Pandemic funding and social-emotional supports in Connecticut schools

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.