Books, Bells, and Counselling: In-Person School is Back. Are you ready?

Wednesday, September 1, 2021
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

(Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants.)

The COVID-19 pandemic changed our education system overnight. Teachers and students were forced to adapt rapidly to remote ways of learning and engaging with one another. For a small cohort, this modality was positive, and their academic performance and participation improved. But for most, this was a difficult and stressful time. Students reported feeling isolated, bored, and unmotivated. Many experienced hardship and loss, and school may have been one additional stressor. This training will highlight the mental health and behavioral issues school personnel will likely encounter when school returns to full-time, in-person learning. In addition to understanding how to identify various signs and symptoms in our students, participants will also learn intervention strategies to support students as they re-integrate into pre-pandemic school routines.

Participants will:

• Identify the mental health symptoms students may exhibit after prolonged time spent remote learning
• Learn strategies to help students with mental health and behavioral distress
• Learn immediate interventions to support students at school and at home

Target audience: School Psychologists, Mental Health Professionals, Administrators, Teachers, Paraprofessionals

Presenter: Kristin N. Moore, Psy.D, Clinical Psychologist
(In partnership w/ the Diagnostic Center North; held jointly with SE SELPA)