UConn CSCH: Recent Episodes
UConn CSCH
UConn CSCH: facilitating innovative and impactful connections across research, policy, and practice arenas to advance equity in school and child health. CSCH is committed to anti-racist work that prioritizes inclusion, reduces disparities, and creates systemic change.
UConn researchers discusses the development of a mobile phone application by researchers and adolescents to provide information about sexual and reproductive health in an engaging, culturally appropriate way.
Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
- Christina Ross, Assistant Professor, UConn Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing
- Neha Raghunath, Research Assistant, UConn
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Christina Ross Faculty Page
Christina Ross Email: christina.ross@uconn.edu
Ross Pro Ash Innovations
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH) website
CSCH Social Media Links:
BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Threads
Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
The Zuri App: educating Black female adolescents about sexual and reproductive health was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in September 2025.
Copyright © 2025 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Connecticut researchers discuss how school districts planned to support social emotional supports in the aftermath of COVID-19, and what they did.
Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
- Morgaen Donaldson, Associate Dean for Research and Professor in Educational Leadership, UConn Neag School of Education; Director of the UConn Center for Education Policy Analysis, Research, and Evaluation
- Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Neag Endowed Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, UConn Neag School of Education; Co-Director, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
- Michael Strambler, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University; Director of Child Wellbeing and Education Research, the Consultation Center, Yale University
- T. Lee Morgan, Senior Learning and Evaluation Officer, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; (previously on Educational Leadership faculty at Sacred Heart University)
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Center for Connecticut Education Research Collaboration (CCERC) website
Project Discussed: Identifying Effective and Equitable Socio-Emotional Supports for Students and Educators
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH) website
CSCH Social Media Links:
BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn
Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Pandemic funding and social-emotional supports in Connecticut schools was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in February 2025.
Copyright © 2025 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Kathleen Williamson of UConn and Tracy Stefano, East Hartford Public Schools (East Hartford, CT), introduce the Connecticut WSCC Partnership and its collaboration with the East Hartford Public Schools.
Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
• Tracy Stefano, K-12 Supervisor of Health & Physical Education, East Hartford Public Schools
• Kathleen Williamson, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, UConn
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Connecticut WSCC Partnership website
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH) website
UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health website
East Hartford Public Schools website
WSCC Blueprints
CSCH Social Media Links:
BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Threads
Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
The Connecticut WSCC Partnership: the First Year in East Hartford was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in December 2024.
Copyright © 2024 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
A discussion about Feeling Well: The Science and Practice of Emotional Well-Being, a UConn pop-up course on emotional well-being.
Hosts:
Amy Gorin, Vice Provost for Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Initiatives at the University of Connecticut
Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
- Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Neag Endowed Professor, UConn Department of Educational Psychology; Co-Director of the Collaboratory on School and Child Health
- Karen McComb, Director of Health Promotion and Community Impact at UConn Student Health and Wellness.
- Beth Russell, Associate Professor UConn Department of Human Development and Family Sciences; Co-Director of the Collaboratory on School and Child Health; Director of the Center for Applied Research in Human Development
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
Organization Websites
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH)
UConn Student Health and Wellness
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
UConn M3EWB Network (Mechanisms Underlying Mind-Body Interventions & Measurement of Emotional Well-Being)
Social Media Links
@uconncsch on Instagram
@UConn CSCH on Linkedin
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas and Beth Russell.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only. Feeling Well: The Science and Practice of Emotional Well Being was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in December 2023.
Copyright © 2023 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
A discussion about an initiative in Connecticut that uses restorative practices to reduce juvenile justice involvement and improve school mental health outcomes.
Host:
Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
- Kris Wraight, Restorative Justice Facilitator and Trainer
- Jeana Bracey, Associate Vice President of School and Community Initiatives, Child Health and Development Institute
- Yecenia Casiano, Senior Project Coordinator, Child Health and Development Institute
- Beth Russell, Associate Professor, UConn Department of Human Development and Family Sciences; Co-Director UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health; Director, Center for Applied Research in Human Development
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
The Connecticut School-Based Diversion Initiative
Organization Websites
The Child Health and Development Institute
Kris Wraight Website
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Social Media Links
@CHDICT on Facebook
@CHDICT on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced, directed, and edited by Helene Marcy. This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only. Restorative Justice and the School-Based Diversion Initiative was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in April 2023.
