The family struggles that are associated with COVID-19 have been intense. In the past year parents have had to bear much of the load of making sure their kids stayed current in their schoolwork. This whole experience was thrust on parents and schools very suddenly. It was quite an adventure and so many of our […]
Try Softer – Some Wisdom About Self-Care
Anyone who knows me knows I read. A lot. Over the years I have learned to put books into certain categories: interesting but not terribly useful, inspirational but not terribly practical, heavy on suggestions or highly directive books almost demanding I follow the recommended approaches. I’ve read books that reinforce something I already knew, poorly […]
Lakeside COVID-19 Update
This has been a turbulent last few months with the COVID-19 virus for us at Lakeside. Our schools are all located in Montgomery County and we were one of the last Pennsylvania counties to reopen. For a season we saw a temporary reprieve and now we are seeing a national resurgence. The numbers of COVID-19 […]
Addressing COVID-19 Related Trauma and Mental Health Issues in Schools
The news is replete with all kinds of questions that are related to reopening school in these next few weeks. What is not as common is the anticipation of how many students who will have serious mental health issues and COVID-19 related trauma. Our students will have a significant set of health issues but also […]
A Positive Side to the Pandemic
There is very little that any of us would say is positive about how the world has been turned upside down for all these months due to the pandemic. At the same time, I think it can be helpful to pause and consider the fact that for many of us time is being experienced differently. […]
To Mask or Not to Mask
There is continued debate about the impact that masks have to mitigate the transfer of COVID-19. We began this pandemic with little or no recommendations for masks. Some have suggested that we were protecting the PPE for our healthcare workers. However there was little research at the early phases of this pandemic to suggest how […]
Help for Stressed Health Care Workers
We all have acknowledged that our essential healthcare professionals have been true heros in how they have performed during this COVID-19 pandemic. They have taken huge risks and have compromised the health of not only themselves but their families as well. They have worked extremely long and intense hours. They have watched individuals suffer with […]
Permissions We Need to Give Ourselves
With everything that has been swirling around for the last several months life seems out of control on so many levels. In these stressful times it is important to recognize the power we have to give ourselves permission to discover what we can do to address some of the needs created by today’s current events. […]
The Reality of Zoom Fatigue
Ever since the isolation of COVID-19 began we have been experimenting with zoom technology that now has become routine. At Lakeside our schools, counseling programs and training programs have all been through huge transitions to a zoom format. It has been different, sometimes difficult and a huge change to how we do things in education, […]
Health and Safety Plans for Schools
There are many different decisions that schools are making these days. I have already posted some of the struggles that our schools are contemplating in these next few weeks as we prepare for the reopening of this 2020-21 school year. The opening date is approaching soon so all schools are feeling the pressure of making […]
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