by Kristi Pikiewicz | Dec 15, 2021 | Education/Parenting, Mental Health
While older adults bear the brunt of the pandemic’s health effects, young people are shouldering the bulk of COVID’s mental and emotional health burden. UNICEF reports 27% anxiety and 15% depression in young people ages 10-19 and also highlights the fact...
by Garth Sundem | Dec 8, 2021 | Digging Deep Project, Mental Health, Self Help, Social-Emotional Learning
This week, the U.S. Surgeon General warned of a youth mental health crisis, writing, “The coronavirus pandemic intensified a rise in adolescent depression, anxiety and mental health distress.” Working to improve mental health requires looking inward to...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Dec 1, 2021 | Digging Deep Project, Education/Parenting, Social-Emotional Learning
I lead the social-emotional learning curriculum for a K-8 school with a mission for gifted education and I wonder sometimes if self-awareness is a burden. I wonder this because some of our most successful students seem to lack self-awareness — they bring a kind...
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