring
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/5/23
>Request from a district about revamping its approach to mental health
>About strengthening positive mental health
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/22/23
> Some schools are being closed: Supporting students and families in making transitions
>Teaching about social justice as an approach to commemorating Cesar Chavez
>Enhancing Home Involvement in School and "Things Teachers Should Never Do in a Parent Meeting"
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/15/23
>Looking to improve the school's role in enhancing mental health?
>Can the impact of social determinants on child and adolescent mental health be altered?
>Lessons Learned from Pioneering Efforts to Transform Student/Learning Supports
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/8/23
>Some indicators of youth risk behavior show encouraging trends
>About mental health in schools as a platform for transforming student/learning supports
>Can mentoring expand support for adolescents who are depressed?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/22/23
>Students Thrive with Positive Experiences (and so do school staff)
>New Teacher Blues: Changing the Tune
>It's not all about teacher-student relationships and good instruction: Addressing problems requires a strong system of student/learning supports
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/15/23
>What problems arise when additional MH professionals are brought into a school?
>Focusing on Mental Health in Schools from a Public Health Perspective
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/8/23
>Countering the Impending Tidal Wave of Unnecessary Referrals for Special Assistance and Special Education
>What’s being done to increase attendance at this critical time?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/25/23
>Do you know what students are thinking and feeling?
>Social capital and adolescent mental health
>Is personalized learning a function of technology?
>A high school student's concerns about technology in the classroom
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/18/23
>What do schools need from student support staff?
>Retaining teachers requires more opportunities for collegial collaboration
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/11/23
>Teaching about MLK: History + SEL
>About Developing Kindness and Compassion & Promoting MH
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/14/22
>How are the kids? Is the "new normal" being mentally unwell?
>Learning loss: Fact or stigma?
>Using the holiday season for service learning? Earth could use some help
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/7/22
>How should a community-based psychologist respond to a school's call for help after a crisis?
>Student Transitions: An often neglected domain of student/learning supports
>Time for Straight Talk about Mental Health Services and MH in Schools
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/23/22
>Teaching About Thanksgiving Can be Accurate, Respectful, and Still Fun
>How should mental health specialists work with schools?
>Facilitating student and family access to special assistance
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/16/22
>Community-school collaboration: An essential part of a student support system
>Evolving Community Schools and Transforming Student/Learning Supports
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/9/22
>Crises --from awareness to prevention, mitigation, protection, response, and recovery
Plus (a) a bit of information on how schools supported students and families before and after Hurricane Ian and (b) a news article clip on What a Teachers' Union Leader Saw in Ukraine
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/2/22
> How can schools enhance efforts to increase home connections and engagement?
>Excerpt from: Reimagine Education-Related Parental Involvement among Low-Socioeconomic Status Families
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/19/22
>How are various sources of funding being braided to improve/transform student/learning supports?
>How can student/learning supports play-out in classrooms?
>Are schools enhancing student creativity?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/12/22
>Is Cross-age Mentoring Effective?
>About Reducing Bullying
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/5/22
>Can youth empowerment enhance violence prevention?
>About Student Voice and Participation
>How optimistic are teens about the future?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/21/22
>What's being done about providing student/learning supports after school and when school is not in session?
>Requests from colleagues about strengthening classrooms and reducing referrals
>What's your reaction to the following article? The Enigma of "Real World" Mental Health Care
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/14/22
>Community Schools and School-Community Collaboratives: How are they improving student and learning supports?
>What are the first steps to take when students have problems?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/7/22
>Can resilience and protective factors reduce stress?
>What role can youth play in promoting positive changes at school and in the community?
>What are other countries doing to enhance mental health in schools?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/24/22
>How are schools using federal funds to advance efforts to transform student and learning supports?
>How can classroom's better meet student needs this fall?
>Finding places where marginalized young adults can find support and increase resilience
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/17/22
>Student anxiety, aggressive behavior, school climate, & other related concerns
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/10/22
>What role do situational and relationship factors play in youngsters' emotional problems?
>Does a "hardened campus" discourage parent engagement?
>Welcoming and student/family support starts at the front office
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/3/22
>How should schools improve discipline practices?
>About student jobs: Good for students? Good for schools?
>What's Going on with children's cabinets?