Copyright © 2023 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH interviews Christina Cipriano about her work in Emotion Science
Host: Sandra Chafouleas, Co-Director of the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guest: Christina Cipriano, Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and Director of the Education Collaboratory at Yale. (Former Director of Research at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.)
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
Organization Websites
The Education Collaboratory at Yale
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
The Urban Assembly
Trajectory of Hope
SEL programs mentioned:
Second Step
RULER
PATHS
SEL Research mentioned:
Social and Emotional Learning Observation Checklist for Elementary School (SELOC-ES)
Project Flourish
The Impact of Enhancing Students’ Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions: analyzed 213 USB SEL studies that took place through the end of 2007.
The State of Evidence for Social and Emotional Learning: A Contemporary Meta-Analysis of Universal School-Based SEL Interventions
Social Media Links
Chris Cipriano on Twitter
Yale Child Study Center on Twitter
Yale Child Study Center on Facebook
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence on Twitter
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence on Facebook
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced and directed by Sandra Chafouleas. Edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Why Social and Emotional Learning Matters - the Work of Chris Cipriano and Team was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in April 2023.
Copyright © 2023 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
The founders of the UConn Center for Advancing, Research, Methods, and Scholarship in Gun Injury Prevention talk about the impact of gun violence on kids’ health and the policies and practices that can address gun violence prevention.
Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
Jennifer Dineen, Associate Professor in Residence, UConn School of Public Policy
Kerri Raissian, Associate Professor, UConn School of Public Policy
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
Websites
InCHIP Gun Violence Prevention Research Interest Group
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
UConn School of Public Policy
READI Program in Chicago
Extreme Risk Protection Orders
How Sandy Hook Changed the Legal Environment" Panel Discussion Hosted by UConn ARMS
Jaclyn Schildkraut
Social Media Links
@ARMS_GVP_RIG on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
The Impact of Gun Violence on Kids’ Health was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in March 2023.
Copyright © 2023 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
CSCH Postdoctoral Scholars Jessica Koslouski and Kathleen Williamson describe the CSCH WSCC Blueprint tools geared to helping schools implement the WSCC model.
Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
- Jessica Koslouski, CSCH Postdoctoral Scholar
- Kathleen Williamson, CSCH Postdoctoral Scholar
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
WSCC Blueprints
WSCC: Think about the Link Project (Policy. Practice, and Process)
WellSAT WSCC Policy Evaluation Tool
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Implementation Science
Backwards Design explained in Policy Blueprint and Practice Blueprint
Congruence Theory explained in Policy Blueprint and Practice Blueprint
Social Media Links
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
- The WSCC Practice and Policy Blueprints - helping schools integrate health and learning was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in January 2023.
Copyright © 2023 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Three UConn professors discuss the benefits of nature and how to get outside.
Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
- Jean Coffey, Clinical Professor in the UConn School of Nursing and CSCH Steering Committee member
- Damion Grasso, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at UConn Health, and CSCH Steering Committee member
- Cynthia Jones, Professor Emeritus in the UConn Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
Jean Coffey Study about Prescribing Nature
Outside Perspectives
Nature Rx at UConn
UConn Today Article about NatureRx at UConn
Connecticut Trailfinder
TrailLink (includes downloadable mobile app)
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Social Media Links
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
How Kids and Young Adults Benefit from Nature was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in November 2022.
Copyright © 2023 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
CSCH Director of Programs & Communications Helene Marcy interviews the creators of Feel Your Best Self, a toolkit that uses puppets to teach children strategies that promote emotional well-being.
Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
- Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in UConn’s Department of Educational Psychology in the UConn Neag School of Education and Co-Director of the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
- Emily Wicks, Co-Interim Director of the UConn Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
- Emily Iovino, Postdoctoral Scholar at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and the Neag School of Education in the Department of Educational Psychology.
