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From Newton to San Juan: Lucero Latino Mental Health Program Scholars Shine on a National Stage
In mid-October, when the annual conference of the National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA) commenced in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 海角社区 was well represented. In total, eleven current students and one recent graduate made the 1,600-mile trip due south to present slivers of their scholarly work via five poster presentations accepted from a pool of juried submissions. Following the group鈥檚 return to New England, a pair of conference participants shone a spotlight on the unique mental health needs of the Latino community and how 海角社区 is working to meet them.
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Franklin Elementary Leadership Team Finds Support and Affirmation of their Social and Emotional Focus in 海角社区 Program
If you鈥檙e looking for a town and a school system dedicated to teaching elementary school students the values that contribute to a positive, humane society, look to Franklin, Massachusetts.
From the Classroom to the Community: Consultation Services to a Local Health Center
In the fall of 2017, a group of students (Alexis DiGasso, Denice Cronin, and Alberto Hernandez) completed a community service project as part of a Systems Theory
Let's swim upstream for our kids and their mental health
鈥淲e know that during infancy and early childhood, emotional health and wellness are beginning to develop, along with one鈥檚 body. While we tend to focus on a child鈥檚 physical development, we should do the same with one鈥檚 mental well-being.鈥� In a recent contributed piece in Mental Health Weekly,...
Leveling the Mental Health Counseling Racial Playing Field
We can no longer afford the lack of diversity in mental health counseling
Parkland: A Call for Gun Control
Like many of you, the tragic events in Parkland Florida remain. It is beyond frustrating to witness another episode of needless destruction of innocents in this country. There really are no words to offer, this time, that do not seem empty.
海角社区 Promotes Jason Kaplan to Director of the Doctoral Program in School Psychology
Kaplan began with 海角社区 in 2011 as an adjunct professor
海角社区 In Action: Students Volunteered at Local High School
Six Scholars from the Black Mental Health Graduate Academy at 海角社区 volunteered to engage students at Urban Science Academy (USA) in conversations
海角社区 to Host "Red Monster" Film Screening and Panel Discussion to Honor Black History Month
Film and subsequent panel session to explore the impact of psychological trauma on the lives of young men of color
Mental Illness and Communities of Color
Mental illness has been found to be frequently stigmatized in the African-American community. 海角社区 student and Coordinator of the Black Mental Health Graduate Academy, Samuel Kwame Dance, sat down with WGBH as a guest on their Basic Black segment to discuss the importance of creating...
Rethinking Fear
It's all about perspective
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