Task 2: Student Mental Health and Safety Training

Task Overview: Student Mental Health and Safety Training - estimated 60 - 120 minutes to complete

This task is intended to help DC Prep staff recognize signs of psychological distress, manage conversations with students to build resilience, and help connecting students with the appropriate supports.

To complete this task, please take the following steps:

Step 1: Go to https://supportdcyouth.kognito.com

Step 2: Click DC Charter Schools

Step 3: Click DC Prep and your campus

Step 4: You will need to create a Kognito account. To do this, enter your username (your email address) and name, create a password and then click accept all terms. 

Step 5: Click the Register button. You will then be led through a series of demographic questions. You must complete the registration process in order to proceed.

Step 6: Once logged in, you may begin taking courses by clicking the Launch button next to the course. 

Step 7: Download your certificate of completion and attach to the Onboarding Task Tracking Form

More information about this training: All District of Columbia Public Schools and Public Charter Schools staff are required to take these mental health trainings listed above every two years.

These trainings are designed to prepare educators to: (1) recognize when someone is exhibiting signs of psychological distress or underlying trauma and (2) manage a conversation with the goal of connecting them with the appropriate support. In these online courses, users engage in practice conversations with virtual humans. With the help of a virtual coach, users learn effective methods for engaging in difficult conversations, including applying motivational interviewing skills, asking open-ended questions, and avoiding common pitfalls. These conversations address chronic disease, PTSD, behavioral health, suicide prevention, substance abuse, screening and brief intervention and social change, among others, and provide users with a low-risk environment to practice conversations hands-on.

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