The Professional Development and Advisory Committee is an open meeting. Registration is not required but if you sign up, you will receive automatic email reminders and an option to add the meeting to your calendar.

A Zoom Link button is on the PDAC web page https://www.rccmhc.org/pdac

Or you can use the direct Zoom link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89712293809

Meeting ID: 897 1229 3809

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Details: When a young person struggles to attend or participate in school, the reasons - and interventions - are rarely simple. Our panel of community experts will explore three connected areas:

1) Understanding school struggles: How anxiety, bullying, learning needs, relationships, and family

circumstances can affect attendance and engagement.

2) Strengthening connection: Practical ways to build trust, increase belonging, and reconnect with students after

absences or difficult experiences.

3) Working together: How school staff, community providers, and caregivers can develop coordinated plans that

respond to a young person’s needs.

We’ll also briefly share suggestions for returning after winter break, rebuilding routines, and supporting semester transitions. Leave with strategies for approaching school concerns with curiosity, partnership, and clear next steps. Seasonal resource updates will include emerging questions about MA changes and free tax-preparation assistance.