Grand Forks Public Schools to Create Mental Health Director Position

Grand Forks Public Schools to create mental health director position

GRAND FORKS – Grand Forks Public Schools plans to create a new director-level mental health position in order to meet growing needs in the district. The creation of the new behavioral health and wellness director comes after the resignation of the district’s mental health coordinator. Whenever a position is vacated, district officials consider whether there’s a way to restructure the position to better serve students. In this instance, “there wa…

A new mental health tool set to create a buzz

A simple, short questionnaire designed by an Edith Cowan University (ECU) researcher could help people better understand and track their emotional well-being with minimal time and effort.  The Brief Emotional Experience Scale (BEES) was developed and tested by ECU Psychology Researcher and Senior Lecturer Dr Shane Rogers. Developed to be accessible, intuitive, and easy to use, BEES pairs positive and negative emotion adjectives like happy–sad or…