Lauren is a sociologist, youth advocate and award winning educator.  In this episode, Lauren shares some of essential skills that students are developing right now that will be lead to later success after the pandemic.   Lauren talks about finding the balance being supportive while also nurturing independence as kids learn to do school remotely.  Drop the guilt,  get realistic, model healthy limits and much more! 

 

Check out more about Lauren here: 

 

Linkedin - linkedin.com/in/laurenbarr4innovated

Twitter – @Lauren_M_Barr

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IG - @laurenbarr_innovat.ed

And Lauren provided some great resources for listeners: 

 

An article from MindShift:  How Can Teacher’s Nurture Meaningful Student Agency?

 

Greater Good has some wonderful science-based information from in positive psychology to help build those traits we need to manage life’s challenges more successfully.   https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/parenting_family

 

A letter I wrote to my students this fall: https://venngage.net/pl/ovjKALzpW2w

 

A Permission Slip for Parents – great video from an Ontario Administrator https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3605607989556485

 

Many parents and students don't realize there are free resources out there. If they have HS students who need the support of a text to understand concepts better, and they don't have one at home, these can be great.  Open Textbooks: 

https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/

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