From small support groups to a red carpet rollout, schools are taking extra care to reduce anxiety in those coming back to in-person learning for the first time since the pandemic began
Schools around the country are responding. In Oklahoma, where some schools don’t have a single school counselor, the state Department of Education
At the Indiana school where McNeiley works, she and two other school counselors are offering small support groups to children experiencing anxiety or grief. Quick mental health check-ins are done through an online form twice a week for all students. And the school day starts with mindfulness exercises and breathing techniques, McNeiley said.It’s particularly important for their student population, who face additional challenges on top of the pandemic, McNeiley said.
Elsewhere, students are slowly adjusting to being back in classrooms. Lisa Akin, an artist in Naperville, Illinois, kept her 9-year-old, Brody, home for remote learning last year, fearful he would get exposed to Covid-19. This year, with no remote learning option, Brody returned to school on Aug. 18, telling his mom the day before that he was “really excited” to go back.That excitement caused him to struggle with classroom rules.
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