>Accounting for the views of children and adolescents
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/20/22
>Restoring teacher and principal well-being
> Special education students and nonpublic schools
>Comments on Center cautions about universal suicide screening
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/13/22
>Behavioral issues, absenteeism at schools increase
>Youth Voice and Participation
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/6/22
>Legislation is bringing more money for mental health to schools:
But the funding is not sustainable
>What we're hearing from districts working on improving student support
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/22/22
>About input as we plan a national online summit focused on unifying student/learning supports with mental health concerns fully embedded
>What can school boards do to improve student/learning supports?
>About Limiting the Focus at Schools to the "Youth Mental Health Crisis"
>Students Persevere; Teachers Ask for Support
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/15/22
>About Guiding Discussions to Improve Student/Learning Supports
>Will the Class of 2022 need supports to succeed as they move forward?
Should guns be a topic for classroom discussion -- and ACTION?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/8/22
>After Texas School Shooting: What are you doing to prevent the next one?
>As violence spikes, Chicago Schools are taking the need to provide activities for students 'very seriously'
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/25/22
>Is this Community of Practice venue useful to you? How can we make it more useful? (Feedback request)
>Enhancing family engagement in schools
About Amending Regulations Implementing Section 504to Strengthen and Protect Rights for Students with Disabilities
>Teachers and student support staff working together (Part IV of four part series on recruiting, welcoming, developing, and supporting new teachers and student support staff)
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/18/22
>Which schools/districts are workingto transform student/learning supports?
>Enhancing Student/Learning Supports in Classrooms
(Part III of four part series on recruiting, welcoming, developing, and supporting new teachers and student support staff)
>About Teen Summer Jobs and Volunteering
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
>Buffalo Superintendent's letter about the tragedy
5/11/22
>Enhancing District & School Efforts to Address Mental Health Concerns
>Welcoming and supporting new teachers and student support staff
(Part II of four part series on recruiting, welcoming, developing, and supporting new teachers and student support staff)
>Adversity and Opportunity -- The Pandemic's Paradoxical Effect on Child Health and Well-being
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/4/22
>More Needs Assessment -- Is it really needed?
>Aggressively recruiting new teachers and student support staff -- Part I of a four part series on recruiting, welcoming, developing, and supporting school personnel
>Some Ukrainian children are still in school despite the war
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/20/22
>More perspectives on school screening for student problems (e.g., emotional, learning, potential for suicide and violence)
>What we learn from kids
>Welcoming newcomers to school – and can we learn from Europe’s response to Ukraine’s refugee students?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/13/22
>A wellness agenda and enhancing a sense of community at school
>Youth have a role to play in improving school safety
>What's happening to maintain the education of Ukrainian students?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/6/22
>About how some students are showing support for Ukraine
>Join the debate about: Coping and resilience in the time of Covid-19 and structural inequities
>Another controversy: A colleague cautions about child behavioral health research
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/23/22
>About Students Supporting the Ukraine
>Perspectives on addressing the teacher shortage
> >Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/16/22
>What about universal suicide screening in schools?
>Working with communities
> >Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/9/22
>About redesigning classrooms so every student has equity of opportunity to succeed at school and beyond
>Students Helping Students
> >Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/23/22
>What about using mental health paraprofessionals in schools?
>Excerpt from New GOA Report: School Districts in Socially Vulnerable Communities Faced Heightened Challenges after Recent Natural Disasters
> >Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/16/22
>What to do about the pandemic's impact on the mental health of student and school staff
>Secretary Cardona's Vision for Education
>Call for Papers: Causes and consequences of emerging violent extremism in the U.S. and implications for school safety, student mental health, families, and communities
> >Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/9/22
>About how teens can help each another during this time of crisis
>US Department of Education statements about using the relief funds
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/26/22
>About guidelines for using relief funds for homeless students
>Planning on applying for a Full Service Community Schools grant?
