Evidence-Based Guidance for How Schools Can Respond to A National Mental Health Crisis in the Wake of COVID-19.
Please go to the following website for more information and to register for the conference:
https://www.trepeducator.org/covid-19-ed-conference
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
A tumultuous academic year is quickly coming to a close, but the educational challenge is just beginning. It is likely that, as with Hurricane Katrina, there will be a continuing rise in the prevalence of mental health challenges for at least two years after the health crisis is brought under control. This is because families directly and indirectly affected by COVID-19 will likely experience multiple years of increasing personal and economic losses and instability.
This virtual conference brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to provide evidence-based guidance for the role that schools can play as the primary social institution responsible for influencing the well-being of children and youth during this national crisis.
Attention to the role of schools in stemming the coming rise in educational inequality will be threaded through from the opening to the closing session. Schools are facing the layering of three racial and ethnic inequalities in children’s exposure to traumatic stress:
Before the traumatic event, racial and ethnic minority children were already coping with higher levels of toxic stress and trauma.
The traumatic event has disproportionately harmed racial and ethnic minority children.
After the traumatic event, racial and ethnic minority children will exhibit higher levels of dysregulation and receive fewer coping supports.
The conference will focus on high-frequency questions for which existing research and effective practices can provide evidence-based guidance. Each panelist will be providing a brief, which summarizes their guidance so that conference participants will have a resource to keep with them as they go into the summer planning months.
D.C. v. Fairfax County School Board
Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Challenge to Virginia’s IDEA Due Process Hearing System The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in D.C. v. Fairfax County School Board on October 5, 2026, leaving the Fourth Circuit’s decision in place. What Was the Legal Issue? The plaintiffs alleged systemic deficiencies in Virginia’s IDEA due process hearing system, including…
Special Education Disputes Are Increasing: What CADRE’s Latest Data Tell Us About IDEA Dispute Resolution
The Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE) has released its October 2026 report, Trends in Dispute Resolution Under the IDEA: 2024–25 (SY 2024). Drawing on data released by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in September 2026, the report provides an important examination of how parents, school…
Two Very Different Special Education Cases Are Knocking on the Supreme Court’s Door
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to begin its October 2026 Term, two special education cases are asking the Justices to step in. The cases could hardly be more different. One, D.C. v. Fairfax County School Board, comes directly out of the IDEA’s dispute-resolution system and asks whether families alleging systemic violations must first exhaust administrative due process…
Categories: Uncategorized
I would like to attend the seminar Friday, June 5th.
LikeLike
Hi Deborah,
Hope you are well. You can register by going to the link provided in the blog post. There is no cost associated with this virtual conference but you must register.
Thank you for viewing our blog. We are going to be expanding it this summer.
Best,
Kevin
LikeLike
how do i register?
LikeLike
I am unable to get into the you tube presentation and I have registered.
LikeLike
Go to the following website: https://www.trepeducator.org/covid-19-ed-conference
LikeLike