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Student mental health goes virtual during a pandemic

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Many students with existing therapy needs are seeking therapy via phone or online platforms, and social distancing and isolation orders have prompted others to seek counseling for new feelings of sadness and anxiety. Related content: 6 student mental health resources.

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7 ways to engage students in remote learning

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We then use that information to brainstorm how to best approach online lessons, build and maintain critical school culture and relationships, and enable other wrap-around supports, such as counseling and therapy. During this time of remote learning and social distancing, myriad factors contribute to increased trauma in children.

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School Counselor of the Year Reflects on What Students and Teachers Lost and Gained in 2022

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My days involve a combination of classroom counseling, meeting students in small groups and one-on-one sessions and consulting with staff and caregivers. For example, we added more K-2 teachers to decrease the student-to-teacher ratio for our youngest students who spent their earliest years in distance learning.

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How This District Avoided Disruptions to Learning When Schools Shut Down

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Without ClassLink, Benigni imagines the quick switch to remote learning would have been chaotic. Dr. Mark Benigni "Our students were struggling with not coming to school every day, embracing distance learning and not seeing their teacher every day. Webinars from The Learning Counsel and Imagine Learning.

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School Leaders Say Plan for Remote Teaching. But Take Care of Students First.

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Our counseling team is going to be sending out weekly emails to ask teachers: Are there any students that you’re very concerned about for their social, emotional state? We are not looking at a district-wide online distance learning model because of all of the conditions and factors that need to be considered.

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37 predictions about edtech’s impact in 2023

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In fact, more than four in five parents believe it would be beneficial for schools to provide mental health services for students as a part of the school day and 84% of parents would be open to their children receiving mental health counseling and emotional support services if offered in school. –Diane Myers, Ph.

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This Year Has Taken a Toll on Educators. Let’s Make Sure to Support Them in 2021.

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Despite their exhaustion, educators across our nation have worked tirelessly, transforming their kitchen tables into classrooms while simultaneously becoming the cafeteria, technology, custodial and counseling staff for their own children. Educators have recounted to us that they feel forgotten and undervalued, overworked and under-resourced.

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