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Facts and Tips to prevent school violence, teen and youth suicides
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School Psychologist Is it possible that social unrest can be correlated with declines in academic performance in school? To address this question, let’s dissect a few terms. Children, teens and young adults, as one can imagine, were grossly impacted by the social and civil unrest of 2019 and 2020. Don’t […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA,MA Educational Psychology Professors promoting unethical, fraudulent and even criminal behavior? Yes, you read it right. Sam Hoisington’s article appearing in the Chronicle of Higher Education surveyed a few professors willing to discuss anonymously their personal acts of cheating while students. They also divulged whether they tolerate cheating and […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology A few months back, I wrote a post about the importance of background screening. After reading about alleged teacher cruelty against an innocent 11 year old student in Louisiana, I felt compelled to discuss the implications for failure to screen educators again. In summary, it seems […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology “We haven’t had a president yet, including Obama, who has cared about Chicago,” exclaimed Rep. Bobby Rush in an interview. The entire interview can be read here. The Washington Post surmised that the murder rate is so high that it has driven up the murder rate […]
By: Tonya Mead, PhD, Educational Psychologist Ten tips for parents to prevent child suicide (youth suicide) was originally written in 2017. This is an update that with sadness the author seeks to provide insight into the negative impact of the pandemic and the turbulent destruction left in its wake. If parents did not know in […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA,MA Educational Psychology 1.Suicides Among Young Children-Rare. In the United States, during a six year period from 1999 to 2005, there were just 10 suicides among 10-year-olds the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control reported. 2.De-Bunked Myth. Contrary to popular myths, kids […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA,MA Educational Psychology This is a continuation of the 4 steps to ace the parent-teacher conference. Here is Part 1 and Part 2. Now that the parent teacher meeting is coming to a close, we must segue into building and maintaining positive parent-teacher relations. Parent-Teacher Relations *Refrain from discussing negative […]
By: Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, CHFI, CFE, PI This is a primer for parents and educators in loving memory of Aquan Lewis, the 10year old fifth grader found hanging from a coat hook in the boy’s bathroom at Oakton Elementary School, Chicago. Suicides Among Young Children-Rare. In the United States, during a six year […]