By Renee Prince, LCSW, Director of Mental Health Integration Schools have been charged with working collaboratively to address and meet the needs of students and staff — especially as it relates to the collective trauma experienced by staff and families alike stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Having a plan in…

By Dawn Foreman, M. Ed. and Renee Prince, LCSW “Continuous improvement helps us to stay the course rather than taking a detour or abandoning the process when we come up against challenges.” While schools generally use a Tiered System of Supports to meet the diverse needs of students, this process…

By Pamela Cantor, M.D. KEY POINTS Adolescence is when one’s capacities for becoming a healthy, capable adult are established. The experiences and relationships adolescents have influence their brain development enormously. Adolescents crave interdependence, not independence. To understand adolescence is to take a front-row seat at the very essence of human development. It…

By Dawn Foreman, M. Ed. and Renee Prince, LCSW “Schools often fall short in implementation and progress monitoring of supports. Schools often have the right members at the table and have taken the time to develop robust plans, without taking the time to reflect on the effectiveness of those plans…

By Dawn Foreman, M. Ed. and Renee Prince, LCSW “Tiered Supports meetings focus on sharing information about the student and their context, and efforts will be made to determine factors that create or reinforce adverse experiences for students.” Once educators have identified students who need additional supports and designed a…

Many in the educational system — students and educators alike — are dealing with high levels of stress. This can make what might otherwise be expected moments of challenge, conflict, and dysregulation even more difficult to handle. These moments are both a symptom of and a way to communicate that…

By Dawn Foreman, M. Ed., Partnership Director Addressing the current youth mental health crisis requires thinking differently about our collective approach to providing equitable, positive learning experiences and safe, supportive environments for all students and educators. We’re continuing to more deeply understand the negative impacts of historical and ongoing biased…

Listen to the episode on Turnaround for Children’s website. Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Podbean. Our topic today is ripped from the headlines: the war in Ukraine. The horrifying images of Russian military attacks on Ukrainian cities, on civilians, are everywhere. We see the stories. We hear…

Listen to the episode on Turnaround for Children’s website. Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Podbean. In our previous episode, we discussed the national state of emergency in child and adolescent mental health. In the two years since the pandemic hit, young people have around the world have…