How well do you know the importance of connections in school within the universal/core/Tier 1 setting for students and staff? Can you recognize how connectedness relates to different forms of prevention in schools as well as social-emotional learning? Are you interested in learning about a social-emotional screener that can be used for assessing connections in school?  This course is designed to build knowledge about the importance of connections, consider how it is addressed in your school and provide resources. For those who would like to learn more about the Connections Survey and its administration, this course is a prerequisite and required learning for anyone who is interested in the second course in this series, which will run as a facilitated course in the 2021-2022 school year.  

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand the significance of school connectedness
• Recognize the relationship between mental health/suicide prevention and perceived school connections 
• Recognize the role that school connectedness plays in social-emotional learning
• Learn about the relationship between connectedness and school culture/school safety
• Consider the possibility of measuring connections in your school as a form of social-emotional screening
• Assess the readiness of your school for implementation of a connections screener.