The importance of mental health and personal wellness in the lives of migratory students led iSOSY to create several resources that educate and encourage service providers to learn more about this important subject. The resources include five lessons focused on mental health, an in-depth look at the role of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) in the migratory community, state-specific resource sheets, and a growing Personal Wellness Training Package, including the webinars. found on this page.
Participants learn more about the hope that comes from trauma recovery. "Resiliency is defined as the ability to spring back from and successfully adapt to adversity. An increasing body of research is showing that most people–especially kids–can bounce back from risks, stress, crisis, and trauma, and experience life success."
This webinar introduces participants to the important discussion of what service providers can do when confronted with a student who may be exhibiting suicidal thoughts or plans. The module includes information from National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's #bethe1to campaign.
This presentation addresses the impacts of working with high stress situations and the individual, as well as organizational, strategies necessary to mitigate the effects. Participants review methods for coping, understand the power of self-regulation, and explore comprehensive areas of well-being that foster resilience and social-emotional growth.
Focus on your skill-building to support social emotional learning (SEL) strategies with your students and families. This interactive webinar provides an overview of core social emotional learning skills and practical, applicable ways to reinforce them in ourselves as professionals and with the youth and families we serve.
These two interviews follow Dr. Johnson’s well-received webinar on the important topic of self-care for service providers. The research behind personal wellness/mental health shows clearly that taking care of ourselves is imperative if we are to succeed in caring for others. It is very difficult for most of us to incorporate the concept of self-care into our busy lives and can too often be something that we put off until tomorrow.
These two interviews follow Dr. Johnson’s well-received webinar on the important topic of self-care for service providers. The research behind personal wellness/mental health shows clearly that taking care of ourselves is imperative if we are to succeed in caring for others. It is very difficult for most of us to incorporate the concept of self-care into our busy lives and can too often be something that we put off until tomorrow.
This overview of substantive concepts and resources to assist service providers, planners, and trainers in developing the practice of mental health/personal wellness awareness helps both providers and students to achieve better personal mental health and well-being in order to increase happiness and potential. This training package is also designed to encourage participation in the broader community effort to promote emotional and personal well-being. It is the intention that the full participation of service providers in student/family personal wellness promotion will lead to more fulfilling and productive lives for all migratory students and their families.
Dr. Mona Johnson reviews methods for coping with career stress, compassion fatigue, and potential secondary traumatic stress which can result from continuous exposure to school-based and/or other student trauma(s). Participants reflect on their social emotional competence, explore comprehensive areas of professional wellness, and are introduced to a framework to create an individualized self-care plan to support positive resilience and personal growth.