Social Determinants of Health

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 Learn about Social Determinants of Health and how they affect students and families. The series will focus on how school-community partnerships can impact the five domains of the Social Determinants of Health (Health care access and quality, Education access and quality, Social and community context, Neighborhood and built community, and Economic Stability.)

  • Social Determinants of Mental Health

    Learn about Social Determinants of Mental Health and how meeting basic needs can make a difference in behavioral health outcomes for students and families.

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  • Tiered supports for relational health

    Eve-Lynn Nelson, PhD, discusses tiered supports for relational health for children and families. 

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  • Social Capital

    Robert Stiles, Telehealth ROCKS Director, discusses social capital and supportive relationships. 

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  • Housing impacts student success

    Learn tips for supporting your brain health during this busy holiday season.

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  • Health care impacts students and school success

    Learn why health care quality and access is important for children and families. We also discuss how health care impacts school success.

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  • About Eldon, MO School District

    Hear about the history and background of the Eldon, MO School District from Superintendent Matt Davis.

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  • About Avenue of Life

    Avenue of Life's Development Director, Angela DeWilde shares about their organization's intensive work to support and stabilize families. 

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  • Eldon Schools working on community needs impacts student success

    Superintendent Matt Davis shares how the Eldon, MO School District works on community needs, such as economic development and housing, to impact student success.

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  • Eldon Schools and Avenue of Life Q&A

    Matt Davis, Superintendent, Eldon, MO Schools, Angela DeWilde, Development Director, Avenue of Life, and Cameron Erlandson, Chief Communications Officer, Avenue of Life discuss neighborhood and built environment during this moderated Q&A.

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  • HCC Network Q&A

    Kayla Schmidt, Director of Operations, HCC Network discusses economic stability and the impact on children and families during this moderated Q&A.

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  • Education and SDOH

    Learn about the intersection of education and social determinants of health.

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  • Importance of Partnership

    Learn about how forming partnerships in the community can help build a team to take on social determinants of health needs together.

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Brain Development

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This 3-part training series focused on brain development in children and adolescents. We’ll discuss brain health, developmental milestones, biology behind emotions, brain anatomy and more.

  • How stress impacts the brain

    Learn how stressors can impact the brain. 

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  • Intention setting

    Learn how intention setting and having an agenda can impact the brain.

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  • Attention and concentration

    Learn how the brain works to pay attention and determine context.

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  • Understanding emotions

    Discussion of emotions and feelings from a brain development perspective, including some practical tip for talking with children and parents. 

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  • Sedentary Lifestyle

    Learn about the effects of a sedentary lifestyle on brain health and tips to sit less.

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  • Supporting your brain during the holidays

    Learn tips for supporting your brain health during this busy holiday season.

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School-Based Community Health Workers

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Telehealth ROCKS is proud to share a video showcasing the role of Community Health Workers in schools. Hear from Superintendents, Supervisors and Community Health Workers about the impact on students and families.

  • What do School-Based Community Health Workers do?

    Learn about what a School-Based Community Health Worker can do in your school and what a typical day looks like.

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  • School-Based Community Health Workers and measuring success

    One school discusses how they measure the success of adding school-based community health workers to the education team.

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Telehealth

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Do you have an upcoming telehealth appointment scheduled? Be prepared by following a few simple steps.

  • Child Telebehavioral Health Visit

    Learn how to prepare for your child's behavioral health visit via telehealth.

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  • Telehealth in Child Psychiatry

    Sharon Cain, MD, discusses how the Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic uses telemedicine technology to connect with patients at various sites throughout Kansas.

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  • OASIS Parent Training

    The OASIS Parent Training Program teaches behavior management skills to parents of young children with disruptive behavior.

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  • How to make PCIT successful in telehealth format

    Skylar Bellinger, PhD, provides tips for making hands-on behavior therapy and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) successful in a telemedicine format.

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  • Autism Evaluations via Telehealth

    Kathy Ellerbeck, MD, and Rene Jamison, PhD,  discuss autism evaluations via telemedicine.

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Resilience and Wellness

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Telehealth ROCKS Ready to Learn team brings you this short video on progressive muscle relaxation. You can use this strategy to help reduce stress in our body by slowly tensing and then relaxing each muscle.

