Effective School Solutions

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

Looking for a school-day schedule, smaller caseloads, year-round pay, and real career growth—while making a meaningful i...
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!

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

🎉 March is National Social Work Month, and we’re proud to join with the National Association of Social Workers to celebr...
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!

📚 It’s National Education Association's Read Across America Day (and National Reading Month!) – and many of our school p...
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.

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

We join the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) in celebrating National School Counseling Week, February 2-6, 2...
02/02/2026

We join the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) in celebrating National School Counseling Week, February 2-6, 2026!

School counselors support students in many ways: providing academic strategies, helping students manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills, planning for postsecondary options, and so much more. We are grateful for the partnership of all the school counselors who work alongside our clinicians to support the mental health and well-being of their students every day.

Who are the school counselors who made a difference in your life? Be sure to thank your local school counselors this week (and always)!

01/28/2026

🎙️ICYMI MINDBEAT Episode 38 is live, tune in to learn more about Helping Students Thrive: Preventing Burnout and Supporting Mental Health in Schools.

Effective School Solution’s Laine Whitaker is joined by guest co-host Dr. Cherina Betters, Chief of Equity and Access for San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, for a powerful conversation with Dr. Rebecca Branstetter, school psychologist, author, and national voice on student well-being and burnout prevention.

🎧 Listen now on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-38-helping-students-thrive-preventing-burnout-and/id1656097720?i=1000745941939

🎧 Listen now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7bTvRKxQ5pj7B2MyqLJIPv

01/28/2026

🎙️ICYMI MINDBEAT Episode 38 is live! Tune in to learn more about Helping Students Thrive: Preventing Burnout and Supporting Mental Health in Schools.

🎙️We’re back for another episode of MINDBEAT by Effective School Solutions, Helping Students Thrive: Preventing Burnout ...
01/21/2026

🎙️We’re back for another episode of MINDBEAT by Effective School Solutions, Helping Students Thrive: Preventing Burnout and Supporting Mental Health in Schools.

⭐ Laine Whitaker is joined by guest co-host Cherina Betters, Ed.D., Chief of Equity and Access for San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, for a powerful conversation with Dr. Rebecca Branstetter, school psychologist, author, and national voice on student well-being and burnout prevention.

Together, they explore the biggest mental health challenges facing PreK–12 schools, common misconceptions about educator and student burnout, and practical strategies for building school cultures where both students and educators can thrive.

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

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

🎙️ICYMI, our podcast, MINDBEAT by Effective School Solutions, is back with an episode on Navigating the Digital Childhoo...
01/14/2026

🎙️ICYMI, our podcast, MINDBEAT by Effective School Solutions, is back with an episode on Navigating the Digital Childhood: Mental Health, Media, and Development.

Join Laine Whitaker and guest co-host Megan McCullough, Director of Student Services at Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, as they welcome Dr. Ellen Wartella, a leading expert on children, media, and development, to discuss all things social media, keeping kids safe online, and more.

🎧 Listen now on Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/e5ZKZNBV

🎧 Listen now on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eua9Cs4v

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