This brief provides considerations and suggestions for adapting Check-in Check-out (CICO), an evidence-based Tier 2 school intervention, for situations where students are learning from home.

Developed by the Center for Childhood Resilience, this resource provides guidance for conducting Tier II groups during remote learning.

Resources to help build a better school community that respects diversity, strives for inclusion, and fights for equity.

“Serving as a school social worker during a pandemic is not an easy task. What makes it more challenging is trying to serve on an island or without peer support.”

What’s your article idea? What do you want our readers to know more about? We’re looking for a variety of work here, and here are some examples based on previous work we’ve published–submit your ideas to us and let us help you publish your own on SSWN this year.

“I am not saying that the secret to effective schools is that people should drink more wine! However, I do think that schools and districts should not “serve” practices until they have the systems to support them, or the data to evaluate them.”

“At SSWN and SSWNetwork, we’re here for you in this unprecedented school year, and I wanted to share some resources and upcoming events that we hope will support you in your work this Fall.”

Today we’re happy to welcome back Common Ground Host Charles Barr, a school social worker in the Chicago suburbs for another episode of his vital podcast, where he talks to ecology researcher Dr. Adam Cobb about these issues.

Join SSWAA for a Town Hall with CASEL, Midwest PBIS, and the University of Illinois. Topics include SEL + equity issues and challenges for SSW, intervention from a multi-tiered framework, and fostering researcher-district partnerships. Free to attend.

School social workers are in a pivotal position to be true agents of change, and this webinar will provide a foundation for your practice and enhance your role as a mental health professional.