MindBeat Podcast

In this episode, Duncan and Laine are joined by five district partner leaders to discuss the current state of school-based mental health in the aftermath of the pandemic. The conversation explores the interconnected challenges of mental health, severe absenteeism, and disciplinary issues, while also highlighting the most effective strategies they’ve found for supporting educators in these areas.

In this episode, Duncan and Laine are joined by five of Effective School Solutions’ clinical and professional development staff members to discuss what they are seeing with respect to mental health, emotional, and behavioral challenges so far this school year. They also unpack the root causes driving some of the challenges and actionable steps educators can take to enhance mental health support in their schools this year.

In this episode, Joseph Engelhardt, Principal of Alexander Hamilton High School, Elmsford Union Free School District, and mental health keynote speaker, joins Duncan and Laine to discuss challenges and resistance to restorative discipline in an educational setting, ways to measure the success of alternatives to suspension, as well as the links between mental health and discipline.