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The Adults Are the Safety Net

Every September, two observances arrive together: Suicide Prevention Month and National Recovery Month. And every September, they arrive at exactly the moment when millions of students walk back into school buildings, back into the one place in American life where caring adults see young people every single day.

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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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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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May 8, 2025

5 Effective Middle School Behavior Management Strategies​ in 2025

The mere mention of the words “middle school” can be enough to send chills up the spines of educators, parents, and students. The middle school years are widely recognized as a time when chaos can ensue because of the intersection of hormonal changes, increased academic demands, and a growing orientation toward peer relationships instead of family relationships. It is also the time when certain neurodevelopmental, mental health, or medical symptoms might manifest for the first time or worsen due to both brain and biological maturation.
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April 30, 2025

Mental Health in Schools: An Educator’s Guide to Student Success

In October 2021, when former U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy declared youth mental health the “crisis of our time,” something shifted in the hearts and minds of educators across the country. Educators and parents knew it was happening; they could see the mental health of their children and teens worsening in their homes and classrooms. They read stories in the news that teen anxiety, depression and suicide were rampant and exposure to social media and gun violence was making matters worse.
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April 23, 2025

Effective Behavioral Management Techniques for K-12 Schools

Shaping children into the student role and managing behavior in the classroom have always been important parts of a teacher’s job. Historically these tasks have been challenging enough considering that all students in the same grade level are not equally mature, some are struggling with neurodevelopmental and/or mental health issues, and each have been raised within specific family and cultural contexts that shape behavioral expectations.
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March 27, 2025

Six Effective School-Based Behavior Intervention Strategies

If teachers only had to concern themselves with finding engaging ways to present curriculum content and to vary it to address different learning styles, their daily activities in the classroom would be relatively straightforward. But in today’s schools, teachers increasingly must navigate children’s challenging behaviors and mental health concerns if they have any chance of imparting academic skills and knowledge.
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February 28, 2025

Understanding Eating Disorders in Boys

The well-known eating disorders (EDs), such as bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder, are more commonly associated with females. However, males are increasingly affected, with studies showing that 1 in 3 people diagnosed with an eating disorder are male. Yet, because the disorder often goes undiagnosed, many boys suffer in silence.
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February 14, 2025

Teacher Support: Mental Health and Retention

There are many strategies schools can use to support teachers’ mental health both in and out of the classroom; however, one in particular stands out as an effective and engaging tool for retaining quality teachers: professional development.
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