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Equity in Student Mental Health: Supporting Students With Disabilities


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06 Aug 2020

Equity in Student Mental Health: Supporting Students With Disabilities

As part of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ Mental Health Month, we discussed how to support the mental health and well-being of students of color and students who id...


By     Paget Hetherington
21 Jul 2020

Equity in Student Mental Health: Supporting LGBTQ+ Students

As I mentioned last week in the first installment of our Equity in Student Mental Health series, it is estimated that up to 20% of children in the Uni...


By     Paget Hetherington
14 Jul 2020

Equity in Student Mental Health: Supporting Students of Color

Mental health concerns affect up to 20% of children in the United States. While mental health issues occur at similar frequencies across different rac...


By     Paget Hetherington
09 Jun 2020

SEL Skills: Fostering Good Mental Health for Life

Research has shown that one in five teens has or will have a serious mental illness at some point in their lives. Good mental health is critical for c...


By     Charlotte Andrist
19 May 2020

Five Ways Parents Can Support SEL at Home

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the framework for understanding and managing one’s emotions, setting and achieving goals, practicing empathy, a...


By     Charlotte Andrist
11 May 2020

Social Distancing and Teens Don’t Mix: Here Are Some Tips to Help

Teens all over the world are currently grappling with the concept of social distancing and the way it’s affecting their lives. Many teens are experien...


By     Charlotte Andrist
08 May 2020

Creating Mental Health Awareness in Younger Students

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a movement designed to raise awareness about mental health issues. Good mental health is critical for students o...


By     Charlotte Andrist
13 Apr 2020

Virtual Student Support: How to Connect and Care Remotely

Students have been dealing with a lot of stress since being forced to transition to distance learning because of the COVID-19 outbreak. They’re sad to...


By     Charlotte Andrist
20 Mar 2020

Happy and Healthy at Home: 10 Student Mental Health Resources

There’s no question that the student mental health crisis is impacting schools. Cases of anxiety and depression are increasing, with adolescents and y...


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