Schools have become the de facto hub for student mental health supports, but educators and resources are already stretched thin! How can districts create a system to support student well-being, overcoming challenges to provide what students need?
Join the mental health experts from Effective School Solutions to explore practical strategies and sustainable funding sources to help your district provide a continuum of care. We’ll discuss best practices for supporting student mental health within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework, and review recommended tools for streamlining this work — making it practical and sustainable for your team.
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Learning Objectives:
- Review the most recent data surrounding the mental health crisis
- Discover practical strategies for creating a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework to address mental health challenges
- Explore sustainable funding sources to maintain a robust continuum of care
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Note: Certificates of attendance will be emailed to registered live attendees who attend 45 minutes or more of this workshop. Certificates will verify 1 hour of professional development credit and will be emailed within 24 hours of the workshop. As with all professional development hours delivered, we recommend that you verify ahead of the workshop that the content will qualify for professional development in your school, district, county, or state with your supervisor, human resources department, and/or principal or superintendent’s office.
The presenters:
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Mike Roseman
Senior Vice President of District Partnerships, Effective School Solutions
Mike is the Senior Vice President of District Partnerships for ESS. In this role, he oversees the development of new district partnerships and programs as ESS continues to broaden its clinical programming to impact more students, families, and schools across the country. Prior to joining ESS, Mike spent 14 years at Edmentum, developing a deep understanding of how to create and maintain successful large-scale implementations. Mike has been an educator, designing curriculum and teaching secondary coursework to students with disabilities, and holds a master’s degree in education, with a focus on Character Education. (LinkedIn)
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Dr. Essie Sutton
Director of Learning Science, Branching Minds
Dr. Sutton is an Applied Developmental Psychologist and the Director of Learning Science at Branching Minds. Her work brings together the fields of child development and education psychology to improve learning and development for all students. Dr. Sutton is responsible for studying the impacts of the Branching Minds platform on students’ academic, behavioral, and social-emotional outcomes. She also manages and curates the platform’s library of evidence-based supports and studies how different strategies, programs, and tools impact students’ educational outcomes.
Dr. Sutton received her Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology from Fordham University, where her research focused on evaluating academic and social-emotional learning programs in elementary classrooms. Her work has also examined how classroom contexts and the quality of teacher-student interactions influence students’ learning and social development. She has also developed and studied assessments used to measure indicators of children’s well-being and teachers’ classroom practices. Dr. Sutton’s research has been published in Child Indicators Research and the Journal of Applied Developmental Science. She has also presented her work at national conferences, including the American Education Research Association and the Society for Research on Child Development. Dr. Sutton also has an M.A. in Human Development, Learning, and Culture from the University of British Columbia and a B.A. from McGill University.
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Moderator:
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Trudy Bender
Senior Manager of Thought Leadership Content, Branching Minds
Trudy Bender is the Senior Manager of Thought Leadership Content at Branching Minds. She has extensive experience as a teacher, school psychologist, and district administrator. She previously served as the Coordinator of District Behavior Intervention for Waco ISD, where she led the district in reducing exclusionary discipline and disproportionality. She facilitated the implementation of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Behavior, including initiatives to improve school climate and universal behavior supports, provide effective Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavior intervention programs, and coordinate wrap-around services and transitional support for students in alternative disciplinary settings. Trudy built a multi-year sequence of teacher training in classroom management, behavior intervention, and peer coaching to help build capacity and address teacher turnover. Trudy is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist.
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