Since the early days of the pandemic, we’ve come to understand even more how caring for students with increasingly complex, urgent mental health needs affects faculty and staff well-being and often presents in these unusual ways.

Educators as First Responders is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to adolescent development and mental health for teachers and other educators of students in grades 6-12.

The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) is a valuable partner to schools fostering ethical thinking, a sense of purpose, and advancing empathy, equity, and justice. I was honored to write a piece in their Connections Quarterly Fall 2020 edition.

It’s a vital time to be independent. As the COVID-19 pandemic developed, NAIS schools immediately capitalized on their autonomy, flexibility, and creativity to spring into action in service of the students and families in their communities. In addition to launching distance learning programs seemingly overnight and making Zoom and Google Hangouts household names, schools have made crucial decisions about supporting the social-emotional needs of students and families.

Peggy Orenstein’s latest book, Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity, responds to reader demand, as well as the #MeToo movement. Her new book is based on two years of in-depth interviews with 100 high school and college students, many of whom attend or have graduated from independent schools.

As I read Lisa Damour’s latest book, Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls, I felt as if she had swooped into my counseling office and the schools where I consult to speak candidly about the girls I know.