Most people who were born sometime in the late 1990s and before can vividly remember the horrible scenes of the attack in New York on the World Trade Towers as well as the attack at the Pentagon and the plane crash in Shanksville, PA. Nearly 3000 people died that day along with our belief that […]
Celebrating our Workforce this Labor Day
Labor Day is a day that we celebrate working citizens in our country. The hallmark of our economy is a vibrant and productive workforce that produces goods and services that we all can enjoy. Personally, I can take for granted some of the essential functions that people perform every day that enhances my quality of […]
Prioritizing Mental Health in Schools
At Lakeside we design therapeutic environments within our schools because of the types of students that are referred to us. In their lives there are a lot of pressures, stressors, trauma, adversity, and some personal and educational struggles. It is expected that Lakeside would have environments that are based on healthy relationships with our staff, […]
Who’s in your Membership Circle during Covid?
Something I think has become clear for almost all of us as we continue to experience the pandemic: our relation-ships are our lifelines. We need to know we have people in our circles who we can connect with even as we figure out creative ways to do that: by phone, Zoom, in situations where we […]
The One-Two Punch of COVID and Hurricane IDA in Louisiana
Most of us have seen the devastating impact of Hurricane IDA. With 150 mph winds, high flood waters, over one million homes without power and thousands of displaced families, the state of Louisiana has taken a toll that has been more than devastating. If that is not enough Louisiana has had quite a struggle with […]
Helping Teachers with Secondary Trauma
We know that students have had a great deal of stress and consequences due to the pandemic that has engulfed our nation. Truly this pandemic has been unprecedented in the impact to our school environments. One issue that often escapes us is the mental health consequences that are so prevalent among teachers. They too have […]
Appreciating How Pandemics Are a Part of World History
I was surprised and maybe even comforted, if that’s the right word, with all the research on the history of pandemics, and how much they have been a part of humankind. It turns out that epidemics that became pandemics (a pandemic occurs when an epidemic spreads beyond a country’s borders) have occurred since humankind made a shift from scattered and nomadic tribes that were […]
Changes in COVID-related Sleep Patterns for Students
School and educational learning have taken on so many different formats and schedules during this pandemic that have created a whole new set of circumstances for the sleep patterns of students. At best, the hybrid schedule has created more sleep for some students and less for others. This inconsistency will create a need for adjustment […]
Inspirational Beginnings
Each year Lakeside hires and orients new staff to our mission and work with students who have struggled to maintain their status in their school. All in all, we serve approximately 3,500 students per year in 45 different school districts located in seven Pennsylvania counties. These students have been identified as in need of counseling, […]
Acknowledging Grief and Loss In This Era of Covid
There are so many images on the news today showing the horrific impact on people experiencing the Covid virus, especially the new variant. There are the images of the hospitals with people on ventilators, people in body bags, distressed faces and voices of the staff trying to provide medical care while being overwhelmed themselves with […]
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