9/11 Twenty Years Later

Special Topic Update from Head of School Chris Ongaro

While I am inspired by our start to the year, I am also aware of the context, notably including an ongoing pandemic and a 20-year remembrance of 9/11. For us adults, tomorrow marks twenty years since we experienced a horrid attack on home soil and were forced to confront vulnerabilities unlike ever before. Tomorrow also marks twenty years from when our attacked nation rapidly developed a new resolve.

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Preparing for the Fall Transition

Special Topic Update from Clinical Director Lana Farina

Sixteen months ago, the pandemic thrust us into a world of uncertainty and unpredictability, with families having to adapt to ongoing changes with little time to prepare. For many, adjusting to changes in job responsibilities, working spaces and living arrangements while arranging for students to learn at home became the “new normal”.

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Success and Intelligence at Home

Special Topic Update from Head of School Chris Ongaro

Whether speaking with parents or professionals, it is often safe to say that we value intelligence and success. At home this summer, I'd encourage specific consideration of Gardner's multiple intelligences and Sternberg's successful intelligence. This week, we'll start with Gardner.

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Mental Health Action Day

May 20th is Mental Health Action Day: https://www.mentalhealthactionday.org. It is fitting that Mental Health Action Day falls on the same day as our Virtual Benefit, At Home Together, which features presentations from people who see mental health as health and have chosen to share their time and resources to speak on this important topic. For more information or to attend the Virtual Benefit on Mental Health Action Day, please visit https://www.stevenson-school.org/benefit.

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A Parent’s Guide to School Avoidance: How to help your child become more engaged with school

On May 26th the Stevenson Spring Lecture Series offered A Parent’s Guide to School Avoidance: How to help your child become more engaged with school by Melissa Jeffay and Dr. Kim Nguyen. They covered common issues students experience related to the pandemic, a behavioral conceptualization of why school avoidance makes sense, the impacts school avoidance has on parents, interventions that are within parent control, and when to seek help from school staff and outside treatment providers.

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