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Isabella, a mental health youth advocate and high school senior, recently connected with our SRI team to share her experiences and learn more about our collective work to engage and assist youth in mental health services and research.
Although the global COVID-19 pandemic has passed, its impact on schools continues to shape how educators think about preparedness, leadership, and well-being.
In this post, you’ll find ideas for how to talk about feelings while reading with your child, what to look for in a good book that supports social and emotional skills, and some children’s book recommendations.
Each new school year brings forward new faces, new lessons, and new opportunities for teachers. One of the most important factors in helping students succeed is the behind-the-scenes work that teachers do to build strong classroom management practices and a positive learning environment.
If you ask education researchers about their biggest challenges, chances are they’ll say something about recruitment. One of the first hurdles in education research is finding schools and teachers to participate.
Discipline in the Secondary Classroom (DSC) is an effective program to help high school teachers design a classroom management plan that prevents problems, fosters student engagement, teaches students to behave responsibly, and creates a positive and productive classroom environment.
This blog post delves into these four topics and provides ready-to-use training and coaching resources to equip all school staff with the knowledge and evidence-based strategies to support students and staff who have experienced trauma.
We highlight strategies educators can use to reduce implicit bias when responding to challenging behaviors, which is one of the five key components to reduce disproportionality in school discipline when implementing a PBIS approach.
In this second post in this series, we will discuss how to elevate the voices of students and families – one aspect of implementing a positive behavior framework that is preventive, multi-tiered, and culturally responsive.
Students who are Black, Latinx, and Native American are more likely than White students to be suspended or expelled – even when comparing consequences for the same infractions.