Released in August 2024, Dr. John McKenna and Dr. Walt Polka publish the third book in their “Effectively Leading Through Crisis” trilogy, “𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆”. Published by Roman & Littlefield! (Now Bloomsbury Publishing), this book provides readers with key research-based and pragmatically tested approaches and processes to deal with the unprecedented mental health issues prevalent in today’s schools, families, and communities. Practicing educators and researchers representing various backgrounds, leadership roles, and learning contexts provide insights about appropriate and effective personal, professional, and organizational programs, projects, and activities that may be implemented to address the social-emotional learning needs of people within school communities.

Dr. McKenna will be presenting this book in Lake Placid with some of the authors at the School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS) Annual Conference in October 2024.

You can find the books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Kindle Store, and at Roman & Littlefield.