These resources were shared by our school social work liaison, Julie Incitti.

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  Resources for Educators and Parents as the Year Starts and Support with Schooling

• ·        Back-to-School Resources for Families and Educators – Child Mind Institute

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  Returning in a Trauma Sensitive Way

• ·        Back to School After COVID-19: Supporting Student and Staff Mental Health Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative Toolkit – SAMHSA & New England MHTTC
• ·        Strategies for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning – West Ed
• ·        Supporting Student Resilience and Well-Being with Trauma-Informed Care: Educator Self-Assessment & Planning Tool – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (AIR)
• ·        Educator Resilience and Trauma-Informed Self-Care Self-Assessment and Planning Tool - Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (AIR)
• ·        Mental Health, SEL, Trauma & Safety Online Training Materials - From DPI’s Student Services/Prevention and Wellness Team
• ·        Information for Mandated Reporters – DPI/DCF

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  Anti-Racism

• ·        Notes on Becoming an Anti-racist School Social Worker, Posted by Michael Kelly | Aug 5, 2020
• ·        Principles for Racially Equitable Policy Platforms – Race Forward
• ·        Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma - Child Trends
• ·        Criteria for an Equitable School – Equity Audit Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC)
• ·        When SEL is Used as Another Form of Policing – Communities for Just Schools Fund
• ·        DPI Equity Policy Tool
• ·        DPI Wisconsin’s Model to Inform Culturally Responsive Practices and Culturally Responsive Problem Solving Guide

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  Special Education

• ·        Special Education Team’s COVID-19 webpage.
• • COVID-19 Special Education Question and Answer Document regarding the impact on students with IEPs. (Updated 8/6/2020)
  • Teleservice Considerations for Related Services during the Current Public Health Emergency 
• ·         Considerations in Using Facial Coverings When Supporting Students during In-Person Instruction 

 

Professional Recognition Award Nominations are Now Open!

Recognizing the great school counseling work from around the state is usually such an exciting piece of our WSCA conference. But these recognitions are more than an award and photo opp on stage. This is our time to highlight exemplary school counselors, thank stakeholders, and lift up best practices in the state of Wisconsin. As a state, Wisconsinites tend to be humble people. When the spotlight shifts from our students and families to us personally, we get modest about our work. However, for the sake of our students we need to get loud and proud about our counseling program outcomes. Let’s start thinking about these nominations as advocacy tools. This our chance to speak to administrators, legislators, and community members about how important our work is to student success. Amazing things are happening in the state of Wisconsin, let’s tell the rest of the country what we are doing.  Submit today! Applications close November 30, 2020

Click here to nominate!

Culturally Responsive School Safety Town Hall Meeting
Friday, July 31, 2020, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Charles Barrett, Todd Savage and Byron McClure will be panelists in a town hall format webinar. During each of the previous webinars, questions, comments and concerns will be collected and analyzed. The panelists will respond to the questions compiled via this method. This will be an extremely informative panel discussion of your questions regarding providing a safe school environment for students of color, providing safety for LGBTQ+ students, and learning how to make your school safety policy/practices culturally responsive. https://register.gotowebinar.com/regist…/1831850551476506126

DPI's Building the Heart of Successful Schools Conference, Dec. 2-4.

See flyer for details: 

https://www.wishschools.org/…/BHSS%202020%20Save%20the%20Da…

Joshua Bobrow Social-Emotional Learning Manager, The Urban Assembly

Title: Organizing Your Community Around Social-Emotional Learning to Meet this Moment August 6th, 9-10:30 am Objectives: Participants will be able to understand how implementing high quality Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) builds a framework where trauma-informed and equity-based practices cohere and thrive. Participants will be able to scan their community for components of SEL and begin the process of organizing those inputs in order to build coherence, amplify what’s already tapping into resiliency, and address gaps. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81574434624?pwd=OHRPSTdxaHBUQjdsSWE0TzkxU29sZz09 Meeting ID: 815 7443 4624 Password: 940890

 Endless Possibilities Virtual Conference 2020: A Closer Look at Invisible Disabilities

Conference for educators, parents, and others to gain information related to special education, family supports and mental health. Sponsored by WI FACETS - Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training & Support, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, UW-Whitewater and Southern Regional Center - CYSHCN.

Sessions Include:

• Communicating About Hidden Disabilities: Tips and Tools
• NAMI Mental Health & Verbal De-escalation Training
• Compassion Resilience
• Breaking the Phonics Code for Struggling Readers
• Basics of Autism within Special Education
• Making Sure Your 504 Plan is Not Invisible
• Supporting Neurodiversity
• Success Stories Panel
• A Comprehensive Approach to Bullying Prevention: Creating Supportive and Responsive Environments to Address Bullying

Date:  Friday, August 7, 2020 | 8:20 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Register: https://www.uww.edu/…/profes…/endlesspossibilitiesconference

WSPA, in collaboration with the Department of Public Instruction is pleased to be able to present “Moving Wisconsin Education Forward: The Role of The School Psychologist During COVID-19.” The webinar presentation is scheduled for Tuesday August 4, 10:00-11:30 am.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81562455931…

Meeting ID: 815 6245 5931
Passcode: 761632

Let’s Talk About Race Series

Please join Derek Francis, Minneapolis Public Schools School Counseling Manager, in the following webinar series. We ask that you commit to attending every session in the series and doing the in-between session work to fully benefit from participating in Let’s Talk About Race.

Many counselors live and work in communities that have not addressed racial inequities and injustice in Wisconsin or are unsure how to address racial conversations in their schools. This series is intended for counselors that have already begun the foundational personal equity work of Identity Reflection, Bias & Privilege, and Cultural Humility and are looking for training on how to bring racial inequity conversations to your school communities.

Wednesday | 4:00 pm -5:30 pm | Online
August 5 – How to talk about race issues with students
August 12 – How to talk about race issues with families
August 19 – How to talk about race issues with staff

Info to register for the Let's Talk About Race series hosted by WSCA:
https://www.wscaweb.org/r…/virtual-professional-development/

Nominate the 2020 School Social Worker of the Year!

Promote a colleague whom you feel is deserving of the SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER OF THE YEAR AWARD!  Celebrate a social worker who you think deserves this special recognition. Nomination form here.   Deadline: July 25th, 2020  

Use this resource guide to support your practice in supporting our families around basic needs, student mental health, staying healthy, and the evolving packages being passed by congress. Click here.