Charting the Cs Community of Practice

Target Audience:

Anyone who attended the Charting the Cs main conference and would like to participate within a Community of practice to provide active implementation of conference topics.

Charting the Cs Topic of Focus: Mental Health

Meeting Agenda:
12:00 – 2:00 Recognizing Early Warning Signs of Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents (Renee Labat, National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI] Minnesota)

• Learn about mental illnesses in students, the impact on a student’s success in school, and how parents and teachers can work together as allies to support these students. This two-hour class meets the continuing education requirement for teachers.

2:00 – 3:00 Addressing the Mental Health Needs of School-Age Children (Kim Busse, Busse & Reid)

• In this presentation, we will look at some of the more common mental health diagnoses in children and how school staff can support them in the school setting

This initiative is made possible in whole with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, CFDA 84.027A, Special Education – Grants to States. This event does not necessarily represent the policy of the federal Department of Education or the state Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the federal or state government.

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