Right now is a crucial time to check in on the mental health of the young people in our lives. It’s important for young people to hear that anxiety, stress, and negative emotions are completely normal — particularly in times of crisis. They also need to hear that there’s always hope. In fact, just one
The global pandemic has cast a spotlight on the tremendous inequities within our society and nowhere has this been more evident than in our public school system. To respond to the needs of our community, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District leaders have expanded their focus to provide the vital services needed to protect the health
Life can be difficult enough under normal circumstances. Now, in the current public health crisis, the challenges for parents, guardians and caregivers can seem overwhelming, and children have worries and anxieties like nothing they have ever experienced. Fortunately, Delano Union School District continues to provide social-emotional and mental health support services for students and families.
Schools across California face a devastating fiscal future, with a loss in revenue of $1,400 per student — or more, state education experts said Tuesday. The role of schools in getting through the pandemic is critical and they should be a priority in federal stimulus funds, said Myong Leigh, San Francisco Unified deputy superintendent of
The American School Counselor Association named David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy, SAGE Middle School Academy and Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy as Recognized ASCA Model Programs, or RAMP. The RAMP designation recognizes schools that are committed to delivering an exemplary school counseling program. The association awards honorees for aligning their
Four-year-old’s have play dates through closed windows, sliding their toy cars in unison on either side of the glass. A high school student worries about his mother going to work in a food-packing warehouse, at risk for contracting COVID-19. Another teen says “there is nothing to look forward to,” as he tries to avoid sliding
Palmdale School District’s social emotional learning specialists help students with a variety of concerns, and who might struggle with distance learning and miss going to school each day because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The specialists, also known as SELS, are licensed through the state of California to be mental health practitioners. Palmdale School District
President of the CA State Board of Education discusses California’s school response to the coronavirus Linda Darling-Hammond is president of the State Board of Education in California, and also president of the Learning Policy Institute, a research and policy organization in Palo Alto. Working closely with Gov. Gavin Newsom, she has played a significant role
An updated version of the Emotional Survival Toolkit for Parents and Children is now available from our allies the EQuip Our Kids! campaign, which has also shared these resources with all other state SEL Alliances. The Toolkit consists of mostly free and fun resources and superb SEL tools (videos, games, apps and written guides) for
The point of school right now is to develop a new normal, says journalist and parent Lisa Selin Davis. She explores what parents, teachers, administrators and kids owe to each other right now. “Many children, regardless of economic status or neurodiversity, are experiencing massive social regression in the absence of their peer and teacher connections,
