This year, many schools have announced that they will be giving students Thanksgiving week off for a mental health break, affirming the point that the transition to in-person school has been more challenging than expected. This Fall, students returned to school in an environment of uncertainty and tension. This “new normal” has significant implications for…
Kids do well if they can. People do well if they can. Teachers do well if they can. Police officers do well if they can. In response to videos of police brutality, the issue of racial inequality has been brought to the forefront of our awareness, with Black Lives Matter protests held in all 50…
By: Joseph Rubsamen Flawless Intern Collaborative Problem Solving® (CPS) is an approach taught by Think:Kids based out of Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Stuart Ablon is the Director of Think:Kids and uses the philosophy that “kids do well if they can, rather than the more common belief that kids would do well if they simply wanted…
In the midst of sudden changes and a national effort to practice social distancing, there has been a lot that we have to learn to adjust to in the near and distant future. One of those things that we can’t overlook is how to be a parent during a time where children are not physically…
By Tre Gabriel Flawless Intern This summer, Team Flawless was represented at the RULER Institute for a training called, “Creating Emotionally Intelligent Schools.” This highly interactive training provided administrators, teachers, and staff for grades pre-K through 12 with an introduction to skills to develop their own emotional skills as well as tools to implement the…
By Tre Gabriel Flawless Intern There are more than 15 million kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges in North America alone. Most are misunderstood and being ineffectively disciplined. I learned this recently, when I attended a Tier 1 training for “Think:Kids in Collaborative Problem Solving,” led by Think:Kids Director & Founder, Dr. Stuart Ablon…
Teachers go into education with eyes wide open, aware of its many challenges. They know that the pay might be low, the hours long, the to-do lists seemingly endless, and that they may have to toe the line between caregiver and educator for many students. Until recently, however, teachers wouldn’t begin their careers thinking that…
“Why do you do what you do?” Kathleen McNamara posed this question to a room full of educators, school administrators, clinicians, social workers, and mental health professionals on the opening day of the Tier 2 Collaborative Problem Solving Training with Think:Kids. While some people may take jobs because of the salary or the prestige, the…
Wondering how to talk about the election with kids? Our friends The Meeting House published a helpful interview with Scott Baytosh, Head of Alexandria Country Day School who has some tips for creating dialogue with kids. Reassure kids they are safe and emphasize democratic values: What Do We Tell the Children? Keep the conversation open…
On April 9 we will be live at the Oregon Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry’s 6th Annual Oregon Children’s Mental Health Conference in Portland, OR! Follow along on Twitter with the hashtag #OCCAP and on our feed @flawlessgrats!
