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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.
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— Participant
School Mental Health Course
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
- Getting Back in the Door: School and Family Strategies for School Avoidant 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
Previous Events

March 10, 2017
The Behavior Code: Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students
2017 General & Special Education Conference
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA

February 04, 2017
Keeping Students Safe at School: Understanding and Improving Safety Assessment
Harvard Medical School conference: School Mental Health: Treating Students K-12
Boston, MA
Boston, MA

January 19, 2017
Regeneration
Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA

December 10, 2016
Picking up the Pieces: Working with Families Left Behind after a Suicide
Harvard Medical School CME Course: Self-Destructive Behavior
Boston, MA
Boston, MA

October 18, 2016
Regeneration
Initiative for Arts and Humanities at Harvard Medical School
260 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA
260 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA

October 16, 2016
Regeneration
Stage Door Reading Series, Irvington Town Hall Theater
Irvington, NY
Irvington, NY

October 02, 2016
Regeneration
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

October 01, 2016
Regeneration
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA

September 23, 2016
Regeneration
Madeline Crivello Memorial Lecture
Hurwitz Auditorium at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Hurwitz Auditorium at Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA

November 10, 2015
The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching Our Most Challenging Students
Special Education Surrogate Parent Conference: Making a Difference
Marlborough, MA
Marlborough, MA

September 16, 2015
Children of Suicide: In Her Wake
Webinar for the Association for Death Education and Counseling

April 16, 2015
Memoirs Can Be Messy: The Delicate Balance of Writing About Family
Examined Life conference
Iowa City, IA
Iowa City, IA

March 26, 2015
Is This Student Safe to Return to School?”: Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists’ and Psychologists’ Roles in Threat Assessments for Students at Risk for Violence
ASAP/ISAPP conference
New York, NY
New York, NY

January 31, 2015
Helping Struggling Students: Resiliency Strategies for Parents, Teachers, and Clinicians
Harvard Medical School CME Course: School Mental Health: Treating Students K-12
Boston, MA
Boston, MA

November 04, 2014
School Avoidance: Getting the Student in the Door
Hopkinton Public Schools
Hopkinton, MA
Hopkinton, MA