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
Feel Your Best Self
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
UConn Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
UConn Neag School of Education
UConn School of Fine Arts
Social Media Links
Feel Your Best Self on Facebook
Feel Your Best Self on Twitter
Feel Your Best Self on Instagram
Feel Your Best Self on Pinterest
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Ballard on Twitter
Ballard on Facebook
Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Puppets and Emotional Well-being: The Making of the Feel Your Best Self Toolkit was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in November 2022.
Copyright © 2022 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Co-Director Sandra Chafouleas interviews a panel of experts on the state of social emotional learning in Connecticut
Hosts: Sandra Chafouleas, CSCH Co-Director and UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education
Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
- Jeana Bracey, Associate Vice President of School and Community Initiatives at the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut (CHDI)
- Michelle Doucette Cunningham, Executive Director of the Connecticut After School Network and founder of the Social Emotional Learning Alliance of Connecticut (SEL4CT)
- Zachary Munroe, Assistant Principal at Maple Hill Elementary in Naugatuck
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
CHDI School Based Mental Health Resources
Social Emotional Learning Alliance of Connecticut
Maple Hill Elementary
UConn Neag School of Education
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
State of CT Resources:
Connecticut State Department of Education SEL Resources
State of CT Components of Social, Emotional and Intellectual Habits: K-3
Recent Legislation passed by the Connecticut General Assembly:
Senate Bill 1 (Act Concerning Childhood Mental and Physical Health Services in Schools)
Senate Bill 2 (Act Expanding Preschool and Mental and Behavioral Services for Children)
House Bill 5001 (Act Concerning Children’s Mental Health)
Social Media Links
CHDI on Twitter
SEL4CT on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas and Jess Koslouski. Directed by Sandra Chafouleas. Edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
The State of Social Emotional Learning in Connecticut was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in May 2022.
Copyright © 2022 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Co-Director Sandra Chafouleas interviews Richard Hiskes about his thoughts on the human rights of children
Hosts: Sandra Chafouleas, CSCH Co-Director and UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education
Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests: Richard Hiskes, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
Richard Hiskes Faculty Page
Richard Hiskes book: Suffer the Children: a Theoretical Foundation for the Human Rights of the Child
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
UConn Human Rights Institute
The Educator’s Institute for Human Rights
Social Media Links
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas.
Directed by Sandra Chafouleas and Helene Marcy. Edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Do Children Have Human Rights? was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in March 2022.
Copyright © 2022 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager interviews UConn researchers about a NIOSH-funded project promoting teacher well-being.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests: Jenn Cavallari, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn School of Medicine; Alicia Dugan, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UConn School of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Lisa Sanetti, Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, UConn Neag School of Education (school psychology program)
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Jenn Cavallari Faculty Page
Alicia Dugan Faculty Page
Lisa Sanetti Faculty Page
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Center for Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW)
Twitter: @DrSanetti @UConnCSCH @CPH-NEW
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas and Helene Marcy.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Supporting Teacher Well-Being Using a Total Worker Health® Approach was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in January 2022.
“Total Worker Health®” is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Participation by University of Connecticut does not imply endorsement by HHS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
This podcast episode was supported by Grant Number Grant 1 U19 OH012299-01 from the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIOSH.
Copyright © 2022 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager interviews Leah Lessard.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests: Leah Lessard, Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
Leah Lessard website
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Social Media Links
Leah Lessard on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas and Helene Marcy.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Using Peer Influence to Reduce Weight-Based Bullying was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in September 2021.
Copyright © 2021 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager interviews a panel of experts on the importance of physical activity.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
Jaci VanHeest Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology in the UConn Neag School of Education and Director, UConn Public Health Learning Community
Nneka Arinze, Graduate of UConn’s Sports Management doctoral program and Program Leader, UConn HuskySport
Cassandra Rowett, Physical Education and health teacher, E.O. Smith High School, Mansfield, CT and adjunct professor of health, physical education, and kinesiology at Eastern Connecticut State University
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Thinking about the Link between Health and Learning: Physical Activity (Video)
WSCC Practice Brief: Physical Activity (includes strategies that those working in schools can use to promote evidence-based physical activity practices)
The Boy Who Learned How to Play (CSCH Live Talk by Jaci VanHeest, October 2017)
Social Media Links
Jaci VanHeest on Twitter
UConn HuskySport on Twittter
E.O. Smith High School on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandra Chafouleas and Helene Marcy.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
The Importance of Physical Activity on Wellness was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in April 2021.
