Ms. Liz

Loving this presentation with @ThrivingSP at #NASP2023 in Denver!

Have a great first day of school DPS! ✏️ It's going to be an amazing year! 🌟 #firstdayofschool #welcomeback #DPS

Talk to your kids. Look for depressed or irritable mood. Remember SIGE CAPS : changes in sleep, interest, guilt (fear of failure, self-critical, deserves to be punished), energy, concentration (indecision), appetite, psychomotor agitation or retardation, and/or suicidal ideation

Our hearts go out to the Uvalde, TX community who has experienced a tragedy today. In the wake of tragedies, students may be confused and frightened. NASP has resources for responding to school violence and talking with children about violence. bit.ly/39O4ZkX

Honored to receive the Educator Alumni Award from @JohnCarrollU I am very grateful to the Department of Education for this honor!

We had fun in group today sorting through how stress and anxiety manifests in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors!

Mental health challenges can impact a student's ability to participate in learning. As we recover – it’s important that our efforts go beyond literacy & math to helping students build their social, emotional, and mental health skills

Excited to see the finished Laketran bus design done by Leland today! It looked AMAZING! Thank you @Laketran!

Please complete this form if you would like to order pronoun buttons/LGBTQ+ ally stickers from Mentor's PRIDE Club: forms.gle/c2gQpVAXZoHgjx…

It was so fun supporting these wonderful 11th grade students today while they spoke to 3 elementary schools about the importance of sticking together and stopping bullying! Thanks Mr. Nemunaitis for organizing!

Made some new friends at @MentorHigh today! Cameron and Kristen are students in the school’s Cardinal Works program. It’s a job training coordinating program that teaches life and employability skills to adult students with disabilities. Learn more at 5:30 on @WEWS!

For those who are struggling with how to address the conflict in Ukraine with children, this document is designed to help adults talk about what is going on factually, what you may expect from different age groups, and how to manage emotional reactions. bit.ly/34aaTua

“You often hear the quote from Mr. Rogers, ‘Look for the helpers.’ I like to flip that to ‘How can you be the helper?’” Dr. Silverman said. When kids are given the opportunity to assist others, it gives them a feeling of agency, she said, which can be comforting."

Tips for talking to kids about violence as we navigate senseless tragedy in Ukraine - nasponline.org/resources-and-…

A very insightful thread. Teachers should read and consider what school feels like to students with similar daily routine challenges.

Thank you @MHSCardLab and @MrsBidlack13 for a lovely Valentine's Day treat! 💘

1 - adults tend to have a fixed sense of self that relies less on feedback from peers 2 - adults have a more mature prefrontal cortex, an area that can help regulate emotional responses to social rewards

"In adulthood, social media use is also linked to activation in the brain’s reward centers, but two key differences may lessen harm..."

Why young brains are especially vulnerable to social media - fascinating read! apa.org/news/apa/2022/…