>Moving Upstream to Improve Children's MH -- Community & Policy Change
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/19/22
>About "mental health lay workers" in schools
>About supporting those affected by crises
>Practitioner discussion of the topic "the volume of students needing help is overwhelming"
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/12/22
>Giving resources to students experiencing problems who want to better understand themselves and others
>About Bibliotherapy for Youngsters
>The focus on schools in the Surgeon General's report on youth MH
>About multitiered system of supports/response to intervention (MTSS/RtI)
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/22/21
>About taking mental health days
>About student apathy
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/15/21
>About addressing trauma and doing so equitably
>About the ever-present dropout problem
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/8/21
>About Expanding the Roles of Paraprofesssionals During Staff Shortages
>What are school staff saying about mental health resources and practices in their school?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/24/21
>About alternative schools
>About the impact of the shortage of substitute teachers
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
>Request from the field for participants in school mental health study
11/17/21
>About Increasing School Attendance
>Establishing a New School Mental Health Unit OR Fully Embedding Mental Health into Ongoing Efforts to Address Barriers to Learning and Teaching?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/10/21
>Masks at schools are natural opportunities to promote social and emotional development & mental health
>Promoting collaboration between management and “teacher” unions to enhance school improvement
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/3/21
>The problem of engaging (and reengaging) students
>What are students saying after the first months of school?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/20/21
>High absenteeism calls for extensive outreach and comprehensive efforts to reengage disconnected students
>Concerns about the pernicious impact of extramural funding for mental health services in schools
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/13/21
>How Are Immigrants/Refugees and Other Newcomers Being Transitioned-In at Local Schools?
>At this stage in the pandemic: How Are Adolescents Coping?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/6/21
>How are schools currently addressing the many COVID-related problems arising for students?
>Responses related to position statement about mental health in schools
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/15/21
>About addressing the impact of lost instructional time
>How much input are you having about supporting students as the school year begins?
>About making teams and work groups effective
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/8/21
>What's planned for students (and teachers/staff) who are quarantined?
>About Improving Mental Health Support at Schools: Meeting Immediate Needs, Rebuilding Systems to Enhance Capabilities
>Follow up on Mask Bullying
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/25/21
>What plans are in place to address "mask bullying"?
>In the News
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/18/21
>Are folks overestimating the mental health impact of the pandemic?
>About promoting resilience
>In the News
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/11/21
>A cautionary note about SEL: Manners? Morals? Mental Health?
>Improving student/learning supports: It's not just about more staff & stuff
>Can schools be safe without school police?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/4/21
>About integrating social/emotional with multicultural education
>In the News:U.S. Department of Education Releases "Return to School Roadmap"
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
Summer school: A mixed picture
We don't have big goals': Leaders call for ed transformation after COVID-19
7/21/21
>About legislative efforts for mental health in school
>In the News:Youth helping older adults access resources
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
Reductions in school staffing
Funds for homeless students
7/14/21
>EMERGING HOT TOPICS
>Do the mental health concerns arising from the pandemic make itessential for schools to promote mutual support groups for teachers andother school staff?
>Safe schools: Are school police essential?
>Professional Development This Summer: What Teachers and PrincipalsSay They Need
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/7/21
>How are schools supporting students this summer?
>>A Learn and Earn Summer Program
>>Community Service Learning
About State Plans for Using Federal Relief Funds to Support Students
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/23/21
>How committed are schools to equity, inclusion, diversity, social justice?
>What do students and school staff need this summer?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/9/21
>How are federal stimulus funds being used to address barriers to learning and teaching? Will the work be sustainable when the special funding ends?
>How about using relief funds to transform the way schools address mental health concerns?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/26/21
>Now what for students who didn't participate in online learning?
>School Districts are Helping Increase Access to COVID-19 Vaccinations
>New Report:Implementation Science and Complex School Changes
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/19/21
>How are schools helping students return to normal?
>Homeless students: Using stimulus funds to address the challenge
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/12/21
>More about outreaching to those who have not returned and also addressing chronic absenteeism
>Opportunities for summer learning
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/5/21
>Developing an infrastructure for social and emotional development
>Averting Targeted School Violence: Secret Service Analysis
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/21/21
>About community mental health agencies working in schools
>Learning from school reopenings
>One year of school closures: What's next?
>Special Announcements
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/14/21
>Resilience and the Pandemic
>Moving forward with a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
4/7/21
>About Resources to Address Racism Against Asians, Asian-Americans, and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.
>Lessons learned as students return to school
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/17/21
>About School Planning for Uncertainty in Navigating COVID-19
>How Do Young Children Explain Differences in the Classroom? Implications for Achievement, Motivation, and Educational Equity
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/10/21
>What is being done about substance abuse during the pandemic?
