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Mental Health Webinar
Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
Category: Webinar

Mental Health and Resilience Webinar Series Responding to Your Prioritized Needs

For years, our members have repeatedly told us that learning how to meet the increasing mental health needs of students, staff, and community is a -- if not the -- key leadership priority.  And the unique challenges of this year’s reopening has only elevated the need.  To this end, AWSA is working in partnership with DPI to offer this series of workshops, which are designed to grow the capacity of school leaders to build resilience and mental health supports in the communities where they live and serve.  Each webinar in the series is provided at no cost and will be recorded.  Please RSVP for any webinar of interest by clicking on the relevant session links below.

Session 1:  New Mental Health Resources from ESSER Funding

Tuesday, September 29, 1:00 - 1:30 PM | Register Here
Description:  This session will provide an update on new mental health resources developed through ESSER set-aside funds.  Participants will learn what the new free resources are, when they will be available, and how they can be accessed. 
Presenters:  Beth Herman, Julie Incitti, Liz Krubsack (DPI)


Session 2: Building a Compassionate Staff Culture 

Monday, Oct. 12, 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Register Here
Description: Now, more than ever, educators may be feeling burnout and compassion fatigue.  However, with the current challenges comes an opportunity for administrators to lead the work of building a compassionate school culture.  This includes strengthening individual resilience skills through important conversations about the role of expectations, boundaries, and self-care strategies, while also examining the aspects of the work environment that drive staff fatigue.  In this session, participants will explore three strategies that administrators can use to advance compassion resilience and refocus themselves and their staff on the sense of purpose that drew them to the profession.
Presenters:  Liz Krubsack, MS, LPC,  Molly Herrmann(DPI)


Session 3:  TBD

Thursday, Nov. 12, 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Description:  More information coming soon!
Presenter: TBD


Session 4: TBD

Tuesday, December 8, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Description: More information coming soon!
Presenter:  TBD


Session 5: Strengthening Adult SEL (Social and Emotional Learning)

Thursday, Jan. 7, 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Register Here
Description:  Strengthening adult SEL requires attention to staff learning, collaborating, and modeling.  In this session, participants will learn how these three actions build and strengthen adult social and emotional learning and why this is so important.  Three takeaway strategies will be shared, providing participants with immediate actions they can take to build and support adult SEL. 
Presenter:  Beth Herman (DPI)