  • Grounding (7-minute video)

    Stephanie Punt, PhD, walks us through a grounding exercise. Grounding helps you stay present in the moment and helps reduce distraction. 

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  • Visualization: leaves on a stream (6-minute video)

    Stephanie Punt, PhD, Neuropsychology Fellow, walks us through a visualization exercise to help us address intrusive thoughts. 

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  • Saying No

    Melissa Maras, PhD, walks us through ways to say "No" to something that doesn't align with your values or your time available. 

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  • Cognitive Load Theory

    Melissa Maras, PhD, Clinical-Community Psychologist, explains the cognitive load theory and provides applications for schools. 

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  • Cactus Arms shows the mind-body connection

    Erin Hambrick, PhD, Clinical Child Psychologist, walks us through a chair yoga exercise called cactus arms. This exercise shows that your mind and body are connected. You can use your thoughts to influence emotions and in turn, how you feel physically. 

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  • Layers of Sound grounding exercise

    Erin Hambrick, PhD, Clinical Child Psychologist, walks us through a grounding exercise.

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  • Exercise for Focus

    Erin Hambrick, PhD, Clinical Child Psychologist, walks us through an exercise to help bring focus.

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  • Mind Body Emotion Meditation

    Try this 10-minute mind-body meditation to improve your well-being.

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  • Forest Visualization

    Watch this calming forest visualization exercise to help you unwind and reconnect with nature.

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  • Loving Kindness Prayer

    Watch this soothing loving-kindness meditation to cultivate compassion and inner peace.

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  • Beach Visualization

    Join Dr. Stephanie Punt for calming visualization exercise focused on the beach.

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Behavior

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Leni Swails, PhD, Clinical Child Psychologist, discusses ADHD and behavior strategies. 

  • Anxiety Strategies

    Leni Swails, PhD, Clinical Child Psychologist, discusses the anxiety cycle and how adults can support children when they are nervous or worrying. 

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  • Power of positive thinking

    Leni Swails, PhD, Clinical Child Psychologist, discusses the power of positive thinking and strategies to use with anxiety and depression.

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  • Addressing Aggressive Behaviors

    Discussion of challenging and disruptive behaviors in classrooms and schools.

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  • Functions of Behavior

    Discussion of the functions of behavior and the EATS acronym (Escape, Attention, Tangible, Sensory).

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  • Behavior Basics

    Learn behavior basics including the cognitive model and circle of control.

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Keeping Kids Safe

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Meg Hasselman, Program Coordinator for Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters, walks us through how to have a conversation with someone who might be at risk for suicide.

  • About 988 suicide crisis hotline

    Learn from Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters about the 988 suicide crisis hotline.

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  • Defining Risk and Protective Factors

    Short video defining risk factors and protective factors.

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  • Creating a self-harm safety plan

    Learn about the steps and features of a self-harm safety plan.

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  • Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention definitions

    Learn the basic terms surrounding self-harm and suicide.

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  • Douglas County Youth Empowerment & Prevention (YEP!)

    YEP! is a youth-led organization with the goal to promote positive change in Douglas Co. schools and communities. Learn more about how these chapters work and how they focus on prevention. 

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  • Approaches to Prevent Substance Use

    Learn about approaches schools, communities and parents can take to help prevent substance use.

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  • Strategies for Safe Social Media Use

    Learn overall strategies and school strategies for safe teen social media use in this short video.

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Trauma-Responsive Care

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Erin Hambrick, PhD, Clinical Child Psychologist, presents the components of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

  • Principals of Trauma-Informed Care

    Joah Williams, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, explains the Principles of Trauma-Informed Care.

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  • Collaboration between schools and providers

    Joah Williams, PhD, clinical psychologist, leads a discussion on collaboration and schools and community providers can work together. 

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  • Hand Model of the Brain

    Learn more about the hand model of the brain and why it matters what state your brain is in. 

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  • Assessing strengths

    During the Trauma-Responsive schools series, we shared how to assess your strengths by mapping existing efforts and initiatives.

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  • Using the checklist

    Learn how to use the trauma-sensitive school checklist.

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  • Fight, flight, freeze, fawn

    Learn about the trauma responses: fight, flight, freeze, fawn.

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  • What is trauma?

    Learn trauma basics including the 3E's and ACEs.

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