Based upon your observations and experience in your classroom and school what are your ideas for improving mental wellness for your students? For your fellow educators? For yourself?
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Counselor
We need more certified school adjustment counselors.
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More mental health professionals and training for staff
We do not have enough mental health professionals in our buildings. I believe we need adjustment counselors (Tier 2/3) as well as counselors who can provide Tier 1 SEL. School counselors as well as teachers need PD in how to identify if a student needs to be referred to an adjustment counselor. SO many students fly under the radar because they aren't disruptive, then we find them in crisis because there wasn't an earlier intervention. We need our students to get to know our counselors (school and adjustment) so they feel comfortable reaching out if they need help. It can't…
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Hector M.
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Adjustment Counselor
We need to provide a nurture environment in which students can strive. We have to implement trauma informed strategies in class to create a safe environment for our kids to learn and interact.
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1:1 ParaEducator
My student is non-verbal and has a Lot of behaviors. The classroom she is in are with other Lifeskill adults (18-22) and all of them are on the lower level of the spectrum they wouldn't understand mental health issues though I am sure they must have them to a degree.
Our classroom needs are more intense and hands on because the needs are so great.
It's difficult enough for our students to communicate effectively and clearly even when some of them having communication devices, PECS or sign language.
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Director
This is a complex problem. We need to understand the nature of trauma that many of our students have experienced. Instructors need to recognize the signs of trauma and then provide the necessary pedagogies and supports.
In addtion, understanding child, adolencent and adult development is also important. In that way instructors can react to students and support them accordingly. Thinking of education not as just skill develoment but as transforming in accordence with where students are developmentally is crucial.In orther words pedagogy follows development and facilitates it.
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