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    Council Spotlight on Identifying Signs of Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
     
    May 2021
     
     
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    Fostering Mental Health and Wellness with Universal Social-Emotional and Behavioral Supports
     
    This document will highlight universal practices that districts can employ to support social emotional wellness and complete mental health. Universal practices refer to supports delivered to all students across the continuum and may include social-emotional learning, trauma-informed practices, and positive behavioral supports and interventions, among others.
    2 Pages
    May 2021
     
     
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    Identifying Signs of Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
     
    This document highlights warning signs of suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury, and provides tools for building system capacity to support students though targeted professional development, evidence-based suicide prevention programs and procedures, and targeted resources for families.
    2 Pages
    May 2021
     
     
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    Recognizing and Supporting Student Grief after Loss
     
    This document provides background information on the prevalence of loss and common indicators of grief in children. It then highlights targeted supports and strategies for schools and districts, including proactive trauma-informed care, tips for facilitating conversations on loss, and resources for supporting students and staff.
    2 Pages
    May 2021
     
     
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    Addressing Mental Health and Social-Emotional Wellness in the Covid-19 Crisis: A Resource Guide for School Districts
     
    In this guide, we present a set of overarching principles and strategies to address the social-emotional and mental health needs of both students and adults at this critical juncture and beyond.
    30 Pages
    June 2020
     
     
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    Addressing Unfinished Learning After COVID-19 School Closures
     
    In this guide, we focus more directly on the instructional challenges posed by school closures. In particular, we present district curriculum leaders and staff with an instructional framework for addressing unfinished learning and learning losses, as well as a review of essential skills and content in English language arts and mathematics to support access to grade-level content in key grade transitions for all students.
    50 Pages
    June 2020
     
     
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    Assessing Language Proficiency during Extended School Closures: Sample Questionnaires
     
    This document provides sample questionnaires across grade bands that are designed to provisionally identify students as English learners (ELs) during the COVID-19-related school closures, which impede the administration of face-toface screening protocols.
    28 Pages
    May 2020
     
     
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    Communications Toolkit for Reopening Schools after COVID-19
     
    The purpose of this document is to complement their expertise with a checklist of considerations, sample communication materials drawn from urban school districts across the country, and recommendations for effective messaging during the COVID-19 crisis, from initial reopening through the challenges that will arise during the 2020-21 school year.
    31 Pages
    September 2020