Educator-Author Christy Wopat on Talking About Grief and Rethinking Labels and the Expression of Emotions in School

Dr. Elisabeth Page interviews educator and author Christy Wopat (with co-host Deb Johnston) on “Mindful Happy Kids” about her teaching background, writing journey, picture book, Always Ours, and middle grade novel, Overruled. Christy describes the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse Paid Teacher Residency Program addressing the special education teacher shortage through a yearlong residency with two mentors and a $30,000 stipend. She shares her memoir origins after the death of her premature tw...