In addition to sharing valuable insights, Nancy’s conversational tone and ability to show vulnerability in her practice brings her listeners in, creates a space for empathy and learning, and inspires us to connect at a deeper level with more people. And, one hopes, we will all make a bigger impact because of that.
”School Mental Health Course
Dr. Rappaport is available to speak or conduct longer workshops upon request on topics including the following:
- The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students
- Resilience: Understanding and Teaching Challenging Children Without Burnout
- Compassion, Burnout, and Empathic Fatigue: Building Resilience in Our Patients and Ourselves
- “Is This Student Safe to Return?” A Comprehensive School Safety Assessment Approach
- After a Suicide: Helping Children Heal
- Teen Depression: What Parents, Schools, and Communities Can Do
- Finding Our Way: Healing Our Traumatized Children
- The Power of Reflection: The Role of Narrative in Medicine
- Advocating for Patients and Educating about Suicide: Drawing from Personal and Clinical Experience
Upcoming Events

Keeping Our Schools Safe: A Safety Assessment Approach to Violence
Child psychiatrists, whether consulting to schools or providing services in private practice or an emergency room, are increasingly asked to make judgments about students’ safety. Thus, it is imperative that they are familiar with the research on assessing student threats, broaden their knowledge base of the standard safety/threat assessment process, and understand the critical information needed for this process. This presentation provides an overview of a comprehensive school safety assessment approach for students whose behavior raises concern about their potential for violence, presenting a model that can help prevent school violence while getting students and families the services they need. Participants will better understand the multi-faceted role that child psychiatrists, working in a variety of settings, can play in building a school culture of safety, performing school threat assessment and responding appropriately, facilitating communication and connection to needed services, and supporting students, families, and educators.
Previous Events

The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students
Poland

A Child Psychiatrist’s View of Her Mother’s Suicide
Houston, TX

The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students
Portland, ME

In Her Wake
Cambridge, MA

School Avoidance
Sudbury, MA

The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students
Carlisle, MA

Staying Strong after Adversity: Learning from Marathon Monday
Boston, MA

Depression and Suicide
Sudbury, MA

The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students
Dedham, MA

The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students
Carlisle, MA

The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students
Crystal City, VA

From Child Trauma to Childhood Strength
Cambridge, MA

Life Members Wisdom Clinical Perspectives "Plays Well With Others" vs. "My Way or the Highway": The Revolutionary Evolution of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's Relationship with Pediatrics and Schools
Orlando, FL

Medical Student and Resident Breakfast: Inspiration for Success in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Orlando, FL

"Impossible" at School: Consulting on Violent, Disruptive, and Highly Unusual Kids
Orlando, FL