![]() ![]() ![]() These services and resources address a variety of themes within a given community, ranging from basic needs to health and wellness, academic opportunity, college and career transition, and safety and justice. This process requires leaders to review what services are available in the school and wider community which students can be referred to or that schools can partner with to address student needs and gaps in programming. Asking open-ended questions, demonstrating respect for students, listening carefully, and using third person pronouns, such as asking What are some of the reasons teens might skip school, rather than Why are you skipping school, all support building trust and focusing on student’s voices.Īfter gathering and understanding students’ needs and challenges, school leaders can engage in asset mapping to develop appropriate and targeted programming. The Wraparound Guide advocates using a motivational interviewing approach where a school leader acts as a coach, rather than attempting to fix a problem. Building off of this foundation, school leaders can then work with students to identify what types of behavioral and life skills they need to achieve their goal and search for non-school partner organizations that can support the school in meeting those needs. We have included a few examples of student responses in the appendix so you can see their voices in action. These get to know you questions are often a helpful entry point in terms of determining what services they might need access to. These four questions allow us to connect at a deep level with each student as individuals as such we also employ these questions in groups with students’ families and community members. What helps you come back from something difficult?.When engaging in conversations with students, we begin with ‘getting to know you’ questions that tap into their values, hopes, and sources of strength including: ![]()
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