Finding Focus: Why Phone Restrictions in Schools Can Boost Mental Health and Prevent Substance Use Across the country, middle and high schools are increasingly implementing phone restrictions during the school day. While some—but not all—students push back, these policies are gaining traction for good reason: research continues to reveal the negative impact of excessive phone […]
Category: Students and Wellness
Recognizing and Responding to Student Substance Use: A Guide for School Staff
Introduction Despite increasingly effective prevention and treatment efforts on the part of parents, schools, and treatment programs, teen substance use continues to pose a challenge. Educators and school staff—especially guidance counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists—are in a unique position to identify substance use and related disorders in students and provide support and direction […]
Back to School DBT: Skills to Support Emotional Wellbeing
While it may be summer for a few more weeks, for millions of students, this time of year marks the return to the classroom. Whether you’re in high school or college, starting a new school, re-adjusting to the classroom, dealing with substance use among peers, facing social media and peer pressure, or trying to protect […]