A weekly resource for clinicians, administrators, and educators to stay in the loop on the latest news and happenings in the K-12 education space, with a special focus on special education, teletherapy, and mental health.
Good Morning America: How to protect teens’ mental health as school year begins amid pandemic
For teens, the uncertainty of the school during the pandemic has triggered feelings of anxiety, isolation and depression. This article shares tips on how to help support teens’ transition back to in-school environment.
Teach For America: Students Work to Help Their Communities—and Their Own Mental Health
Adolescents involved in civic engagement suffer fewer symptoms of depression and are more likely to develop the self-awareness and confidence to pursue their goals, along with building skills in leadership, time management, and teamwork that are essential in the workplace. Aware of this, leaders of some schools are deliberately promoting civic engagement and encouraging students to take social action for community betterment, enabling them to help others in order to help themselves.
Edutopia: 6 Must-Watch TEDx Talks to Kick Off the School Year
In less than 20 minutes each, these six TEDx Talks explore topics like chronic exhaustion, cultural identity, and emotional intelligence, among others.
Edutopia: 7 Ways to Teach Kids to Manage Their Own Conflicts
Strengthening students’ capacity to evaluate their problems and consider a number of solutions leads to better, less impulsive conflict resolution.
USA Today: Some teachers let their students sleep in class. Here’s what mental health experts say.
Experts agree sleeping in class doesn’t always stem from laziness, and instead could be a sign something more serious is going on.
Kaiser Health News: How a Hospital and a School District Teamed Up to Help Kids in Emotional Crisis
Noreen Leahy, an assistant superintendent at a Long Island, NY school district, saw an urgent need to connect students to mental health care quickly and easily, so she teamed up with several Long Island school districts and the nearby children’s hospital, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, to provide prompt access to mental health services for students. This partnership also includes ongoing support for school staff members in addressing kids’ mental health, creating a mental health safety net for children and families in the area that didn’t exist before.
UDaily: Bilingual Special Education
UD undergraduate works to improve instruction options for students with learning differences.
Chicago Sun Times: CPS promises cash payments for families denied special ed services
Chicago Public Schools plans to offer cash payments to families whose disabled children were wrongly denied special education services between 2016 and 2018.
