Join us for a webinar led by Hanover experts, district leaders, and subject-matter experts, where we will share insights and strategies designed to ensure the mental health and wellness of students and staff in school communities. Participants will learn evidence-based strategies and real-world practices that educational leaders have used to create school environments where student and staff mental health are top priorities.

Join us as we delve into the challenges and solutions leading with mental health and wellness calls in 21st Century schools.

Never have public schools faced greater challenges regarding the mental health and wellness of both students and educators than in the period of time following the COVID-19 pandemic. Lower levels of staff and student wellness are associated with a negative school climate, poorer attendance, and challenges with staff retention. Critically, students whose mental health and wellness are compromised are less ready to learn and far more likely to struggle behaviorally and emotionally.

Combating these issues calls for both preventative and responsive strategies. College, career, and life-ready young people emerge from schools where they, and the adults who oversee their growth, are supported beyond academics to be healthy individuals in all that it implies.

Panelists:
– Dr. Roberto Lozano – Chief of Educational Equity and Support Programs, Las Cruces Public Schools (NM)
– Dr. Christopher Willard – Harvard Medical School Faculty, Author, Psychologist, and Consultant
– Dr. Nancy Rappaport – Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Moderators:
– Dr. Naomi Brown – K12 Content Director, Hanover Research
– Dr. Sean Watkins – K12 Content Director II, Hanover Research