Leverage family engagement to offer the mental health support your students and their families need right now.
Better Student Mental Health Starts with Family Engagement
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Middle School Family Engagement is Here!
Announcing the first comprehensive, year-round, evidence-based middle school family engagement curriculum.
Family Engagement in Uncertain Times
Parents share their experience of staying connected to school and community through Ready4K family engagement text messages.
Ready for Grade 5 Families
By Françoise Lartigue, M.Ed., Ready4K senior content and curriculum specialist When I was in the throes of parenting...
Transition Time Tips for Kids of All Ages
By April Hawkins, marketing manager, and Françoise Lartigue, content manager Last month, I left a demanding school...
Trauma-Informed: Everyone Needs Protectors
Ready4K trauma informed helps educational leaders support families through loss, change, injustice and trauma.
5 Literacy Skills Parents Love to Practice
By April Hawkins, marketing manager Literacy skills can be fun for parents and caregivers. I learned this firsthand...
You Are Not Alone: Building Mental Health Awareness in 2021
By Françoise Lartigue, Ready4K content manager A few weeks ago I ran into a good friend whom I hadn’t seen in awhile....
The Results are In: Parent Feedback on Ready4K Trauma-Informed
A year of trauma-informed family engagement surveys means lots of key insights. See what families have to say for yourself.
Feelings First
By Rebecca Honig, director of content and curriculum Every day, for the past 4 months, my 9-year-old daughter asks the...
Case Study: A Safety Net and a Springboard
By Curran Mahowald, partnerships manager Preventing and mitigating the effects of trauma was already a focus back in...
On Finding Footing
By the Ready4K Team When the weight of the world is heavy, it can feel hard to know where and how to place your feet...
That Friday Dance Feeling
By Rebecca Honig, director of content The screeching started at 6:00am on a Monday morning. I raced to my son’s room...
On Development and Dreams
By Rebecca Honig, director of content & curriculum This weekend I had an opportunity to listen in to a mixed age...
SEL & Self-Care for Kids, Grown-Ups, and YOU
By Mary Westervelt, director of marketing and communications We had a great time with everyone who joined us on Dec....
“Recalculating…”: Calm-Down Strategies for Every Age
By Francoise Lartigue, content manager Lately I feel like an old GPS system. The kind that announces it is...
Connecting Families to Community Resources: Lessons Learned
The lessons we’ve learned will help you get community resources into families’ hands. As importantly, it will get those resources used by the families that need them.
When You’ve Got BIG Feelings
As we enter the school year, with so much uncertainty… one thing IS certain. We are ALL going show up, whether in person or virtually, with BIG FEELINGS.
Webinar: Innovative Approaches to Support Families of Young Children
Parent input and feedback has never been more critical to school planning. You need to know what parents are thinking and feeling. Learn survey-based family feedback strategies get the input you really need, in a way that ensures parents feel heard.
Make Your Lifeline Unmissable
By Fran Lartigue, Ready4K content manager About 8 years ago, when my twins had just turned 1, my daughter was 4 and my...