Jake Ernst, MSW RSW

#ICYMI - Join us on April 11 and learn how to build healthier relationships with screens and #technology – in friendships, partnerships and working relationships. Don't miss this impactful training with @mswjake! Register here ➡️​ow.ly/5Hwl50QQF0C

The internet is raising today's kids. This training with @mswjake will deep dive on the modern clinical approaches for helping people of all ages build better relationships with #screens and #technology so that they can build more balanced brains. 📱🧠​ ow.ly/5Hwl50QQF0C

@JonathanShedler @GrantHBrennerMD sounds a lot like clickbait capitalism, where the motto is “enragement gets engagement”

@GrantHBrennerMD but... for self-promotion/influence/profit

🎇🎆YAY! 🎆🎇 US Suicide rates for kids decreased in 2022! Not only has there has been NO pandemic effect on school-aged children, '22 demonstrates an overall 10.3% REDUCTION in suicide rates compared to '21, and 15.5% lower than '18. A 6y low for boys and a 7y low for girls!

The younger a kid is when they get their first smartphone, the worse their mental health as a young (18-24 yo) adult. Parents: resist the urge to get your pre-teen a smartphone! They will be better off in the long-term if you wait. (The longer the better) sapienlabs.org/wp-content/upl…

@DaronLarson Thanks for sharing, Daron!

“Thinking isn’t the only form of intelligence, so it may be useful to check in with what your body is saying.” @mswjake mswjake.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-…

#MoreThanEver, anxiety and depression are on the rise for kids and youth. We need #SocialWorkers in schools to help students access the early, critical #MentalHealth supports they need. @ON_SocialWork #SocialWorkWeek2022 bit.ly/MoreThanEver20…

No matter what the numbers are, there are not supposed to be grave yards at schools, ever.

Our friend @mswjake is always giving us the best reminders! "You are more than what you get paid to do.⁣ You are more than your profession. You are more than who you feel your professional self has to be.⁣ You are more than what you have to act like at work.⁣"

Feeling overwhelmed? This week's @sickboypodcast is therapeutic AF. Therapist @mswjake joined to talk #pandemic burnout, trauma & healing. "It’s going to take intentional breaks, forms of rest & recovery from this major disruption that we’ve had." Listen: smarturl.it/sickboycbc

@KWardTV Great chatting! ⭐️

Does it feel like you are living in a world stuck on repeat? Experts say the 3rd wave of COVID-19 is presenting unique challenges for managing mental & physical well-being “We’ve been at it for over a year now, and we are really at our boiling point.” globalnews.ca/news/7739573/m…

To remedy this, you might try to: • Do more tasks or hobbies that have a beginning, middle, & end. • Build a new habit or shift into an older routine. • Mimick your typical commute with a “commute walk” at the start or end of your day. • Implement an “email blackout period”.

Feeling exhausted by the mundane and repetitive aspects of life right now is a normal response to a disruption in temporal integration.

The pandemic has significantly altered our sense of time and has caused a shift in what is called temporal integration.

@ShelleyGopal Did you record it!?! Too funny.

I pranked my class and had our principal tell them that I was reassigned and that she would teach them for the rest of the year. Gr 8s do not normally show emotion but heads were in hands and I was told their House Party chat was on fire! A good laugh #yorklearns #AprilFoolsDay

A bottom up approach to learning: People learn best when they (1) feel safe in their environment and (2) feel socially- and emotionally-connected to others. Our thinking & learning brain is not at full capacity until these two needs are met.

So cool!