>COVID-19 Prevention via the Science of Habit Formation
>New Directions for Student/Learning Supports Staff
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
3/3/21
>Anticipating and planning for demonstrations related to the trial of the officer charged in George Floyd’s death
>More on 504 accommodations
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/17/21
>504 accommodations
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/10/21
>Reengaging Dropouts: Outreach and Re-entryStrategies as Schools Re-open
>From a HS student: Pressure to open schools is foolish in a pandemic
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
2/3/21
>Share experiences about schooling during the pandemic
>Meeting the needs of students during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
>School connectedness in these challenging times
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/20/21
>Psychological impact of multiple challenges: What should schools do?
>Tackling the Pandemic’s Mental Health Impact
>Concerns about the push to “catch up”
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/13/21
>How might schools respond to the violence at the U.S. Capitol?
>How are schools planning to meet the needs of special education students?
>What’s being done to reach youth and connect them with needed services?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
1/7/21
>Schools Responding to the Violence at the U.S. Capitol: A Time to Help, a Time to Model, and a time to Teach
1/6/21
>A Superintendent’s search for ways to address the strain on staff in her district
>Why are students asked to pay for equipment?
>About the nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/22/20
>Holidays during the pandemic: What are your plans?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
12/8/20
>Enhancing teaming to strengthen support for students and teachers
>Response to discussion of privatizing student support personnel>
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/24/20
>Are you using concerns about the pandemic, social injustices, and other natural opportunities to enhance social emotional development?
>A few newsitems
>Policy director shares Biden's 5-step education agenda
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/17/20
>How can the negative impact on MH of COVID protection protocols be mitigated?
>How supported are K-8 students in moving from online to hybrid learning?
>Let’s provide input to the Biden education transition team
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/11/20
>Empathy for students in these challenging times: Is it being treated as an imperative?
>Teaching students in a mental health facility
>Government Accounting Office report on education and COVID 19
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/4/20
>What innovations are schools introducing during these challenging times?
>More on resilience and teens during the pandemic
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
11/2/20 -- Special Edition
>Being Ready After the Election to Help Students Process the Outcomes
10/29/20 -- Special Edition
>Are you encountering students who are indicating emotional concerns about the election?
10/21/20
>How are Schools Planning to Prevent an Increase in Dropouts?
>What if each student were served by a team?
>More about risk and resilience during the pandemic
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/14/20
>How are students experiencing online learning? And what do they say about making it better?
>In the News:
>>Fewer Kids, Less Money: How the Pandemic Puts Districts in a Bind
>>Will the Students Who Didn't Show Up for Online Class This Spring Go Missing Forever?
>>Ill. district creates online counseling resources.
>>Pandemic fuels "crisis" in education workforce
>>Schools need technical support for distance teaching
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
10/7/20
>Strategies to link students to support during distance learning
>Are schools meeting the MH needs of general education students?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/23/20
>What’s your view about Learning Pods?
>Can remote learning produce good outcomes
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/16/20
>Does remote schooling increase or decrease cyberbullying?
>What’s happening to strengthen online student & staff support?
>About layoff protections and shortages
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
9/9/20
>Analysis of school reopening plans: Moving Forward
>What can be done for parents challenged by online learning schedules?
>Request from a teacher leader about enhancing online learning engagement
>About COVID-19 and School Climate
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/26/20
>About creative models for teaching during the pandemic
>Supporting parents/families as co-teachers
>Improving the quality of online instruction at the university level
>School nurses are prominently discussed in new school year: What about other student/learning support staff?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/19/20
>Reconnecting with students who didn’t participate in online learning
>America’s mental health system is sorely lacking a public focus
>U.S. Dept of Ed provides rethinking education grants to eleven states
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/12/20
>What should online schooling do to promote positive social development?
>What’s your view about this student’s reaction to onlineinstruction and support:?
>Will online schooling reduce relational bullying?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
8/5/20
>About teaching and providing student/learning supports online
>A Principal sent us a call for reopening schools
>Helping children and teens through this difficult time
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/22/20
>What are teachers and student support staff reporting about their experiences with distance learning/student support?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/15/20
>Different perspectives on resuming in person teaching and learning
>Guidance for school re-opening: NEA, AASA, States
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
7/8/20
>NEA’s request re: a “virtual care package”
>How do schools respond to students expressing strong emotions?
