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EP 27: Exploring Alternatives to Suspension

In this episode, Joseph Engelhardt, Principal of Alexander Hamilton High School, Elmsford Union Free School District, and mental health keynote speaker, joins Duncan and Laine to discuss challenges and resistance to restorative discipline in an educational setting, ways to measure the success of alternatives to suspension, as well as the links between mental health and discipline.
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Duncan Young and Laine Whitaker

September 25, 2024

39 min

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EP 17: School-based Clinicians Weigh in on the Youth Mental Health Crisis

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EP 15: Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Early Learners

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EP 14: Summer Planning for Student Mental Health

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June 20, 2023
29 MIN

EP 15: Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Early Learners

In this episode, Elizabeth Cotter and Vanessa Audelo join Duncan and Laine to discuss their work in supporting the mental health needs of early learners.
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June 6, 2023
29 MIN

EP 14: Summer Planning for Student Mental Health

In this episode, Effective School Solutions’ Chief Program Officer Lisa Ciappi joins Duncan and Laine to discuss summer planning for student mental health, including the challenges students encounter during the summer months, the best ways to support the mental health of students, and what parents can do to help their children throughout the summer.
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May 22, 2023
29 MIN

EP 13: Restorative Community Service

In this episode, Marta Audino, Dr. Sylvia Zircher, and Mike Roseman join Duncan and Laine to discuss how the true impact of the pandemic on youth mental health is just now being seen in schools, utilizing a restorative community service approach to discipline, the continuum of mental health supports they offer in their districts, their insights on teachers’ mental health and how to best support their needs, and what lies ahead for students in the next five years.
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