Teaching in Traumatizing Times: Navigating Vicarious Trauma in the Classroom
The mounting stressors in teaching—changes in funding, pressures in state testing, disengaged parents, school violence—were already contributing to increased burnout …
Category: COVID-19
Teaching in Traumatizing Times: Fostering Parent-Teacher Collaborations
We know that collaboration between parents and teachers is critical for a student’s academic achievement. We also know it’s a …
Teaching in Traumatizing Times: Listening to Misbehavior
“Why can’t you just behave?” I’m sure this thought has crossed each teacher’s and parent’s mind at least once. You …
Teaching in Traumatizing Times: The Power of Attachment
We are two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a time of complex and collective trauma. Collective traumas are …
Ted Lasso’s advice for managing “bad” behaviors in the classroom
Anxiety – particularly in this time of COVID, masks/no mask, vax/no vax – manifests in a surprising variety of ways. …
Our Response to the Surgeon General’s Advisory on Youth Mental Health
On December 7, 2021, the U.S Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a new Surgeon General’s advisory. These statements are …
Conversations with Clarity on Kid’s Anxiety from COVID-19
Dr. Joshua Essery, the Director of Outpatient Clinical Services at Clarity Child Guidance Center, hosts a discussion on the impact …
Back to School in 2021
In August of 2020, I wrote a blog about the decision to keep my then 3-year-old twins enrolled in childcare …
Fighting Social Isolation in Teens
In Bexar County, less than 40% of students were physically in school during COVID. Many found themselves isolated or chose …
Non-Medical Options for Anxiety & Depression in Kids
In the past year anxiety and depression among youth has increased significantly. We know that these conditions are caused in …
