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Reducing Out-of-District Placement: A Guide for Educators 

Thrive Alliance Group

Is your school district spending a fortune on out-of-district placement? In discussions with the child study team, the family, and the student, always talk about an out-of-district placement as a temporary solution to address the current need. It’s not a permanent step but a tool to get the student back on track.

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Need a School Mental Health Counselor? Hire a Clinician Instead.

Thrive Alliance Group

A school social worker or school mental health counselor can’t do the job of a clinician Every school district is feeling the pain of soaring student mental health issues: declining academic performance, disruptive classroom behavior, and an enormous burden on school staff. Here’s what you need to know.

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If We Could Administer a Lie Detector Test or Truth Serum to Educators Working With Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Our hopes and concerns also pertain to school counselors, mental health providers, and administrators; they are also predominantly white. 8. Black students are underrepresented in gifted and talented education, Advanced Placement, and other courses for advanced students. Dr. Donna Y. How do they explain the achievement gap?

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

teachers, school board members, superintendents, principals) and policy makers to see, appreciate, and honor the cultural capital that students of color bring to education, counseling, and mental health services. Counseling & mental health. b. Special education over-referrals and overrepresentation.

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Finding your feet: what it means to think about your future

Student Minds

Alex, a counselling student, shares his thoughts on navigating mental health, academic life and previous experiences in employment and the emotional impact. I’ve just finished my first year at university studying Counselling and Psychotherapy. What jobs look good on CVs and Placement applications?” “How

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School Mental Health Programs: Coaching for School Staff

Thrive Alliance Group

The new question about school mental health programs. A few years ago, it wasn’t uncommon for school administrators to question whether schools should get involved in the mental health of their students. Mental health issues are preventing students from learning and achieving academically, socially, and emotionally.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Years later, as higher education faculty in gifted and talented education, school counseling, mental health, and college and career readiness, we have the same and more concerns. I must work with current and future mental health professionals to be culturally sensitive and competent in their knowledge skills and dispositions.

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