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Stories, faculty specialties, degree offerings, and professional development programs on topics spanning youth mental health, the role of school counselors, and family and community well-being
A pediatrician discusses the prevalence and effects of corporal punishment in schools, and what it might take to end it for good
An HGSE professional development course offers a framework for educators to help students navigate the complex world of mental health
As post-COVID absenteeism rates continue unabated, a look at how strong family-school engagement can help
"Academic achievement is incredibly important, but I certainly think it’s just as important to prepare kids to be moral, to love, to have hope, and to have meaning and purpose in their lives. We’re tending to sideline those things."
Psychologist Peter Gray discusses how encouraging independent play fosters resilient, self-reliant, and mentally fit young people
An exploration of healing-centered engagement, a social-emotional learning approach that promotes self-esteem and offers a holistic view of recovery for young people of color managing trauma while also creating positive conditions for academic achievement.
During National School Counseling Week, five students talk about the many reasons they’ve chosen this life-altering career path
Tips and insight from experts about the impacts of online bullying in children
A roadmap for finding champions and collaborators in your city or district
"[Rest] allows us to take stock of what’s going on inside and shatters the myth that the only real social justice work happens outside of us. Rest forces us to reconcile the close relationship between our inner journey and how we show up in the world on the outside."
Alum found a way to support communal wellness for Black and Latina early childhood educators
"In an ideal world, we would see people questioning higher education and simultaneously getting a lot of support for career pathways and other career and trade opportunities in K-12. I’m not sure, for the lowered interest in higher education, we are simultaneously seeing that kind of investment, culturally as well as practically."
And why it’s an act of justice
A guide to healing-centered engagement, an innovative mental health model
Making Caring Common identifies several drivers of young adults’ emotional challenges, including a lack of meaning and purpose
Tips for talking with teens about social media and thinking traps
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy detailed the struggle many adolescents have with social media and what can be done to help
Based at Project Zero, the center will offer new evidence-backed resources to support teens in a technology-filled world
"We would just be as right to sound the alarm about a parent mental health crisis as a teen mental health crisis. I don't think we're going to get very far with teens unless we also support the parents."
Strategies to better support the mental well-being of parents and caregivers, with a view to preventing anxiety and depression in adolescents
"Parents’ influence on teens is profound. It’s perhaps the most important influence on teens’ lives, and we are not going to get very far in solving the teen mental health crisis if we don’t pay attention to parents and to caring for the caregivers."
A new report shows a strong connection between parent and adolescent mental health, offers prevention strategies for teen anxiety and depression
“What I’m hoping is that you give the students and teachers tools to recalibrate a school climate that’s centered on well-being. All of these little things add up to a shift in climate that’s much more healthy and more positive.”
"Depressed and anxious parents are often wonderful parents despite — and sometimes because of — emotional challenges. But depression and anxiety in parents are linked to academic, emotional, and health problems in teens. This harm can be compounded when both a teen and one or both of their parents are depressed or anxious."
"The largest concern is the implication for high school students, especially students of color. This message potentially, if it’s not mediated by a lot of adults and educators, is going to have a disastrous effect on the college-going aspirations of Black and Latinx students. And then ultimately, that will have an impact on our campuses and on our workforce and our citizenry."
Associate Professor Bianca Baldridge explores the unique impact of learning beyond school
In the wake of the latest school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, a look again at ideas for supporting and strengthening your family and school communities