{"id":1546,"date":"2017-10-20T12:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T16:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2017-10-20T13:46:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:46:45","slug":"nacacreads-discuss-student-mental-health-on-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/10\/20\/nacacreads-discuss-student-mental-health-on-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"#NACACreads: Discuss Student Mental Health on Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cSiE5iE0QMs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=20&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>How much pressure is too much for college-bound students?<\/p>\n<p>Join us Tuesday for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/publications\/NACACreads\/\">#NACACreads<\/a> discussion of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/developmentalempathy.org\/at-what-cost-book\/\">At What Cost? Defending Adolescent Development in Fiercely Competitive Schools<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The hour-long Twitter chat, featuring author David L. Gleason, will kick off at 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPressure to succeed, in and of itself, is not necessarily unhealthy,\u201d Gleason notes in his book. \u201cHowever, too much pressure \u2014 for anyone \u2014 but especially for still-developing children and adolescents \u2014 can be dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In recent years, depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions have increased among youth at many competitive schools in the US and abroad. On Tuesday, join your colleagues for a conversation about how counselors and admission professionals can help students prepare for college in more healthy and balanced ways.<\/p>\n<p>New to #NACACreads?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teacherchallenge.edublogs.org\/step-3-twitter-chats\/\">Learn how to participate in a Twitter chat.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/publications\/NACACreads\/\">Read more about the club.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cSiE5iE0QMs\">Check out Gleason&#8217;s TEDx Talk.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at <\/em><em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much pressure is too much for college-bound students? Join us Tuesday for a #NACACreads discussion of At What Cost? Defending Adolescent Development in Fiercely Competitive Schools. The hour-long Twitter chat, featuring author David L. Gleason, will kick off at 9 p.m. ET. \u201cPressure to succeed, in and of itself, is not necessarily unhealthy,\u201d Gleason &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/10\/20\/nacacreads-discuss-student-mental-health-on-tuesday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#NACACreads: Discuss Student Mental Health on Tuesday<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,6],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-readiness","category-nacac-news","tag-nacacreads"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-oW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}