‘So much need’: How one group is helping teachers with mental health
In March, a student at a Denver high school shot and wounded two staff members. He died by suicide later that day.
When Cary Pew arrived at the high school to teach a trauma workshop to the faculty and staff, the most common thing he heard was that they didn’t have the capacity to deal with the events. “We don’t have time to think and feel about this. We’ve got standardized tests that we need to get done. We’re just trying to get to the summer,” the teachers told him.
Mr. Pew, who is working toward clinical licensure, would offer validation – and a new perspective.
“I often make the reflection of: ‘Yes. On the one hand, you can’t feel those feelings because you need to