>What’s taking place locally to support learning over the summer?
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/24/20
>Students and schools addressing social justice and equity
>Diversity as a Focus for a School’s Learning Supports Leadership Team
>Staff Mental Health: What’s being done to appreciate the effort beyondthe call of duty
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/17/20
>Youth speak out on social injustice
>Teachers’ reactions to changes in interacting with students online
>How the current crisis can lead to burnout
>Letter of appreciation from a superintendent
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/10/20
>About Innovative summer enrichment programs
>Q&A about mental health support by schools in light of the pandemics
>Setting up a grass roots mental health network
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/4/20
>Issues being raised about how schools relate to local police
>Issues about re-opening schools equitably
>One student’s reaction and his grandfather’s response
>A superintendents message
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/3/20
The Two Pandemics
>What are schools doing and planning to address the racial pandemic?
>What Some Students are Experiencing>What works in online counseling/teaching
>About professional development for student/learning support during the pandemic
>Student and retired teachers are volunteering during the pandemic
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
6/2/20
About how schools are and plan to address the racial pandemic
>First response and some resources
6/1/20
>The murder of George Floyd andthe events that have and will continue to follow
5/20/20
>Responding to COVID-19 with innovative student/learning supports
>Student/learning support staff are reaching out to students
>About being at the planning table for school re-opening
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/13/20
>Contrasting perspectives:
>>From the U. S. Department of EducationLearning must continue for all students
>>From “We are teachers”Sometimes the best thing you can do for a student is to back off
>An example of district decisions related to tight budget
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
5/6/20
>What are student/learning support staff doing while schools are closed?
>About reaching students who don’t have internet access
>Follow-up to discussion of missing students
>Links to a few other relevant shared resources
>What secondary students say about their current situation
4/22/20 (special edition)
>Outreach to “missing” students
>Follow-up to discussion of when schools re-open
>Links to a few other relevant resources
4/15/20 (special edition)
Coping with the Pandemic AND Continuing to Address Learning and Teaching Problems
>Crisis Responding: Does it preclude planning ahead?
>What can we do for students who are not doing well in being schooled at home?
>What students are saying
>Links to a few other relevant resources
4/7/20 (special edition)
Mental Health and the Coronavirus Crisis
>Does your community have
>>a mental health hotline?
>>an online quick link resource list related to MH?
>Maintaining mental health during the Coronavirus crisis
>Sharing from colleagues
>Links to a few other relevant resources
4/6/20 (special edition)
>>Added Stressors on Teachers
>>Online Teaching? Another Problem in Providing Equity of Opportunity
>>How one teacher is reaching out to students
>>Links to a few other relevant resources
4/3/20 (special edition)
>>What kids are saying about no school
>>Sharing from the Field about Grief Resources
>>Links to a few other relevant resources
4/2/20 (special edition)
The elephant in the room when school’s provide online teaching
>>What student/learning supports are in place for students being taughtat home during the crisis?
>>What we hear from student/learning supports’ leaderswho are working to address the need
>>Links to a few other relevant resources
3/31/20 (special edition)
>>Request from NY for resources on grief that schools can use
>>Concern about at risk students and how schools can keep in touch
>>Updates on Arizona and Illinois schools during pandemic
>>Links to a few other relevant resources
3/30/20 (special edition)
>>How schools and their student/learning support staff are and can take action NOW
>>What children and youth can do to help others during the crisis
>>What are superintendents telling their community?
>>Links to a few other relevant resources
3/29/20 (special edition)
>>Moving Ahead: Ready to be Proactive
>>Physical distancing, not social distancing
>>“Revisiting our school/district crisis plan: we didn’t plan for this crisis”
>>Seattle schools provide essential services during the crisis
>>Links to a few other relevant resources
3/28/20 (special edition)
>>Early Warning: Now is the time to Plan for the Increase inStudent Problems When Schools Reopen
>>Resources related to setting up a hotline/helpline related to the crisis
>>District to go to online learning/grading to complete the school year
>>Community Tool Kit of Resources Related to the Crisis
>>Messages Sent Out by a School Nurse and a Superintenden
>>Links to a few other relevant resources
3/27/20 (special edition)
>>Establishing online teams at school, district, and state levels toplan and provide enhanced student/learning supports now andwhen students return
>>What student support national organizations are advising
>>What State Departments of Education are Doing
>>Links to a few other relevant resources
3/26/20 (special edition)
>>Mental Health and the crisis
>>What are kids’ questions about coronavirus?