This podcast series was made possible in part by funding from the Neag Foundation, which serves as a philanthropic force for positive change in education, health, and human services initiatives.
Copyright © 2021 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews a panel of experts on child wellness.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
Jeana Bracey, Associate Vice President of School and Community Initiatives at the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut (CHDI)
Michelle Doucette Cunningham, Executive Director of the Connecticut After School Network and founder of SEL4CT, the Social Emotional Learning Alliance of Connecticut.
Damion Grasso, licensed Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at UConn Health.
Resources
Read a transcript of the podcast.
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
UConn Health Psychological Trauma Clinic
UConn Health Family Adversity and Resilience Research Program
Epidemic-Pandemic Impacts Inventory (EPII)
Mental Health Crisis Intervention Services/Mobile Crisis Intervention Services – Connecticut
WrapCT
Connecticut Talk it Out Line
Gizmo’s Pawesome Pledge for Mental Health
Suicide Prevention Public Health Alert & Call to Action!
Social Media Links
CHDI on Twitter
SEL4CT on Twitter
Connecticut After School Network on Twitter
Damion Grasso on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandy Chafouleas, Emily Iovino and Helene Marcy.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
CSCH Spotlight on Well-being During COVID: Child Wellness was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in December 2020.
This podcast series was made possible in part by funding from the Neag Foundation, which serves as a philanthropic force for positive change in education, health, and human services initiatives.
Copyright © 2020 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews a panel of experts on family wellness.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
Beth Russell, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at UConn and Director of the Center for Applied Research in Human Development
Alice Forrester, CEO of the Clifford Beers Clinic based in Greater New Haven
Emily Iovino, Postdoctoral Researcher at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and Nationally Certified School Psychologist
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Resources
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
CAHRD
Clifford Beers
Clifford Beers WarmLine: 1-844-TALK-4-CT
Social Media Links
Clifford Beers on Twitter
Emily Iovino on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandy Chafouleas, Emily Iovino and Helene Marcy.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
CSCH Spotlight on Well-being During COVID: Family Wellness was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in October 2020.
This podcast series was made possible in part by funding from the Neag Foundation, which serves as a philanthropic force for positive change in education, health, and human services initiatives.
Copyright © 2020 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews a panel of experts on school staff wellness.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests:
Lisa Sanetti, Professor of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education and CSCH Steering Committee member
Ravit Stein, Director of Psychological and Behavioral Consultation Services at EASTCONN
Taylor Koriakin, Educational and Behavioral Consultant, EASTCONN and CSCH Affiliate
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Resources
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health (CSCH)
CSCH Brief: Connecticut School Administrator Perspectives on Priorities During COVID-19
School Psychology Program at UConn
EASTCONN Psychological and Behavioral Consultation Department
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Total Worker Health Program
Social Media Links
Lisa Sanetti on Twitter
Ravit Stein on Twitter
Taylor Koriakin on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Sandy Chafouleas, Emily Iovino, & Helene Marcy.
Directed and edited by Helene Marcy.
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
CSCH Spotlight on Well-being During COVID: School Employee Wellness was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in October 2020.
This podcast was made possible in part by funding from the Neag Foundation, which serves as a philanthropic force for positive change in education, health, and human services initiatives.
