Collection: Student Safety, Mental Health & Civil Rights

Empower Your Classroom: Expert Tips for Student Self-Regulation As the semester comes to a close, it’s an ideal time to consider the challenges students who can’t self-regulate can face as the year ends and summer approaches. They may lack the...

Learn How to Prevent Suicide This School Year. Identify and Help Students. Suicide risk among children is highest during the school Students may be overwhelmed with feelings of sadness, confusion, anger, or problems with attention and hyperactivity – detracting from...

Top Tips To Teach Difficult And/Or Oppositional Students. Discover Strategies To Avoid Power Struggles And Foster Learning. As students returned to classrooms this year, some brought the challenges of oppositional defiant disorder with them. You can apply proven tactics to...

Do You Have Students With Autism? Discover How to Accommodate Them in the Classroom April is Autism Acceptance Month, so now is the perfect time to ensure that appropriate attention is being given to those diagnosed with an autism spectrum...

How is Recent Racist Violence Affecting Your Students? Learn How to Help Them Process and Cope. Your students are not immune to the violence and racism they see in their lives or in the media. Studies show that children exposed...

Does Your School Have a Self-Contained Classroom to Support Students? Learn How to Add This Rractical Resource. A general education classroom alone cannot meet all students’ needs. Establish a self-contained classroom to provide additional support to students with difficulties. If...

Prevent Student-Athlete Suicides Today. Learn How to Address Mental Health Legally. College student suicides have focused attention on the mental health issues unique to students involved in competitive sports. The combination of academics and athletics can cause stress. Your institution...

How Do You Help Students With Anxiety? Learn Strategies to Help Students Students with anxiety can feel distracted and derailed - eroding optimism and detracting from learning. They struggle to acclimate to the classroom environment, fear ongoing risks, and worry...

Did A Student Assault You? Student assaults on educators are significantly increasing this school year. Teachers do not always have the option to press charges or have students removed from their classrooms. You must know how to react if a...

How Do You Help Students With Dyslexia? Learn How To Help Your Students As The School Year Starts. As the new school year gets underway, it’s an ideal time to consider the challenges students with dyslexia can face.  They may...

Understand Your Indigenous Students Beyond Stereotypes There are 574 federally recognized tribal nations and over six million Native Americans in the United States. Yet, many people know little about Indigenous peoples’ histories, cultures, governments, and contemporary experiences. Stereotypes illustrate Native...

Do You Have Students Who Rarely Come To School? Learn How To Help Them Before It’s Too Late. Students who are chronically absent struggle to learn and fail to build the vital social connections that can help them excel in...