Building Resilience in Children: How Schools Can Help
Resilience is a skill that everyone needs to overcome obstacles and manage life’s challenges. Yet this essential quality seems to be on the decline in young people. Building resilience in children wil...
How to Fight Mental Health Stigma in Schools
Are schools really talking too much about mental health? It’s well established that mental health is a basic need that must be addressed before students can learn and achieve academically. Yet a coupl...
Signs of Student Depression & How Schools Can Help
It’s no secret that student depression is impacting academic achievement, social and emotional development, and long term outcomes for young people. Adolescent depression puts students at a higher ris...
Classroom Behavior & Management Strategies That Work
We’ve all experienced the student who hides inside his hoodie in class and ignores the lesson. It’s easy to assume that this student is disrespecting us and to react with anger. But in reality, this c...
Art Therapy Improves Mental Health & Behavior at School
For schools looking to support students’ emotional wellbeing and improve classroom behavior, art therapy can be an effective intervention for students of all ages.
Reducing Out-of-District Placement: A Guide for Educators
Is your school district spending a fortune on out-of-district placement? In many parts of the country, the cost of tuition plus transportation is $150,000+ per student. This staggering expense is part...
The Magic of Play Therapy for Children & Teens
Play therapy is an evidence-based approach to mental health therapy that helps children and teens (and even adults) to heal, build self-confidence, and better understand the world around them.
Unpack the Emotional Backpack to Improve Mental Health at School
Our “emotional backpack” holds all sorts of feelings, beliefs, and experiences that impact our mental health at school and capacity to function effectively.
Why You Need a Clinician Instead of a School Mental Health Counselor
Every school district is feeling the pain of soaring student mental health issues: declining academic performance, disruptive classroom behavior, and an enormous burden on school staff. Some districts...
Emotional Dysregulation: 5 Interventions for Students and Staff
The events of the past few years—the pandemic, shootings, riots, political and ideological battles—have left many of us traumatized. The result is widespread emotional dysregulation, an inability to m...
School Mental Health Programs: Coaching for School Staff
The new question about school mental health programs A few years ago, it wasn’t uncommon for school administrators to question whether schools should get involved in the mental health of their student...
How to Reduce IEP Classifications for Mental Health Issues
Special education was intended to help a small percentage of students who have disabilities that significantly impair learning and make it impossible for them to succeed in a general education classro...