Encore Robin Cogan: PACEs Connection goes Back to School

As the summer winds down, its time to go back to school. This month, we will examine America's school system. In recent years, COVID-19, school shootings, affirmation of LGBTQ students, institutional racism, critical race theory, teacher burnout, and parent's rights have transformed America's schools into cultural battlegrounds. As a result, students, teachers, and administrators are experiencing poor mental health outcomes, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout. In order to determine how our nation's schools have gotten to this point, our co-hosts will interview school professionals and engage in critical discussions from a trauma-informed perspective. Please join us for our conversation with the award-winning school nurse, Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN. She is a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN) in her 22nd year as a New Jersey school nurse in the Camden City School District. Robin is the New Jersey State School Nurses Association Director to the National Association of School Nurses. We will talk with her about the impact and opportunities we have in returning to school for the 2022-2023 school year