>>About situations where parents/caregivers are working remotely
>>Virginia State Department of Education's Changing Graduation Requirements
>>Links to a few other relevant resources
3/24/20 (special edition)
>>Time to establish a pool for free tutoring
>>Engaging teens in learning during the crisis
>>What state departments of education are doing/advising
>>Links to a few other relevant resource >> s
3/23/20 (special edition)
>>U.S. Department of Education update
>>Social and Emotional Support for students
>>What state departments of education are doing/suggesting
>>Links to a few other relevant resources
3/22/20 (special edition)
Activities for Kids While Schools are Closed
3/21/20 (special edition)
Sharing Information about Resources and Actions
>National School Boards Association guidance on the crisis
>In times of crisis:
>>Taking care of ourselves and our families and friends
>>Continuing to support students and their families
>>Strengthening our communities
What state departments of education are doing/suggesting
Links to a few other relevant resources3/19/20 (special edition)
>About Student/Learning Supports and the Coronavirus
>A Superintendent’s letter to families
>American Psychological Association Advice for Mental Health
>What state departments of education are advising
>Links to a few other relevant resources
>More At-home Activities3/17/20 (special edition)
>How are on-the-job school staff continuing to provide support tostudents and families?
>What do state departments of education suggest?3/15/20 (special edition)
>Update on plans for students when schools are closed3/13/20 (special edition)
>CDC resources for schools related to the coronavirus
>>Mitigation: Schools/childcare
>> Mental health concerns3/11/20
>Transforming Schools to Better Address Barriersto Learning and Teaching3/4/20
>Guidance for Schools About the Coronavirus
>How can schools support students impacted by family opioid addiction?2/19/20
>Strengthening School-Home Connections
>Self-report may exaggerate severity of mental health problems2/12/20
>Supporting students/families following natural disasters
>Broadening understanding of social emotional learning2/5/20
>About the rising number of students described as anxious --
Is anxiety overdiagnosed?1/22/20
> Controversy about screening students for toxic stress1/15/20
>Hate Crimes
>Cyberbullying12/18/19
>Addressing the stress of winter break and holidays
>Follow-up -- School staff or community mental health providers?12/11/19
>Should legislation for mental health in schools emphasize using school staff or community mental health providers?12/4/19
>About Suicide Prevention Campaigns11/20/19
>How effective is youth mental health support?
>Is poverty a risk factor for learning, behavior, and emotional problems?11/13/19
>About strengthening student and staff connections at school11/6/19
>>Broader understanding of attendance problems enhances interventions10/23/19
>Michael Ungar asks: Does Mindfulness Really Make Us Resilient?
>Are student reports of crime being used to identify needed action? And is hotspot mapping being used?10/16/19
>Intro resources for teacher pathway and preparation programs10/9/19
>About promoting social emotional development at different ages
A Recent Research Report from the Field –
>>What Matters for Urban Adolescents’ Engagement and Disengagement in School9/25/19
>About screening for problems at school
Follow-up on a previous discussion –
>>Will the college admissions scandal hurt students with disabilities?9/11/19
>Are you playing a role in transforming student/learning supports?
Follow-up on previous discussions:
>What’s the difference between teasing and bullying?
>What is school adjustment?9/4/19
>What’s a positive way to help youth identify affinity groups?
>Achievement gap or opportunity gap?8/21/19
>About grouping students with behavior problems
>Are schools overspecializing special assistance?8/14/19
>What are the plans for addressing bullying as school begins?
>What are the limitations of MTSS?8/7/19
>Are schools contributing to the overdiagnosis of mental illness?7/24/19
>Why are so many students anxious at school?
>More re. the discussion of accommodations7/17/19
>What are good follow-up plans for schools after a crisis event?
>>What’s the plan to help students, families, and staff after a crisis?
>>Are crisis plans being improved based on Lessons Learned by Principals?