{"data":{"ID":587,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1446419013,"CreatorID":3804,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"On Creating a Caring Learning Environment","Handle":"on_creating_a_caring_learning_environment","ShortDescription":"Caring about students should be a central part of every learning environment. High school is a challenging time in everyone\u2019s lives, especially for students who are struggling with a mental illness. How can educators best support these students while still respecting the boundaries of a school?","Description":"1 in 5 teenagers struggle with a serious mental illness, which means as an educator, it\u2019s important to know how to best support these students. How can we best teach students that it\u2019s okay to not be okay? How can you best handle a kid in crisis? Mental illnesses are complex - and whether they be caused by environmental factors or genetics - it\u2019s important to be able to support these students not only as students, but as people. As educators, you also have your own outside life to deal with along with teaching. How can you cope with teaching and your outside life? What does it mean to be not okay as a teacher at school? Hear from current students and staff members at SLA about how they dealt with mental illness in a school environment and discuss how you can best do the same in your learning environment.","Link":["http:\/\/caringschools.wikispaces.com\/"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"In this conversation, not only will you be able to hear from current SLA staff member and students, but you\u2019ll also have the opportunity to collaborate and hear from other educators about their ideas on creating caring schools. After discussing this in small groups, all the ideas will be compiled onto a website which will be accessible to all conversation participants.","Presenter":["Morgan Caswell","Pia Martin","& Heaven Mendez"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["mcaswell@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":72,"ScheduleLocationID":12,"SubmitterID":3804,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":5}}