{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Pursuing the Public Good","title":"Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis Through Connection","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1483,"description":"How can schools support the well being of their students? How do we create environments that foster belonging? In this episode of Pursuing the Public Good, Thomas Bailey, President of Teachers College, Columbia University interviews Dr. Mel Collier-Meek, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College and Dr. Claudia Fernandes, Vice President of Research and Evaluation at Born This Way Foundation. They discuss ways communities and educators can create the supportive spaces that children, and families, need.  And they discuss the importance of schools not doing  more, but by doing different things to improve student mental health. \n\nTo learn more about the Public Good Initiative at Teachers college, access transcripts of this episode and more, visit tc.edu/pursuingthepublicgood.\n\nCredits: Pursuing the Public Good is produced by The Office of the President, The Digital Futures Institute, and the Office of Institutional Advancement at Teachers College, Columbia University. This episode was edited by Billy Collins, with support from Joe Riina-Ferrie. Audio recording by Billy Collins.\n\nThe views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University. ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vJ4duPlpGCBHb_DGddVED2gl7KouCEb91eJfs5TxvcQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzUwODY0LzE3MTAy/ODAwNDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}