Professional Learning
Professional Development
We continue to provide you learning opportunities for your professional growth. I hope you enjoy the resources shared below.
Message to Ossining Staff
Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Message from PNW BOCES: Suicide Prevention Month
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, a time for all of us to unite to promote suicide prevention awareness, share resources and stories, remember those affected by suicide, and focus on getting treatment to those who need it most. LGBTQ+ youth are more than four times more likely to try to kill themselves than their peers, and more than half of transgender and nonbinary youth have seriously considered suicide in the past year. The Trevor Project has created a tool to show LGBTQ+ (and all) youth that you "CARE": Connect: Ask, Respond, Empower
CLICK HERE to access the CARE tool and other resources from The Trevor Project.
Black youth under the age of 13 are twice as likely to die by suicide than their white counterparts, and Black youth suicide is increasing at a rate faster than any other racial or ethnic group. Black adolescents are significantly less likely to receive care for depression; a major risk factor for suicide. Pervasive racist structural inequities, social determinants of health, stigma and mistrust of healthcare providers create daunting barriers to treatment (Emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health, 2019).
This Suicide Prevention Month, Yolo Akili, BEAM Collective Founder and Executive Director, suggests that we "center people" and "not make suicide this mystical thing divorced from embodied distress". With regards to centering people, "maybe instead of suicide prevention it should be support people struggling with suicidal ideations".
BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective) Tool Kits and Resources
Healing in Action: A Toolkit for Black Lives Matter Healing Justice & Direct Action
Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
1-800-273-8255
Lifeline ofrece 24/7, gratuito servicios en español, no es necesario hablar ingles si usted necesita ayuda.
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/help-yourself/en-espanol/
1-888-628-9454
And also important right now, and always --> Virtual SEL
In solidarity, Andrew and the GCSC Team
Webinars:
September 16: Beyond the Game: Sports, Masculinity, and Mental Health (BEAM)
September 17: McKinney-Vento Liaison Responsibilities (NYS TEACHS)
September 17: Strengthen Your School’s Response to Trauma, COVID-19 (CEI)
Equity
Black Boys
Marking 400 years since enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, "Black Boys" illuminates the full spectrum of Black male humanity in America through an intimate, intergenerational conversation at the intersection of sports, education and criminal justice. The film elevates an urgent and timely reckoning on identity, opportunity and equity to reimagine success for Black males in America while also touching on their vulnerability and resilience in the face of dehumanization.
This film is available for viewing on the Peacock app. FREE
Technology
