In Session Podcast

In Session Podcast

In Session is an education-centered podcast where we speak with changemakers working towards safe supportive learning environments within their communities produced by the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments. Our guests include state and local education agencies and their partners - all grant recipients from the Department of Education, using their funding to advance school-based mental health services, support mental health service professionals, and establish trauma recovery and prevention programs.

Please note, the contents of this podcast do not necessarily represent the policy or views of the U.S. Department of Education, nor does it imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education.

In Session Podcasts

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Reflecting on the First Grant Year with Project Prevent, Cohort 3’s Dr. Patricia McLean


Presents Dr. Patricia McLean, Project Director of Scotland County’s Project Prevent program, and her reflections on year one of the grant. Dr. McLean reflects on challenges she and her team overcame, her most proud accomplishment with the grant, and shares many words of wisdom collected along the way.
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Creating Home-Grown School-Based Behavioral Health Graduate Programs with Ayada Bonilla


Shares how the Hawaii Department of Education, in collaboration with Chaminade University, created an Education Psychology doctoral program as well as the state’s first ever School Psychology program to start a pipeline of trained mental health professionals for their state’s schools. 
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Implementing Restorative Practices in Elementary Schools with Dr. Charles Flowers and Team


Details the key principles and common challenges of restorative practices as a strategy, and how Dougherty County School System in Albany, Georgia, has shown great success in implementing restorative practices in their elementary schools.
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Creating a Student Wellness Center with Jeff Middleton


Explores how one of NCSSLE’s Project Prevent (Cohort 3) grantees, El Rancho Unified School District in Southern California, has created a wellness center in the district’s high school for students to decompress and seek mental health supports and resources throughout the school day.
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Implementing a Successful Universal Screening with Hennessey Lustica and Rob Lillis


Hears from one of NCSSLE’s Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP2019) grantees, Sodus Central School District in New York State, about their successful implementation of a district-wide universal screening process that has helped improve their intervention efforts and better support students.
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Implementing Trauma-Informed Care Plans District-Wide with Naomi Handley, Rachel Hamm, and Leandra Torra


Discusses one of NCSSLE’s Project Prevent Cohort 3 (P2C3) grantees, Jefferson County Public Schools' (JCPS), particularly noteworthy progress in implementing trauma-informed care to promote healing environments for students and staff district-wide.
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Effectively Engaging with School-Based Mental Health Interns with Dr. Rosie Rincon Hernandez & Gianna Merriam


Gains insight from Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP2019) grant recipients Dr. Rosie Rincon Hernandez & Gianna Merriam from Tulare County, CA about their effort to build the capacity of and effectively engage school based mental health interns.
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Introducing Student-Led Clinician Interview Panels with Sixmaritt Pagán Peña and Tenth Grader


Explores student-led interview panels as part of a clinician hiring process in Hartford, CT with Sixmaritt Pagán Peña, a Project Prevent (Cohort 2 and Cohort 3) grant recipient from the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) and Rashelly, a 10th grader at the Academy of Computer Science and Engineering.
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The Capacities LEAs and SEAs Need to Improve their School Mental Health Programs with NCCSLE Technical Assistance Specialist Frank Rider (October 2023)


Explores the capacities LEAs and SEAs need to improve their school mental health programs and systems with Frank Rider, a seasoned Technical Assistance Specialist (TAS) at NCSSLE.
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Supporting Youth by Combining Workforce Skills and SEL with Ruth Cross and Andrew Tucker from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (October 2023)


Gains insight from NCSSLE partners Ruth Cross and Andrew Tucker from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) about supporting youth by combining workforce skills and Social Emotional Learning (SEL), an area of interest among the grantees we serve.
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