Copyright © 2020 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews CSCH Affiliate Jesse Mala about his research looking at the relationship between sport & physical activity and working memory & perceptions of school climate among youth living in poverty.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests: Jesse Mala, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of Connecticut
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Resources
UConn Department of Educational Leadership
UConn Sport Management Program
UConn Husky Sport
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Social Media Links
Jesse Mala on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
The potential impact of sport and physical activity on youth living in poverty was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in August 2020. Copyright © 2020 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews CSCH Co-Director Sandra Chafouleas and Amy Briesch about the NEEDs2 project (funded by the Institute of Education Sciences) which explored what school personnel and families think about the role for schools in student social, emotional, and behavioral screening
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests: Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Neag Professor of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education and CSCH Co-Director
Amy Briesch, Associate Professor of Applied Psychology in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University and graduate of UConn school psychology doctoral program
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Resources
NEEDs2 Project website
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Social Media Links
Sandra Chafouleas on Twitter
Amy Briesch on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Helene Marcy & Sandy Chafouleas Directed and edited by Helene Marcy
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only. What school personnel and parents think about the role schools play in identifying and supporting kids’ social, emotional, and behavioral needs was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in August 2020. Copyright © 2020 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews CSCH Co-Director Sandra Chafouleas and CSCH Affiliate Emily Iovino about their study looking at how the caregivers of children with developmental disabilities define and view their own self-care
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests: Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education and CSCH Co-Director Emily Iovino, doctoral student, UConn school psychology program and CSCH Affiliate
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Resources
CSCH Brief – Stress: Family Caregivers of Children with Disabilities
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Social Media Links
Sandra Chafouleas on Twitter
Emily Iovino on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Produced by Helene Marcy & Sandy Chafouleas Directed and edited by Helene Marcy
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only. The Self-Care of Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in January 2020. Copyright © 2020 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews CSCH Affiliate Ryan Watson about his research on sexual and gender minority youth and their substance abuse.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guest: Ryan Watson, Assistant Professor in Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Glossary of LGBTQ Terms, Human Rights Campaign
https://www.hrc.org/resources/glossary-of-terms
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
Human Rights Campaign
Ryan Watson’s Department Page
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health website
UConn Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Social Media Links
Ryan Watson on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Dr. Watson's research project is funded through a National Institutes of Health (NIDA) R03 Small Research Grant Program.
Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
LGBTQ Youth and Substance Abuse was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in November 2019. Copyright © 2019 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews CSCH Affiliate Ryan Watson about his research on disparities in access to HIV prevention tools among young men who have sex with men.
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guest: Ryan Watson, Assistant Professor in Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
Human Rights Campaign
Ryan Watson’s Department Page
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health website
UConn Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Social Media Links
Ryan Watson on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Twitter
@UConnCSCH on Facebook
Dr. Watson's research project is funded through a National Institutes of Health (NIDA) K01 Career Development Award.
Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.
Disparities in HIV Prevention Tools was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in November 2019. Copyright © 2019 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews CSCH Co-Director Sandra Chafouleas and CSCH Steering Committee Member Marlene Schwartz about their work developing the WellSAT WSCC Tool
Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Guests: Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education and CSCH Co-Director Marlene Schwartz, Professor in Human Development and Family Sciences, Director of the UConn Rudd Center and CSCH Steering Committee Member
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
WellSAT WSCC Tool
UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Produced by Helene Marcy & Sandy Chafouleas Directed and edited by Helene Marcy
This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only. What is the WellSAT WSCC? was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in September 2019. Copyright © 2019 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved.
CSCH Steering Committee member Lisa Sanetti interviews CSCH affiliates Xiaomei Cong and Angela Starkweather about their work in the UConn Center for Advancement in Managing Pain
Host: Lisa Sanetti, Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education
Guests: Xiaomei Cong, Professor, School of Nursing and Director, Center for Advancement in Managing Pain Angela Starkweather, Professor, School of Nursing
Read a transcript of the podcast.
Read the CSCH Report on Team Science CSCH Team Science Principles in School and Child Health Research.pdf
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast Team Science Toolkit – National Cancer Institute
International Network for the Science of Team Science (holds annual team science conference)
UConn Center for Advancement in Managing Pain (CAMP) (including information about the annual Pain Symposium)
Produced by Lisa Sanetti & Helene Marcy Directed and edited by Taijek Mike Using a Team Science Approach to Advance Pain Research was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in February 2019.
Copyright © 2019 by the University of Connecticut. All rights reserved. This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.