SSWN Weekly - Providing School Mental Health Supports Online

An incredible toolkit of free resources for supporting children and youth with ASD such as COVID-19 social narratives, hand washing task analysis, and calming strategies.

This document is a follow-up from the SSWAA Webinar, “COVID19 Health Crisis: Getting Through This Together”, that strives to answer the major questions that the COVID-19 crisis are posing.

NASP has created an excellent series of webinars exploring problems of practice related to the remote delivery of services. Each webinar is 30-45 minutes in length and the information is highly relevant to school social workers as well.

We’re In This Together is designed to provide practical tools and resources for teens to support themselves, peers, parents, family members and their community during this crisis.

Rebecca Oliver, Executive Director of SSWAA, discusses the importance of having a professional community during this time of crisis.

Explore some of the many ways therapists are supporting their own mental health during this time of crisis.

This podcast examines school based Functional Behavioral Assessment and includes best practice tips for writing legally defensible assessments.

Technology Learning Coach Eric Santos and School Social Worker Marjorie Colindres will provide a range of online tools and strategies that school social workers can use to provide services to their students and families during the COVID-19 crisis.

These LiveChats will start on Wed. April 1st, and run Monday, Wed. & Friday at 11 a.m. central time until this crisis is over. Michael Kelly will co-host them with special guest presenters from SSWAA.

This SSWAA webinar will address several kinds of ethical dilemmas that school social workers face during an epidemic: confidentiality issues in electronic communications, competence standards for technology, maintaining appropriate boundaries, and managing student risk from a distance.