Of a Certain Age

I'm fleshing out Utah's back-to-school dilemmas with Janiece Pompa, a professor at the University of Utah Educational Psychology department. If you're an educator, or a parent, trying to decide whether or not to send your child back into a physical school building this fall, she has the answers about why our thought processes make this decision so difficult.

Mark Peterson, public relations director with the Utah State Board of Education, and Steven Phelps, a Utah school teacher and organizer for Utah Safe Schools, discuss the processes and challenges with reopening Utah's schools. 

Janiece Pompa, a professor at the University of Utah Educational Psychology department continues weighing in on Utah's back-to-school dilemmas. She explains the rational fears Utah's educators and families have with deciding whether or not to send their children back into physical classrooms, and provides proven techniques on how they can cope with their choices. 

A trailer about this podcast with Janiece Pompa, a professor at the University of Utah Educational Psychology department.

In episode 2, we heard from a couple of voices in the Utah public education community about how Utah's school districts are planning to bring teachers and students back into schools next month. Now, Jason Basinger, a school psychologist in the Salt Lake City school district shares the mental-health factors associated with this decision.

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