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Since 2009, ESS has partnered with school districts to provide mental health services in schools.

04/08/2026

When you spend your days caring for students, it is easy to put your own needs last. These simple self-care reminders are for clinicians, school counselors, social workers, teachers, and school-based staff who give so much of themselves each day. Your well-being matters, too. 💙

04/06/2026

Effective School Solutions was honored to be part of State Representative Gregg Johnson’s visit to the Rock Island-Milan School District 41 in Illinois, where we discussed our on-site mental health services. This visit highlights the important role schools play in supporting students' mental health.

Thank you to Representative Johnson and the team at Rock Island-Milan for your partnership and support!

04/02/2026

We join Autism Speaks in celebrating World Autism Acceptance Day and Month!

While we take time throughout April to increase understanding, expand opportunity, and drive meaningful change alongside the autism community, our focus at Effective School Solutions is ensuring that every student feels understood, supported, and safe every day.

Join us in practicing understanding and kindness today and every day.

03/31/2026

🎙We’re back for another episode of MINDBEAT by Effective School Solutions: Safe Spaces, Strong Systems: Advancing School-Based Mental Health Through ACEs Aware

In this episode, Laine Whitaker is joined by co-host Dr. Christopher Sattele, Principal at Lancaster-Lebanon IU13, for a conversation with Dr. Jim Kooler and Dr. Aaron Noor of the California Department of Public Health’s Office of School Health. Together, they explore how systems-level leadership and trauma-informed approaches are advancing school-based mental health and shaping safer, more supportive learning environments across California. The discussion highlights the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), the role of public health partnerships in education, and what it looks like to implement these strategies in schools.

🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-41-safe-spaces-strong-systems-advancing-school-based/id1656097720?i=1000757741492

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4diiq9jEEaP5djOcadiP80

03/18/2026

Curious about the common misconceptions of student behavior and what it communicates?

🎙️ Tune in to EP 40 of MINDBEAT by Effective School Solutions to learn more.

Laine Whitaker and co-host Laura Butler welcome Dr. Katie Lohmiller and Halley Gruber, program directors with The Neurosequential Network, for a conversation about bringing neuroscience into everyday classroom practice. Together, they explore how understanding brain development can transform educators' interpretations of behavior, responses to student needs, and the creation of supportive learning environments.

🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-40-regulating-relating-and-reasoning-applying/id1656097720?i=1000754540017

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Mr73JlBpWlyeHgFL1U1pr

03/12/2026

Looking for a school-day schedule, smaller caseloads, year-round pay, and real career growth—while making a meaningful impact on students? Apply to ESS today!

ESS is hiring Licensed School-Based Clinicians across 13 states nationwide.

Click the link here: https://tinyurl.com/2dp8z4dh to apply to an open role.
Don’t see a position in your area? Send us your resume to be entered into our talent pool!

03/11/2026

🎙️We’re live with EP 40 of MINDBEAT by Effective School Solutions: Regulating, Relating, and Reasoning: Applying the Neurosequential Model in Schools.

In this episode, Laine Whitaker and co-host Laura Butler of Sacramento City Unified School District welcome Katie Lohmiller and Halley Gruber, program directors with the Neurosequential Model in Education (NME), for a conversation about bringing neuroscience into everyday classroom practice. Together, they explore how understanding brain development can transform the way educators interpret behavior, respond to student needs, and build supportive learning environments. The discussion highlights common misconceptions about discipline and behavior change and practical strategies schools can use to implement brain-informed practices that strengthen both teacher efficacy and student well-being.

🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-40-regulating-relating-and-reasoning-applying/id1656097720?i=1000754540017

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Mr73JlBpWlyeHgFL1U1pr

03/06/2026

Have some free time this weekend? Have a listen to this powerful MINDBEAT episode on rethinking children's behavior and belonging in schools.

🎙️ Laine Whitaker and co-host Colleen Patterson welcome Dr. Ross Greene, clinical psychologist, author, and founder of the nonprofit Lives in the Balance. The conversation provides a compassionate, research-based framework for educators and leaders seeking more effective approaches to student behavior – and Dr. Greene even shares some insights from his new book, The Kids Who Aren’t Ok.

💡 “Contrary to a lot of popular belief, if they’re [kids] not doing well, it’s not because they don’t want to, it’s because something is getting in their way.”

🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-39-kids-do-well-if-they-can-rethinking-behavior/id1656097720?i=1000751238614

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gH0hfzhPtYKwvsai21Ue0

03/04/2026

🎉 March is National Social Work Month, and we’re proud to join with the National Association of Social Workers to celebrate the incredible social workers who advance student mental health every day!

💙 In schools across the country, social workers are trusted advocates and steady supports for students navigating complex emotional and behavioral challenges. Their work not only changes individual lives — it strengthens classrooms and entire school communities.

🌟 We’re especially grateful to the Effective School Solutions clinicians delivering high-acuity, school-based care and to the district social workers we’re honored to partner with. Thank you for the compassion, expertise, and commitment you bring to your schools and communities. This month — and every month — we celebrate you!

03/02/2026

📚 It’s National Education Association's Read Across America Day (and National Reading Month!) – and many of our school partners are celebrating with exciting book events and read-a-thons!

📘 Here at Effective School Solutions, we’re celebrating being IN a book – “The Fourth Tier, Modernizing MTSS for School Mental Health.” This must-read new book addresses the escalating mental health crisis among school-aged children, the responsibility of all school leaders to mitigate this crisis, and the process administrators can work through to develop a comprehensive plan to support all students. Spoiler alert: Effective School Solutions is included as a district resource to meet students’ mental health needs!

📙 Thank you to authors Armand Pires, Ph.D. and Ryan Sherman, DBH for including Effective School Solutions in your book and for shining a spotlight on our collective goal of creating in-school support systems that enable every student to thrive socially, emotionally, and academically.

02/25/2026

🎙️We’re back for another episode of MINDBEAT by Effective School Solutions, Kids Do Well If They Can: Rethinking Behavior and Belonging in Schools.

In this episode, Laine Whitaker and co-host Colleen Patterson welcome Dr. Ross Greene, clinical psychologist, author, and founder of the nonprofit Lives in the Balance. They discuss how “kids do well if they can,” why unmet skills drive challenging behavior, and how to reduce suspensions and punitive discipline. The conversation provides a compassionate, research-based framework for educators and leaders seeking more effective approaches to student behavior – and Dr. Greene even shares some insights from his new book, "The Kids Who Aren’t Ok."

🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-39-kids-do-well-if-they-can-rethinking-behavior/id1656097720?i=1000751238614

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gH0hfzhPtYKwvsai21Ue0

02/10/2026

🎙️ MINDBEAT Episode 38: Laine Whitaker, MSL, and guest co-host Cherina Betters, Ed.D., speak with Dr. Rebecca Branstetter on the important topic of Helping Students Thrive: Preventing Burnout and Supporting Mental Health in Schools.

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eTrN8heF

🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/esy6S5YE

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