82. What Mental Health Changes Can Look Like

What changes are you noticing in the students and adults around you?

In this episode of The Language of Behavior, Josh and Charle discuss how stress and mental health needs often begin to show up as the school year gains momentum. They explore why October can be an important time to notice shifts in behavior, mood, engagement, attendance, organization, and energy.

The conversation reminds educators that they are not responsible for diagnosing students. Their role is to notice meaningful changes, document observable facts, start supportive conversations, and connect students to the appropriate resources. Josh and Charle also discuss how anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, medical needs, and home stress can show up differently from student to student.

They close by emphasizing that the quiet, compliant student may be carrying just as much as the student who is acting out. When adults look beyond behavior and pay attention to patterns, they are better able to support the whole child, and each other.

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About Charle Peck:

Charle Peck is the co-creator of Thriving School Community, a revolutionary program designed for schools to improve mental health. She holds an MS in Education and an MS in Social Work as a 20+ year veteran in education (K-12). As a global keynote speaker, she delivers powerful messages of hope to educators and facilitates meaningful professional development. Charle successfully equips school staff with practical tools to mitigate teacher burnout and the youth mental health crisis providing relief to schools all across the country. Her unique lens as a high school teacher turned clinical therapist specializing in trauma makes her stories relevant and captivating to educators struggling in today’s system. You can purchase her book “Improving School Mental Health: The Thriving School Community Solution” on Amazon and connect with her on X @CharlePeck.