Rethinking Student Mental Health Support: The Power of Dual-Factor Screening

Rethinking Student Mental Health Support: The Power of Dual-Factor Screening

Presented by Dr. Evelyn Johnson, Vice President of Research, Riverside Insights; and Jennifer Robitaille, Director of Research and Development, Riverside Insights. 

Student mental health concerns and behavioral challenges are on the rise, disrupting learning and well-being in schools. How can districts proactively address these issues? By adopting a risk and resilience framework!

Students who have well-developed resilience factors are better positioned to navigate challenges and to mitigate and respond to risk factors. In this edWebinar, Dr. Evelyn Johnson and DESSA co-author Jennifer Robitaille walk viewers through:

• What a resilience framework looks like
• Why a risk and resilience framework is best for promoting student well-being
• How to develop student resilience factors with data-driven instruction and interventions, foundational classroom practices, and screening and assessment tools to help students gain skills associated with improved wellness and academic success

Viewers walk away with sample classroom strategies and practices that are perfect for building students’ resilience skills and promoting student voice at the beginning of the school year. This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 school leaders and district leaders.