For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Uplifting quotes can inspire and motivate individuals. My son once sent me a birthday card expressing what he thinks about the quotes/clippings I have relayed to him over time: Outside the card: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM, and thanks for all the advice you’ve given me over...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
A report from Harvard Graduate School of Education shows a strong connection between parent and adolescent mental health and offers prevention strategies for teen anxiety and depression: The Critical Link Between Parent and Teen Mental Health The medical community...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
I recommend this article by Professor Jean M. Twenge of San Diego State University: Adolescents are in the midst of a full-blown mental health crisis Some highlights from the article: About ten years ago, something started to go wrong in the lives of teens. Rates of...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
I recommend this article by Naomi Buck in the Globe and Mail: Cellphones have taken over our classrooms , and it’s been a disaster. Now that we know the effect screens have on our children, we need a new approach. The author’s kids are now entering Grade 8 and 10 at...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
WHAT WORKS IN SCHOOLS is an approach to school-based health from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The program has been shown to improve health behaviors and experiences, support mental health and reduce suicidality in the schools that implement the...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
I recommend the article, “A community’s ills will be reflected in its schools” by Geoff Johnson, former superintendent of schools. When Geoff was a school district administrator, he was asked “Are there drugs in the local high school?” His Socratic...
