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Develop Restorative Capacity, Don't Defund Your Safety Network, Louis L. Fletcher Phd, David Watson
Develop Restorative Capacity, Don't Defund Your Safety Network, Louis L. Fletcher Phd, David Watson
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
The Executive Director of Facilities & Operations and the Director of Safety & Security for a Colorado School district with 27,000 students will share tools, techniques, and experiences, which have cultivated restorative practices (RP) in their district. The presenters will discuss the effectiveness of proactive techniques for training SROs and school security officers to provide successful restorative alternatives to traditional discipline approaches with the goal of helping participants evaluate whether getting rid of SROs versus retraining their approach to student discipline is the best alternative.
New Thought On How An Understanding Of Thought Prevents Violence, Stephanie A. Fox
New Thought On How An Understanding Of Thought Prevents Violence, Stephanie A. Fox
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
The Spark Initiative’s work and research with youth at risk in schools, jails, and foster care has proven that a simple understanding of the mind has increased resilience, emotional regulation, impulse control, decision-making, problem-solving and communication skills, all critical to violence prevention.
Hard Conversations, Healthy Conversations: How To Respond When Tragedy Strikes, Elizabeth Marston, Samuel Marion
Hard Conversations, Healthy Conversations: How To Respond When Tragedy Strikes, Elizabeth Marston, Samuel Marion
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
How do we talk to children and students about tragedy? How do we support families faced with a health crisis or unexpected death? This presentation will discuss the challenges of dealing with tragic circumstances and how we can best support children, students, and their families in a way to promote emotional health.
What’S In A Name? How The Language Of Mental Health Diagnoses Affects The Ability To Heal, Elizabeth Marston, Samuel Marion
What’S In A Name? How The Language Of Mental Health Diagnoses Affects The Ability To Heal, Elizabeth Marston, Samuel Marion
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
When a person receives a mental health diagnosis, they are often started down a path of receiving help, but also of receiving stigma. This presentation will discuss how language around a diagnosis can affect a child’s sense of self as well as either help or hurt a student’s ability to manage and heal.
How To Make School-Based Mental Health Work, Jenny Wilhoite
How To Make School-Based Mental Health Work, Jenny Wilhoite
National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference
This session is designed to give an overview of how to create a School-Based Mental Health program that benefits students on all tiers, providing universal prevention, early intervention, and intensive services for at-risk students. Meeting the unmet needs of students with mental health challenges impacts student attendance, behavioral and academic outcomes, and discipline in a positive way.