UConn CSCH

UConn CSCH

UConn CSCH: facilitating innovative and impactful connections across research, policy, and practice arenas to advance school and child health. CSCH is committed to social responsiveness in creating change.

Episodes

October 15, 2025 17 mins

UConn researchers discusses the development of a mobile phone application by researchers and adolescents to provide information about sexual and reproductive health in an engaging, culturally appropriate way.

Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests: 

  • Christina Ross, Assistant Professor, UConn Elisabeth DeLuca School of Nursing
  • Neha Raghuna...
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Connecticut researchers discuss how school districts planned to support social emotional supports in the aftermath of COVID-19, and what they did. 

Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests: 

  • Morgaen Donaldson, Associate Dean for Research and Professor in Educational Leadership, UConn Neag School of Education; Director of the UConn Cente...
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Kathleen Williamson of UConn and Tracy Stefano, East Hartford Public Schools (East Hartford, CT), introduce the Connecticut WSCC Partnership and its collaboration with the East Hartford Public Schools.

Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:  • Tracy Stefano, K-12 Supervisor of Health & Physical Education, East Hartford Public Schools • K...

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A discussion about Feeling Well: The Science and Practice of Emotional Well-Being, a UConn pop-up course on emotional well-being.

Hosts:

Amy Gorin, Vice Provost for Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Initiatives at the University of Connecticut

Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:           

  • Sandra ...
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A discussion about an initiative in Connecticut that uses restorative practices to reduce juvenile justice involvement and improve school mental health outcomes.

Host:   

Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:           

  • Kris Wraight, Restorative Justice Facilitator and Trainer
  • Jeana Brac...
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Description: CSCH interviews Christina Cipriano about her work in Emotion Science

Host:     Sandra Chafouleas, Co-Director of the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guest:   Christina Cipriano, Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and Director of the Education Collaboratory at Yale. (Former Director of Research at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.)

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The founders of the UConn Center for Advancing, Research, Methods, and Scholarship in Gun Injury Prevention talk about the impact of gun violence on kids’ health and the policies and practices that can address gun violence prevention.

Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:

Jennifer Dineen, Associate Professor in Residence, UConn School of Pu...

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CSCH Postdoctoral Scholars Jessica Koslouski and Kathleen Williamson describe the CSCH WSCC Blueprint tools geared to helping schools implement the WSCC model.

Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

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Three UConn professors discuss the benefits of nature and how to get outside.

Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:

  • Jean Coffey, Clinical Professor in the UConn School of Nursing and CSCH Steering Committee member
  • Damion Grasso, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at UConn Health, and CSCH Steering Committee member
  • Cynthia Jones,...
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CSCH Director of Programs & Communications Helene Marcy interviews the creators of Feel Your Best Self, a toolkit that uses puppets to teach children strategies that promote emotional well-being.

Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:

  • Sandra Chafouleas, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in UConn’s Department of Educational Ps...
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Description: CSCH Co-Director Sandra Chafouleas interviews a panel of experts on the state of social emotional learning in Connecticut

Hosts: Sandra Chafouleas, CSCH Co-Director and UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education

Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:

  • Jeana Bracey, Associate Vice President of School and Community...
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March 23, 2022 19 mins

Description: CSCH Co-Director Sandra Chafouleas interviews Richard Hiskes about his thoughts on the human rights of children

Hosts: Sandra Chafouleas, CSCH Co-Director and UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education

Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests: Richard Hiskes, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Human Rights at t...

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Description: CSCH Program Manager interviews UConn researchers about a NIOSH-funded project promoting teacher well-being.

Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests: Jenn Cavallari, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn School of Medicine; Alicia Dugan, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UConn School of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Enviro...

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Description: CSCH Program Manager interviews Leah Lessard.

Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests: Leah Lessard, Postdoctoral Fellow, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity

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Leah Lessard website

UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health Social Media Links

Leah Lessard on Twitt...

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Description: CSCH Program Manager interviews a panel of experts on the importance of physical activity.

Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:

Jaci VanHeest Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology in the UConn Neag School of Education and Director, UConn Public Health Learning Community

Nneka Arinze, Graduate of UConn’s Sports Management doctoral program ...

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Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews a panel of experts on child wellness.

Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:

Jeana Bracey, Associate Vice President of School and Community Initiatives at the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut (CHDI)

Michelle Doucette Cunningham, Executive Director of the Connecticut After School Network and founder of ...

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Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews a panel of experts on family wellness.

Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:

Beth Russell, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at UConn and Director of the Center for Applied Research in Human Development

Alice Forrester, CEO of the Clifford Beers Clinic based in Greater New Hav...

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Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews a panel of experts on school staff wellness.

Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:

Lisa Sanetti, Professor of Educational Psychology in the Neag School of Education and CSCH Steering Committee member

Ravit Stein, Director of Psychological and Behavioral Consultation Services at EASTCONN

Taylor Koriakin, Educational and Be...

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Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews CSCH Affiliate Jesse Mala about his research looking at the relationship between sport & physical activity and working memory & perceptions of school climate among youth living in poverty.

Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests: Jesse Mala, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at ...

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Description: CSCH Program Manager Helene Marcy interviews CSCH Co-Director Sandra Chafouleas and Amy Briesch about the NEEDs2 project (funded by the Institute of Education Sciences) which explored what school personnel and families think about the role for schools in student social, emotional, and behavioral screening

Host: Helene Marcy, Program Manager, UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests: Sandra Chafouleas, Boar...

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