From NEAL PENBERTHY, Sp.Ed.Ad., retired School Principal and past president of Missouri Association of Secondary School Principal 1. WE’LL GET SUED. Landmark court cases have shown that schools ...
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Ask about suicide
Asking teens about suicide. It’ s something many adults fear. Yet new research has shown that having the courage to ask high- school students about suicide can be beneficial. Here Columbia ...
Teaching empathy early
Compassion and empathy for others, especially for those less fortunate, is a cornerstone of a caring community. That’s why districts throughout Wisconsin have embraced anti-bullying policies, and ...
Legal concerns
The numbers are troubling. In a typical high school classroom, it’s likely that two to three students have made a suicide attempt in the past year. What’s more, a prior suicide attempt is one of ...
Evolving crisis plan
A high school student in Menasha, Wisconsin possessed athletic prowess that allowed him to excel in every sport he touched and people skills that propelled him to class president also had ...
Crisis plan should evolve
Static is not a word that describes the Horace Mann Middle School Crisis Plan; proactive and evolving are more accurate. “We keep our eyes and ears open and constantly review our crisis plan, its ...
Screening for risk
She is a nurse. He is a physician, board certified in family practice. Together they have five children. Yet, like many adults, they were unable to see the signs of mental illness and potential ...
Creative curriculum
Class act Applying emotional perspective to literature can enrich learning and educate students about relevant mental health issues tagrating mental health education with general classroom ...
Health class curriculum
“Schools can really help by building depression, anxiety, impulsivity into regular biology or health classes,” says David Shaffer, MD, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Columbia ...
Competing priorities
Emphasis on academics Rosemary Rubin thinks schools should be engaged in prevention so kids don’t start down the continuum of self-destructive behaviors that can culminate in suicide. Co-chair of ...