Building Relationships with Your Students and Staff: A Groundbreaking Conversation
September 19, 2022

Miyoshi Knox, Former Principal for Chicago Public Schools and Leadership Consultant for The Leadership Perspective and Darius Weatherspoon, Student Special Services Advocate, Chicago Public Schools’ Burnham Elementary (IL) engage in a no-holds-barred conversation about how they worked together to build trust with high-ACEs students and each other to turn around a failing Chicago school.

Improve Mental Health Outcomes: How to Support and Empower Students and Parents
June 15, 2022

Author, Leadership Expert, and Chairman and CEO, S. Graham & Associates, Stedman Graham is joined by ShaKenya Edison, M.Ed., PPS, Director of Student Support Services, for Menifee Union School District (CA) to share positive strategies to empower parents and caregivers to support their children through identity leadership to ultimately improve mental health of students and their families.

Fighting, Anxiety, and Lack of Motivation:  Ed Leaders share how to address students’ biggest COVID-related challenges
March 23, 2022

Jessica Hannigan, PBIS Behavioral Consultant and Professor of Educational Leadership, California State University, Fresno, Michael Murphy, Dean of Discipline, Harold L. Richards High School, Community High School District 218 (IL), and Tina Tyler Smith, Director of Student Services and Dropout Prevention Specialist, Delano Union School District (CA) share concrete steps to support students’ behavior and address the challenges and trauma that fuel that behavior—even as they continue to grapple with effects of the COVID-19.

Incorporating SEL for Student-Centered, Equity-Focused Education
October 14, 2021

Presenters include the 2018 AASA Superintendent of the Year, David Schuler, High School District 214 (IL), Vanessa Buitrago, Principal, School of Engineering and Sciences, Sacramento City Unified School District (CA), and Jennifer Wells, Social-Emotional Learning and Student Development Coordinator, Round Lake Area School District (IL).  From their differing leadership perspectives, they share how to better meet each student’s unique needs, as well as how to use real-time data and innovative tools to improve culture and climate, academics, and behavior.

Equity-Driven SEL That Works
September 14, 2021

Jasmine Lamitte, Director of Mental Health & Support Services, KIPP SoCal Public Schools (CA), and Lydia Lower, Director of Educational Services, Mariposa County Unified School District and Mariposa County Office of Education (CA) share how they leveraged innovative policies, platforms, and programs to create trauma-informed schools and districts to effectively support students’ SEL and mental health.

Extending the Reach and Depth of Mental Health Treatment through Technology. Ron Prator, PhD, (CIU20 and Resolve Behavioral Health)
October 1, 2020

At the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) 2020 Annual Conference, Dr. Ron Prator shares how as part of a pilot study, Ripple Effects programs were used in their school-based partial hospitalized treatment program to enhance treatment and customize individual plans with youth agency in the design of their own treatment outcomes. Discussion of how the programs were used start at 33 minutes and the outcomes seen at 37 minutes.

Distance Learning Strategies for SEL/Mental Health Supports
September 15, 2020

Watch an esteemed panel of district and CMO leaders discuss their best practices and strategies for delivering SEL & Mental Health Supports in a distance learning environment. Learn how they’re uniquely supporting their students and staff during the opening weeks of school and their plans as they move forward.

How Four Districts and an Educational Cooperative Provide SEL and Mental Health Services Via Distance Learning
June 16, 2020

Learn about the strategies and practices that district and educational leaders in CA, KY, MO, and PA are using to support their students and staff via distance learning. Discover the steps they took in their districts to deliver effective supports to students outside of school. They also share sources for funding, external supports and other community resources they leverage to deploy solutions.

Using technology to improve behavior and SEL access

The superintendent of Delhi Unified School District (CA) and the associate director of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative share how they use technology to improve behavior and SEL access for their students. From a small district in the central valley of California to a consortium of 23 school districts in eastern Kentucky, learn how they utilize Ripple Effects’ technology-based behavioral support/intervention and social emotional skills training programs to provide trauma responsive interventions to help their students succeed inside and outside of school.

