CHICAGO — The Center for Childhood Resilience at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is partnering with the Illinois State Board of Education to help equip schools to address the mental health needs of students and staff.
The new initiative, known as Resilience Education to Advance Community Healing, or REACH, is prompted by the recognition that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of children and teens.
Fifty schools across Illinois will work with staff at Lurie Children’s Center for Childhood Resilience to assemble REACH teams that will conduct a needs assessment and develop action plans aimed at supporting students’ social-emotional learning and mental wellbeing.
In addition to the REACH teams, the Center for Childhood Resilience is providing all Illinois educators with virtual training on the impact of trauma on children and related topics.
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