@steve-sharp.bsky.social
Counselor, educator, author, advocate, trouble-maker, nerd. 2013 Regional Amateur Thumbwrestling Champion. https://linktr.ee/stvsharp
Via @crisistextline.bsky.social
#mentalhealth
Such a great time last week at #asca25! Amazing to connect with counselors across the country to share insights, learn and navigate #education in 2025 β¦
19.07.2025 13:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Help them lead Lives Worth Living β¦
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#suicideprevention #scchat #schoolpsychology #schoolcounselorsofinstagram #zerosuicide #newrelease
After years, Iβm so excited to announce the release of my next book Lives Worth Living: Applying Zero Suicide as a Prevention Approach for Schools!
This is a one-of-kind book and Iβm so happy to share this with you all!
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Summer updates!
#suicideprevention #edusky #scchat
#summerbreak has started. Finally enough time to fly back to #Blueskyβ¦
Also take take in a #kendricklamar concert.
Netflix has shown that if you aim to disrupt an industry, you must be willing to disrupt yourself.
12.02.2025 00:35 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0From employment opportunities to immigration enforcement to college funding, three Trump could have a major impact on minorities at college campuses. chroni.cl/3WOSStq
10.02.2025 12:41 β π 7 π 6 π¬ 3 π 0Itβs not hate, itβs fascism.
10.02.2025 00:26 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Families left in dark about impact of alternate assessment track on students with disabilities
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/02/05/alternate-assessment-impact-on-students-with-disabilities/
Happy National School Counseling Week and Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action!
The work we do and actions we take matter now more than ever!
#nscw #nscw25 #scchat #blacklivesmatter #blacklivesmatteratschool
A great time with the ASCA Board of Directors meeting this past weekend! So much of our time was spent discussing the many external challenges and pressures on the profession, as we get ready for the work ahead.
#sschat #edusky #edpolicy
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (all reports and the explorer) is offline. This is essential and life-saving information that taxpayers have funded and deserve access to. Does anyone know what is going on (other than the feared explanation)? #SuicidePrevention
31.01.2025 14:31 β π 5 π 6 π¬ 3 π 0The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
01.02.2025 00:58 β π 33333 π 12324 π¬ 495 π 589Rumors that CDC.gov is disappearing are greatly exaggerated, but itβs true that lots of information has been taken down, some for cleansing of βgender ideology,β and some permanently
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/h...
The Youth Behavior Risk Survey data has been removed from the CDC website.
To be clear this was some of the most important data and tools to protect ALL of our children!
#suicideprevention #mentalhealth #youth #data #yrbs #youthbehavior #publichealth #publichealthmatters
Everyone should probably start and education starter pack for their state similar to this one...
go.bsky.app/K7jXcZD
BREAKING: The Department of Veterans Affairs has CANCELLED SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING because it includes considerations for the LGBTQ+ community.
Veterans suicide.
Heads up to all those traveling to @weareasca.bsky.social American School Counselor Association #scoy event that Ronald Reagan Airport is experiencing an aircraft emergency. #sccat #travel #nova
30.01.2025 02:30 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0fevo-enterprise.com/event/School...
#edusky #scchat #mentalhealth
Join us for this essential conversation on the unique and central roles schools and #schoolcounselors play in wellbeing, opportunity, healing and recovery β€οΈ
Celebrate #nscw and #blacklivesmatteratschool week of action!
#sschat #blacklivesmatter #edequity #suicideprevention #bysp #edusky
NEW: President Trump announced an executive order targeting health care for trans people under 19 β a disturbing attempt to put the federal government between families and their doctors.
This is NOT implemented yet. We will provide updates and ways to fight back as we learn more: hrc.im/equalityhub
π₯π₯A 2021 study found that Medicaid expansion as part of the ACA led to a substantial reduction in mortality, primarily driven by reductions in disease-related deaths. A 2018 study in the Journal of Political Economy found that, Medicaid reduced infant and child mortality since the 1960s and 1970s.π₯π₯
28.01.2025 23:36 β π 730 π 242 π¬ 31 π 8That funny! Thanks for the heads
up!
Yesterday it was International Holocaust Remembrance Day β¦
From the Holocaust Museum in Berlinβ¦.
#internationalholocaustremembrance
#edequity
#edsky
#scchat
This is a singular time in #education and our country and I am humbled and honored to serve #schoolcounselors for the benefit of our schools, students and families. Please join us as we need continued leadership as we move forward, all of us, together β€οΈ
#scchat #schoolcounseling
Highlighting red cards. ILRCβs Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home. www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
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