PAPSA Provides October 10th Webinar Recording, Materials, and Resources
Helping Students Navigate Group Chat Drama:
From FOMO to Gossip and Beyond
Group chats are a popular way for students to socialize, but they can also bring drama, misunderstandings, and distractions.
In this webinar, PAPSA partnered with The Social Institute (TSI) to offer valuable tips for addressing drama and empowering students to navigate group chats with confidence, ultimately fostering stronger friendships and self-confidence. This session explored ways to strengthen culture, student well-being, and academic success by helping students handle cyber-related issues that can create barriers to learning, including:
- Ways to equip students with strategies to handle group chat drama respectfully.
- How to address common issues like cyberbullying, setting boundaries, and fostering self-confidence.
- Ways to facilitate ongoing conversations with students and promote healthy online interactions.
Our panel of experts from PAPSA and TSI combined their expertise and experience to provide attendees with an opportunity to learn strategies to help the students and staff we serve to address challenges they face on social media.
In addition to the webinar recording, we also provide related materials and resources from the webinar.
Click Here to Access the Recording and Related Materials & Resources
Welcome to PAPSA
The Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators (PAPSA) is a statewide 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of pupil services administrators with more than 470 members from among the 600 local educational entities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
PAPSA is an affiliate of the National Association of Pupil Services Administrators (NAPSA), a professional group representing pupil services administrators in all 50 states.
PAPSA members include central office administrators with such titles as Director of Pupil Services, Supervisor of Pupil Services, Director of Student Services, Supervisor of Student Services, Director of Special Education, Supervisor of Special Education, Director of Student Support Services, Assistant to the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent, and many variations that comprise the coordination of programs in the areas of counseling, psychology, nursing, social work, attendance, special education, gifted education, student assistance, and other related fields.
PAPSA is actively involved on behalf of its members and our mission with the General Assembly, State Board of Education, Department of Education, Department of Health, Education Policy and Leadership Center, and a host of other professional organizations such as PASNAP, PASAP, PASSWP; PASCD, PSEA, PaFT, PAESSP, PASA, PSBA, and others.
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