Ripple Effects Recognized by SIIA as Best PreK/Early Childhood Learning Solution

The Software & Information Industry (SIIA) annual CODiE Awards program named Bouncy’s Ready to Learn Resilience Program the best PreK/Early Childhood Learning Solution of 2023. The prestigious CODiE Awards recognizes companies producing the most innovative education technology products across the country and around the world. The Ripple Effects team is honored to receive this recognition for their efforts to help our youngest learners grow and thrive with Bouncy.
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Alice Ray, Co-founder and Board Chair of Ripple Effects, Wins 2023 Myrna B. Shure Lifetime Achievement Award

At the 2023 National Social and Emotional Learning Conference, Center for the Promotion of Social and Emotional Learning and I Can Problem Solve awarded Alice Ray, co-founder and board chair of Ripple Effects, the 2023 Myrna B. Shure Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is named in honor of Dr. Shure, program developer of I Can Problem Solve (ICPS).
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EdTech Digest Honors Ripple Effects with Cool Tool Awards 2023.

Ripple Effects is honored to be recognized as a finalist in the EdTech Digest Cool Tool Awards 2023 for its full suite of PreK-12 digital social emotional learning programs which provide behavior and mental health supports for early learners, elementary and secondary learners.  Our team is delighted to be acknowledged for their commitment to helping learners thrive in school and in life.
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Three Tips to Bring Play-Based Learning to Your SEL Curriculum

One of the unique challenges I’ve had in my own classroom is how to address the limited social interaction and lack of structured learning environment that many students experienced during these past few years. Adjusting to the “new normal” of school led to an uptick of outbursts and other disruptive behaviors. In response, I’ve turned to play-based learning, which at its core is learning through the act of playing.
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Winner of two Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence.

We are pleased to announce that two of our products, Bouncy’s You Can Learn Resilience and Ripple Effects for Teens have won in this year’s Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2022.
The awards reward the very best products in the education technology industry from the last 12 months, and our products were deemed to be standouts within their sectors and were selected as winners.
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Using animatronics to help students regulate their emotions and prepare for learning

Dr. Maurice Elias, a professor in the Psychology Department at Rutgers University and director of the Rutgers Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab, and co-director of the Academy for Social-Emotional Learning in Schools shares how teachers can use animatronics, like Bouncy the Service Dog, to help students regulate their emotions and prepare for learning.
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Transforming from a Punitive to Restorative Disciplinary System

While my title, “Dean of Discipline,” may sound a bit strict and traditional, our school has recently implemented a strategy that is proving to be transformational for teachers and students. Like other high schools around the country, as we have emerged from the pandemic, we have experienced a spike in behavior issues ranging from fighting and insubordination to classroom disruptions and tardiness.
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eSchoolNews Profiles Ripple Effects Nominee and Hero Award recipient, Ann Hughes

Learn how Ann Hughes, Director of Student Intervention for Sanger ISD in Texas, leverages resources and programs like Ripple Effects for Teens to ensure that her students receive the supports they need to address mental health, personal trauma and academic challenges.
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Ripple Effects nominee, Dr. Ann Hughs, receives prestigious K-12 Hero Award from eSchoolNews

As one of only three recipients of the eSchoolNews K-12 Hero Awards, Dr. Hughes exemplifies a dedicated educator who works tirelessly to help her students receive the social and emotional support they need to thrive in school and in life!
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Valdosta City Schools welcomed Bouncy, a new stuffed service dog to teach positive behavioral expectations in a fun yet knowledgeable way. VCS officials said they started this department-wide for all Pre-K through first grade students to help teach their school motto, “ROAR.”
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Meet SEL challenges with technology, play and hugs
SmartBrief

It’s so important to empower our youngest learners to feel secure and strong to help them tackle all of the social-emotional challenges that lay ahead.
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Ripple Effects for Teens Designated by CASEL as a Recommended Program for Social and Emotional Learning

Program added to CASEL’s “Guide to Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs”
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Meet Bouncy the Service Dog

Podcast host and fulltime teacher, Jeff Bradbury, meets Bouncy the Service dog.
In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff talks with Anita Compart, an early childhood special education teacher, and Alice Ray, CEO of Ripple Effects about how Bouncy helps young learners to self-regulate to become engaged and resilient learners.
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Des Plaines School Uses Animatronic Therapy Dog to Empower Students

See how Des Plaines, Community Consolidated School District 62 used Bouncy the Service Dog, to help young children feel safe and learn how to self-calm when stressed.
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Bouncy is one of us, he’s part of our class
Journal & Topics Media Group

Bouncy is helping the children of Jane L. Westerhold Early Learning Center to build coping and stress management skills.
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Bouncy the Service Dog has arrived

Bouncy the Service Dog is here to help our youngest kids in PreK – 1
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