b'WILLIAM JAMES COLLEGE 3ensure that social, emotional, and behavioral healthexplore topics of critical importance, that featured needs are met so that our communities can thrive? presentations by Christopher Bellonci, MD, a Child/This pandemic has been the first event in decadesAdolescent and Adult Psychiatrist and vice president to present universally experienced consequences. Allfor Policy and Practice/Chief Medical Officer at Judge constituencies have experienced some impact fromBaker Childrens Center, and Laura Danna, LCSW-it and yet it has created both common trauma as wellBACS, the clinical director of Project Fleur-de-lis as the possibility of a new and universal experience(PFDL), a school-based mental health intervention of empathy, said Dr. Andr Ravenelle, executivedesigned in response to Hurricane Katrina to serve director of the newly-christened William Jamesthe children and families of New Orleans (NOLA). Center for Equity, Leadership, and Behavioral HealthWJC faculty members facilitated small group in Schools (formerly Teachers21).discussions after each presentation.Quarantine, social isolation, increased risk ofChildren and adolescents are probably more likely abuse and neglect, loss and separation from familyto experience high rates of depression and most likely members, and disruption to routines, including anxiety during and after this current crisis ends, sleep disturbance, are all impacts that can have Bellonci said, advocating for a public health approach far-reaching, long-term consequences if not in the collective response. The greatest predictor of properly addressed.resilience is collaboration and cohesiveness.The College convened a summer 2021 conferenceCaregiver wellbeing was a topic both keynote inviting educators and experts to come together topresenters touched on as well. Caregivers,'