Supporting healthy relationships as ‘the root of all learning’
Vickie Swanson has had many roles in her two years with Caledonia Schools, all aimed at the goal of addressing mental health across the district...
On being an empathetic ear
Ben Sorota read a School News Network article about a group at another school, which led him to start a group of his own...
Onsite clinicians expand mental health services at middle schools
Principals and nurses are reporting that students are talking about more anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and stressful situations at home...
Student Services Team created to focus on mental health
The team will focus on additional staffing, community education, professional development and initiatives to maintain positive images of the importance of mental health...
GRCC counselors reach out to help students with mental health needs
Along with free, confidential one-on-one counseling, they offer a slate of general workshops and mind-body wellness events based on mindfulness, managing emotions, sleep and other topics...
Social worker reaches out to students, parents to meet mental health needs
With one in five children experiencing a mental disorder nationally, extra support staff can help students and parents connect with the help they need...
Making it right to be real
Thornapple Kellogg High School recently kicked off a series of assemblies building on the Making it Cool to be Kind program...
Lessons in how to handle grief take center stage at this elementary school
Staff at Cedar View Elementary find ways to help students understand and deal with grief...
Donation sparks program that helps students get counseling
The program’s name, “Bridging the Gap,” comes from the decision to use the funds to help families pay for amounts not covered by insurance
Students Go for the Green in Social Learning
It's easy being green. But blue, yellow and red? That's another matter.
Special education students are learning to express how they feel and to identify others' emotions through a curriculum that helps develop social skills. High school junior Heather Arney...
Foundation Commits $90k to Teen Mental Health
With problems of teen anxiety, depression and suicide on the rise, the Rockford Education Foundation decided it was time to step up its efforts to address the worrisome trend.
The result: a $30,000 grant for each of three school years...
Typical Teen Stuff or Serious Mental Health Issue?
For a while now, high school English teacher Sheri Gilreath-Watts has been teaching from Judith Guest's novel "Ordinary People," about a suicidal boy home from a mental institution.
"I'm hoping to connect my students to the emotional distress that can...
Helping with Stress at the Holidays
When Karen Hoekstra was in high school, there was no "be nice" committee, and talking about mental illness just didn't happen, she said.
"Had there been those sort of programs they have here today, it would have saved me a...
A Friend’s Message on Suicide: ‘This is For Real’
Before the opening credits to a film about suicide, freshman Noah McGee took the stage at Cedar Springs High School to share his painful, personal experience with such tragedy.
At the podium, football jersey tucked into his jeans, Noah shared...
Poetry Helps Angry, Distant Student Emerge as School Leader
54th Street Academy junior Brianna Darin spoke about her battle with depression and anxiety on National Public Radio’s program “State of Opportunity,” explaining whatit’s like to be a child who feels like there’s no hope -- and how she...
‘If It Saves One Person’s Life’
Evan Kobayashi was an excellent student, a talented baseball player and a considerate classmate. The high school student was “a humble, fun-loving, gentle soul,” said his mother, Kelli Kobayashi. “He was very kind-hearted and always put others ahead of...
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