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Summer and Mental Health: Creating a Summer Safety Plan

Moods shift when May approaches, as rigid schedules filled with alarm clocks, bells and packed agendas are finally coming to an end. To ensure a safe, supportive and mentally healthy season, schools and families should work together to establish a summer safety plan for students that continues to provide much-needed structure and resources for families to promote a sense of wellbeing and stability for the student.

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June 20, 2023

Step 3: Data-Driven Systems for Mental Health Programs in Schools

Mental health in schools is a domain where the capture of progress monitoring data has traditionally lagged, with qualitative descriptions of student progress being more common than quantitative measures.
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June 27, 2024

Step 4 – Building Mental Health Awareness in Schools

As the youth mental health crisis rages on, educators and policymakers must take quick and definitive steps to raise awareness of mental health issues in our schools, our homes, and our communities.

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August 14, 2023

The Transition to Middle School: 6 Strategies to Support Your Child’s Mental Health

Among all the profound transitions in childhood, one stands out as particularly influential on a child’s life: the pivotal leap from elementary school to middle school.
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June 20, 2023

Step 3: Data-Driven Systems for Mental Health Programs in Schools

Mental health in schools is a domain where the capture of progress monitoring data has traditionally lagged, with qualitative descriptions of student progress being more common than quantitative measures.
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June 13, 2023

Promoting Inclusivity in Education: 7 Key Strategies for Supporting the LGBTQ+ Community

As we strive for a society that embraces diversity and celebrates individuality, it is crucial to ensure that schools become nurturing and supportive places for all students, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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May 31, 2023

Preparing Students for a Restorative Summer: Creating a Summer Safety Plan

Both students and teachers look forward to summer as a time when their lives are less regimented by alarm clocks and bells and packed schedules.
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May 24, 2023

Teacher Burnout: Why Are Teachers Quitting?

The news about teacher burnout has come to rival the concerns about soaring problems with student mental health and learning loss.
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May 19, 2023

Step 2: Adhere to MTSS best practices

The Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework was originated by educators to ensure that all students receive the individualized help that they need to succeed academically and behaviorally.
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