Meeting+Summaries+and+Materials+-+2017

This was going to be a place to get meeting materials... and we were going to post answers to the questions asked in the meetings. You know when the expert in the room says, "Great question. I'll get back to you on that?" THIS will be where you can come to find out the answer to that great question.

=September 13, 2017 - Mental Health Resources for Students and Parents= toc Agenda Meeting Summary Meeting Presentations: = = =October 11, 2017 - Youth Drug Abuse and Prevention: Parent Tools You Can Use= Agenda Meeting Summary Meeting Presentations:
 * 1) Loudoun County Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Services
 * 2) [|Navigating the Path to Wellness]
 * 3) [|New LCPS Mental Health Initiative]

= = =November 7, 2017 - New Research and Resources for Student Mental Health and Trauma= Agenda Meeting Summary Meeting Presentations and Handouts: = = = = =December 13, 2017 - Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age=
 * 1) Many resources available - click this link to find flyers from the National Institute of Mental Health on FREE opportunities to participate in studies and treatment, information about the student video contest, and additional handouts from Neil
 * 2) Student Mental Health and Return to School presentation
 * 3) Copy of You Are Not Alone e-book for students suffering from mental illness


 * [[image:steam.PNG]] || ====Parents - would you like to know how best to prepare your child for a career in the Digital Age? Come to the next LEAP meeting on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 to hear how LCPS is incorporating science, technology, engineering, art, music and math (STEAM) into core curriculum and specialized academies. Nearly every job is becoming more digital, shifting the skills that today's students will need to access every rung of the future labor market, concludes a new report from the Brookings Institute. The report comes amid considerable attention to the ways technology is reshaping the economy and labor market. The shifts have major implications for K-12 schools, as //Education Week// explored in-depth in a recent special report on "[|Schools and the Future of Work]."====

====This promises to be an exciting program where parents can learn more about resources available here in our schools and our community. From computer immersion in elementary schools to the Academies of Loudoun, it is never too soon to begin learning about the skills needed for the future.==== ||

**Jobs of All Types Now Require More Digital Skills, Brookings Report Finds** By Benjamin Herold on November 15, 2017 5:20 PM

See http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2017/11/jobs_digital_skills_basics_brookings.html?cmp=eml-contshr-shr for the full article.

Here's another very interesting article on the changing economy and how we can prepare to succeed: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dustin-timbrook/want-your-children-future-art-school_b_9131836.html?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003