My item of interest was given to me by my supervisor as a tool for
self-reflection. The resource was found on the CASEL guide to school wide
social emotional development. The assessment tool is intended to give staff the
opportunity to reflect on areas of strength or defeict in working with students
especially related to social emotional intelligence. Additionally, my school
has used the guide to schoolwide social emotional learning to help develop our
school wide social emotional development intuitive. The website walks you
through the different steps of developing social emotional learning in your
school. As the need continues to grow for social emotional learning its
important that we know how to implement this system in our schools. This tool
can serve as a great tool when speaking to administrators as they are often hesitant
to implement systems that aren’t strictly academic in nature.
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Sunday, December 1, 2019
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Child Mind Institute
Child Mind Institute
The item of interest I chose is a website dedicated to mental
health disorders and concerns that children and adolescences may encounter. The
website is the Child Mind Institute (https://childmind.org/).
The Child Mind Institute (CMI) is based out of New York. CMI conducts various
research students on mental health issues that occur in children and
adolescences.at any given time CMI has multiple clinical studies going on that
are led by their vast multi-disciplinary teams. For example, they currently
have two different studies related to autism occurring. One is Neuronal
Correlates of Autism in ADHD and Autism and the other is Brain and Behavioral
Changes Over Time in Young Children with Autism. Also, within the vast
realm of research conducted by CMI, they also have a platform called Data-Sharing
& Open-Source Initiatives where the researchers for CMI freely and openly
share their data as they obtain it instead of withholding it for publication.
In addition to research, CMI offers access to a plethora of
other resources some of which include:
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Provides information about disorders, concerns,
medications and basic facts about disorders children can have.
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Resources for parents, educators, and practitioners
to use to not only gain a better understanding and to identify signs of
disorders and concerns in children but also how to better support children with
different disorders.
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Provides information about different disorders,
concerns, and current factors that can influence or relate to the mental health
of children.
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Offers curriculum for schools and communities as
well as webinars for educators, parents, and professionals. Some resources may
cost money.
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Provides an FAQ format with questions that other
parents have had about their children with different mental health
disorders that are answered by the multi-disciplinary team at CMI.
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Survey platform where parents can check off
different items that relate to their child’s behavior. Gives insight into what
their child might have but does not diagnose any disorders.
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Online platform that allows children with mental
health issues to share stories, videos, and to gain support from others with mental
health issues. UROK was designed to help de-stigmatize mental health issues
through encouraging others to share their stories.
Although this is not an exhaustive list of the resources or
information that is provided through the Child Mind Institute, these are resources
that I found to be unique and potentially beneficial. The information and
resources provided through this website allow for anyone on it to gain better
insight into the diverse mental health disorders and concerns that children and
adolescences face. I think that this website is a great tool to have in our
toolbox as school social workers as we could share the information on it with
our fellow educators at our schools and with the parents of the students that
we work with. This website could be especially useful to share with parents who
may not have a deep knowledge of mental health disorders in children. Parents and
children alike could utilize this website to gain a better understanding of
disorders especially if a student is being evaluated for special education
services (IEP or 504). With this website in our toolkits, we can continue to partake
in the home-school-community linkages that are a part of the school social work
practice model (Villarreal Sosa, Cox, & Alvarez, 2017).
Please explore this awesome website! https://childmind.org/
References
Villarreal Sosa, L.,
Cox, T., & Alvarez, M. (2017). School Social Work: National Perspectives on Practice in Schools. New York: Oxford University Press.
ISBN: 978019027842.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
LGBTQ Inclusive Schools
http://www.welcomingschools.org/.
Welcoming Schools is a website that provides resources for a LGBTQ and gender inclusive school. There is professional development training that they provide to elementary school educators around prevention of bias based bullying, being inclusive in schools and support of Transgender and non binary students. They also provide resources for those working at a school.
This website provides tips for having an inclusive classroom. For example, what could that look like and what conversations could be helpful. They also include ideas of how to respond when a student says harmful things like, "that's so gay". In addition, they discuss how to initiate these conversations with students who use hurtful language about gender and they give sample responses. It gives ideas on how to navigate these conversations, which can be difficult, especially with younger students.
There are lessons on how to create an inclusive school and also how to prevent bias bullying. Also, they mention how books can be a great tool for teaching students to be inclusive and there are lesson plans for the books.
The HRC Welcoming Schools approach is firmly grounded in research and they also have a case study of the program’s efficacy with 12 schools. There are numerous videos showing these lessons and the purpose of welcoming schools. This is great resource to have guidance in creating a dialogue with students and a positive environment at your school about being inclusive. It provides support in knowing how to address questions and conflict that come up in schools in order to have a safer and more welcoming school environment.
Welcoming Schools is a website that provides resources for a LGBTQ and gender inclusive school. There is professional development training that they provide to elementary school educators around prevention of bias based bullying, being inclusive in schools and support of Transgender and non binary students. They also provide resources for those working at a school.
This website provides tips for having an inclusive classroom. For example, what could that look like and what conversations could be helpful. They also include ideas of how to respond when a student says harmful things like, "that's so gay". In addition, they discuss how to initiate these conversations with students who use hurtful language about gender and they give sample responses. It gives ideas on how to navigate these conversations, which can be difficult, especially with younger students.
There are lessons on how to create an inclusive school and also how to prevent bias bullying. Also, they mention how books can be a great tool for teaching students to be inclusive and there are lesson plans for the books.
The HRC Welcoming Schools approach is firmly grounded in research and they also have a case study of the program’s efficacy with 12 schools. There are numerous videos showing these lessons and the purpose of welcoming schools. This is great resource to have guidance in creating a dialogue with students and a positive environment at your school about being inclusive. It provides support in knowing how to address questions and conflict that come up in schools in order to have a safer and more welcoming school environment.
Sunday, September 16, 2018
Professional education workshops through AMITA health
This is a list of professional education workshops and
programs offered this fall through AMITA health. It came highly recommended by my supervisor who has attended many of their events in the past few years. These programs are offered as
part of a Back-To-School education series for mental health professionals and
teachers who are interested in learning more about issues that affect
adolescents. The programs range from a more medical focus to treatment
techniques for particular groups of children. Some of the offerings would be
extremely helpful for those who are going to be working with at-risk, self-injurious,
and depressed and suicidal students.
The workshops and webinars are presented by professionals of
the mental health field. They cover current relevant issues affecting our youth
and offer CEU credits to help practitioners stay on top of current
evidence-based practice. The majority of these classes would be placed under
“providing evidence-based education, behavior, and mental health services”
practice feature. They offer training in individual assessment and
interventions for students.
Just an additional note, the webinars are free!
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