WAKEFIELD — Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth (MPY) is excited to announce a five-part webinar series that will provide principals and assistant principals with practical strategies for strengthening mental and behavioral health supports in their schools.
The series begins Thursday, Sept. 24, and will be led by Alex Hirshberg, Psy.D., owner and executive director of Hirshberg Behavioral Services in Hadley.
Throughout the series, participants will learn strategies for improving collaboration among mental health professionals, classroom teachers and school administrators. The webinars will focus on building coordinated systems that support student mental health, improve student safety and create more supportive learning environments.
The series comes as Massachusetts school leaders begin implementing new time-out and seclusion regulations that took effect in August. The training will help administrators understand the new requirements, support compliance and strengthen schoolwide practices.
“Principals and assistant principals are being asked to respond to increasingly complex student needs while also navigating new state requirements,” said MPY Executive Director Margie Daniels. “This series will give school leaders practical strategies they can bring back to their buildings, along with opportunities to ask questions and work through the challenges they are facing.”
Participants may also attend an optional follow-up session after each webinar. These sessions will give school leaders an opportunity to ask questions, discuss challenges and explore how the strategies presented during the webinars can be applied in their schools.
For more information, contact Executive Director Daniels at margie@mpyinc.org.
About the Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc.
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides training, fosters collaboration and develops programming to increase the health and safety of students. MPY is committed to bringing cutting-edge information and high-quality trainings to constituents and endeavors to provide solution-oriented, community-based, multi-disciplinary approaches to reducing and ideally eliminating risky behaviors for youth. MPY programming reaches nearly 6,000 educators per year in Massachusetts, spread across approximately 300 districts, with more than 190 webinars and over a dozen conferences and seminars.
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth is governed by a Board of Directors made up of school superintendents, police and fire chiefs, and other community leaders who work closely with MPY staff to deliver this mission. To learn more, visit: massachusettspartnershipsforyouth.com.
