Students Do Well if They Can

Combining Neuroscience, Compassion and Common Sense

Dr Stuart Ablon

' Challenging behavior is the canary in the coal mine when it comes to mental health challenges, and traditional school discipline, which relies on rewards and consequences to change student behavior, doesn’t work for the ...'

Academic Coordinator Panel

The Nuances of Academic Case Management for Secondary Academic Coordinators

Scott Maitland, Adam Diliberto, Tracy Floeckher

' As academic coordinators, we are tasked with multiple responsibilities. Helping to negotiate work and preparing to return to the classroom is just one part of the gig. This session seeks to share how academic coordinator ...'

Available for Learning

Joanna Bridger

' When young people are overwhelmed by fear and stress, it is nearly impossible for them to learn anything new. In many schools when a child is referred to as “not available for learning,” this is the end of the conversati ...'

Sustaining bryt

Programmatic, Communications, and Financial Considerations

Paul Hyry-Dermith, Margot Tracy, Courtney Balacco, Erin Merrill

' Sustaining bryt through changing conditions and leaders at the school and district level depends on ensuring that the intervention remains responsive to the needs of students and of the school, along with ensuring that t ...'

Introduction to the bryt Model Intervention

Planning & Implementation

Chelsea Kamuene, Katherine Houle, Adrienne Bogusky, Mike Dolan, Julianne Bruce, Kate Flinn

' This session will include an overview of the basics of the bryt model intervention, evidence of its success, and how the bryt team helps schools start and continuously improve their bryt interventions. Members of the bry ...'

Empathic Attunement and Compassionate Interventions with Caregivers of Secondary bryt students

Megan Harding

' This interactive workshop is geared toward bryt staff working in school settings.  The session will begin by reviewing the manifestations of both trauma and emerging mental illness in middle and high school aged adolesce ...'

Supporting Students and Families Involved with CPS in bryt

Kate Lowenstein, Paul Hyry-Dermith, Heather Forkey, Renée Conlin, Kimberly Houston

' The involvement of state child protective services agencies (CPS) in the lives of students is complex and often associated with trauma for the student as well as for their parent/caregiver. This session will initially ex ...'

The School Discipline Fix

The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach

Dr Stuart Ablon

' In this breakout session, Dr. Ablon will help participants practice applying the Collaborative Problem Solving approach in their own work. Participants will practice identifying lagging neurocognitive skills in students ...'

Best Practices for Supporting LGBTQIA* Youth in Your bryt Intervention

Sarah Rigney, Zemora Tevah, Becca Neubardt

' The ACLU reports that they are tracking 374 legislative attempts to quash the rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals. These range from so-called “bathroom bills,” which dictate who can access which public accommodations (bathroo ...'

Understanding the Massachusetts Community Mental Health Landscape

Gabrielle Simmons, Katherine Houle, Madelyn Murphy, Mio Tamanaha, Carol Murphy, Isabel Marchand

' There has been significant recent development in the Massachusetts community mental health landscape, including the creation of the Roadmap to Behavioral Healthcare Reform. This session will focus on providing informatio ...'

Using Data to Monitor Student Progress and Design and Inform Counseling Interventions

John Crocker, Junie Joseph

' In this session attendees will learn best practices for using SEL, mental health, behavioral, and academic data to monitor student progress, improve counseling practice, and inform adjustments to interventions. Specific ...'

Early Psychosis: Symptoms, Identification, and Treatment

Emily Gagen, Tanya Trevett

' This presentation aims to provide participants with information about common symptoms of psychosis and what kinds of signs to look for to indicate that a young adult may be experiencing psychosis. We will also discuss ho ...'

Supporting Refugee and Immigrant Students and Families

Chelsea Kamuene, Katie McCormack

' This session aims to explore the unique needs of refugee and immigrant students and how the bryt intervention can best support them. Throughout the session participants will build foundational knowledge on the importance ...'

Adapting the bryt Model for Different School and Community Contexts

Sarah Rigney, Erin DiPalma, Zemora Tevah

' Have you ever thought to yourself, “bryt would be great at our school, but…” the school is too small, too rural (with few community supports in place), under-resourced in terms of staffing, has too few (but very acute) s ...'

Creating Plans That Work

Skill-Building Strategies for Helping Anxious, Depressed, and Disconnected Students Re-enter School Successfully

Lynn Lyons

' Anxiety’s negative impact on learning, school attendance, and the subsequent development of depression and substance use is well-documented.  In order to effectively support students returning to school after an absence— ...'