Conversations About Student Mental Health
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
How Journaling Serves the Pursuit of Radical Wellness
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Chris Leonard, Thrive’s Chief Learning Officer, spoke with Alina Liao, the founder and CEO of Zenit, a ”radical wellness” compan...
Post-Covid Challenges and Remedies
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Chris Leonard, Thrive’s Chief Learning Officer, recently spoke with power couple, Michael and Nita Creekmore about their firsthand k...
Preparing School Staff for the Challenges of the Upcoming School Year
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Chris Leonard, Thrive’s Chief Learning Officer, recently spoke with Dr. Michael J. Hynes, Superintendent of the Port Washington Scho...
How Teacher Coaching Improves School Climate & Culture
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Conversations About Student Mental Health, Chris Leonard tackles the question of how to prepare teachers to support the growing soc...
Creating a Mindset Shift: Mental Health Climate & Culture in Schools
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Conversations About Student Mental Health explores the mindset shift that is necessary to create a culture and climate of mental healt...
Speeding Access to Acute Mental Health Care with XFERALL
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s no secret that the mental health needs of youth have been intensifying. Getting young people the treatment they need in a crisis has become a g...
COVID 2022: Teacher Perspectives
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the COVID pandemic rages on, students are facing significant challenges, including:Overcoming learning lossDramatic increases in mental health issu...
Fostering Positive Relationships Between Parents, Schools and the Community
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the past 18 months, many students experienced gaps in academic, social, and emotional development. Parents are worried about what their children ha...
School Refusal Series Part 2: What Parents Can Do
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Leonard shares advice for parents to help their school-refusing child get back to school. Chris and his guest also touch on how...
School Refusal Series Part 1: Re-Integrating and Retaining Students After COVID
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After more than a year of hybrid and remote learning, students have experienced a new normal of staying home. School professionals are concerned that ...
Demystifying Mental Health with Coaching for School Staff
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we return to full-time, in-person learning, educators expect even more students to struggle with anxiety, depression, and other mental health issue...
Starting the Conversation About Race, Equality and Bias in Schools
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dealing with race, equality, and bias is a problem that continues to confound Americans, in large part because we are not even comfortable talking abo...
Nancy Sulla on Engaging Students in a Hybrid Learning Environment
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've all seen the national news reports declaring this spring's remote learning a disaster. Students and parents were worried about not fee...
Dealing with Grief
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought grief to the forefront, because nearly all of us are grieving right now. Many of us have loved ones who have died. O...
Coping With Fear & Anxiety
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Leonard talks about how to understand and manage the anxiety many of us have been struggling with during the pandemic crisis. H...
Social Media & Student Mental Health Q&A
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Leonard answers questions about what schools can do to encourage healthy social media usage by their students, and prevent the ...
The Anxiety Epidemic & Teacher Burnout
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Leonard talks with two experienced special ed teachers about how teachers can support the growing number of students with menta...
Strategies for Funding Student Mental Health Programs
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Leonard talks with Pat Hovey, a leader and innovator among NJ Directors of Special Services. Pat has worked to implement and fu...
Navigating the Holidays: Supporting Students and Staff
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Leonard talks with Dr. Mary Rose Scalo, a former Director of Special Services in Wayne and in Parsippany. Chris and Mary Rose d...
Solving School Avoidance: Strategies for Schools
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Leonard talks with Linda McGovern, a mental health clinician embedded full time in the Randolph, New Jersey public school distr...
School Refusal: A Parent's Perspective
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Leonard talks with a parent of a student who struggled with school avoidance. This is an increasingly common problem faced by s...
A Proactive Approach to Preventing School Tragedies
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Leonard talks with Robert Ferullo (Principal of Weehawken High School and former Special Education Supervisor) about the proact...
What is the School’s Role in Addressing Student Mental Health Issues?
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This first episode sets the stage for Conversations About Student Mental Health. Chris Leonard, clinical social worker shares some advice about the ro...