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3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism in high schools

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This alarming trend jeopardizes students’ academic achievement, graduation prospects, and life outcomes. One crucial way to do this is to ensure that all communications can be shared in a family’s home language. It’s also crucial to communicate about available support resources like counseling.

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3 ways telepractice helps combat burnout in special education

eSchool News

Some of the hardest hit are students with unique needs that require services from qualified professionals, such as speech-language pathologists, sign-language interpreters, teachers for the vision and hearing impaired and special education teachers. Burnout is one of the leading causes of workforce shortages in U.S.

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3 innovative ways to help teachers feel engaged and valued

eSchool News

The impact of healthy environments can empower each individual into making authentic efforts, putting in the rigor/practice, and achieving goals. Therefore, a language that shows thoughtful regard for educators’ work—that is, the important job of shaping citizens to be engaged and building caring communities—cannot be underestimated.

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Prioritizing teacher well-being can help schools retain talent

eSchool News

Consider subsidizing telehealth counseling that more effectively fits into teachers’ schedules. There must also be a commitment to using language during discussions that humanizes people living with mental illness. Your approach could include providing subsidized access to local gyms and organic food suppliers.

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Long Island, NY School District Addresses Youth Mental Health Crisis With Opening of New Wellness Center

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Studies show that students who are healthy both physically and mentally are more likely to excel in all aspects of academic achievement, including academic performance, education behavior, and cognitive skills and attitudes. Many are struggling to manage the stress and complications of everyday life.

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Elmwood School: Where Girls Rise with Confidence, Curiosity and Global Vision

k12 Digest

There was no fanfarejust a vision, a small classroom, and a deep belief in what girls could achieve when given the right environment to grow. On-site counselling is always available, and the schools ties to community mental health organizations ensure no student falls through the cracks.

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Supporting Student Mental Health in the Classroom: A Faculty Guide to Compassionate Engagement

Faculty Focus

While staff in student affairs and counseling centers are often trained in mental health response and early intervention, faculty are frequently left out of these critical conversations. In addition, given the other responsibilities to achieve tenure, it can be challenging to know how to prioritize a list of competing needs.