Category Archives: Parents

May is Mental Health Month

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Mental Health America launched Mental Health Awareness Month in 1949 to increase awareness of mental health issues, reduce stigma, and share resources to help people cope, live a higher quality of life, and heal emotional and psychological wounds. The first week of May, Childrens’ Mental Health Awareness Week, rallies the effort of mental health communities across the nation to bring its focus on our youth.

Mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable.  It is important to understand early symptoms of mental illness and know when certain behaviors are potentially signs of something more. We need start the education efforts early and most often times the first point of access is in our schools.  When we engage in prevention and early identification, we can help reduce the burden of mental illness by identifying symptoms and warning signs early—and provide effective treatment. For more information on Mental Health Month and mental health resources, visit the links below.

https://www.samhsa.gov/children/family-educational-materials

http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/may

https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-development/mental-health/index.html

 

Productive Failure???

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While we try to foster resiliency and grit in our students/children do we create enough opportunity for them to learn from their mistakes?  This article suggests that our students may benefit from experiences that allow them to fail, problem solve, and come up with their own solutions.  Click on the link to check out the article.

Bigger Gains for Students Who Don’t Get Help Solving Problems | MindShift.

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Students Learn Better with Engaged Parents

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This article talks about the importance of parental involvement in education as our students approach and enter high school, but parental involvement is important at all levels of education.  Check out the report done by the  National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on how parental involvement in school correlates with higher grade point averages.   Here is the link to the article.

Students Learn Better with Engaged Parents – US News.

Attendance: Everyday counts toward achievement!

Counselors, Educators, Parents, Students

While preparing relevant information for our counseling parent night, our counseling team found out how important attendance is to developing good work habits in our students, supporting their achievement, and predicting their future.  S/O to the Get Schooled website for being an awesome resource for educators, parents, and students!  Click on the image to read more about attendance.

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