MindBeat Podcast

In this episode, Sharon Hoover, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Co-Director of the National Center for School Mental Health, joins Duncan and Laine to discuss the “state of the practice” of school-based mental health, the key components of a high functioning school-based mental health continuum, and the biggest barriers that prevent school systems from implementing high-quality mental health.

In this episode, Arne Duncan, former U.S. Secretary of Education for the Obama Administration and the leader of Chicago CRED, joins Duncan and Laine to discuss the gaps in school-based mental health services, sustainable funding for school districts’ mental health initiatives, and a look back at his tenure as the U.S. Secretary of Education from 2009-2015

In this episode, Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, joins Duncan and Laine to discuss the link between bullying and mental health, how to support bullies to change their behaviors, and bullying prevention initiatives school districts can put in place to reset.