Christine Conceison is a Licensed Certified Social Worker with 10+ years of experience in the school setting and 18+ years in clinical and non-clinical behavioral health experience.
Christine is committed to creating partnerships with students, families, and communities to promote mental well-being and social-emotional growth.
On this episode, Christine focuses on the role of school systems, school-based mental health staff, and parents in addressing the rise in social/emotional and mental health issues in young adults.
- How can we help our teens with their emotional well-being?
- It’s so important to just let your children talk and let them vent.
- Parents are expecting their teens to behave one way and they don’t. How can parents best navigate this?
- Christine offers advice on how teens can best manage their mental health when it comes to interacting with social media.
- How can parents partner with schools and give teenagers the emotional support they need?
- Sometimes students show up so differently at school than they do at home. Open communication is key here.
- Teenagers are old enough to have a bit of ownership when it comes to their performance, mental health, and any other conversations that are surrounding them. Include them in the talks and keep them posted when you talk to teachers about them.
- We often make the mistake of trying to protect our children by not communicating key details to them, but that only builds resentment.
- Community response is critical too. We all need to get better at talking about our mental health.
Episode Sponsored by Gerety Presentations
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Quotes:
“Reach out and talk with your students’ guidance counselor, the school psychologist. The more communication, the better.”
“The more the students, parents, and the school all work together, the more productive we are and support the student.”
“At adolescence, they are at the age where they should be part of the conversation, especially if the conversation is all about them.”
