Session Details

Pennsylvania’s Act 20 of 2026 requires school districts to complete a weekly, real-time wellness check with every student enrolled in a district-run cyber program. This full-day training prepares the staff who conduct those checks, whatever their role, to do more than confirm attendance. Participants will build a working knowledge of youth mental health, learn what distress looks like through a webcam, practice asking a student directly about suicide, and leave with a clear escalation plan that spells out who to call and when: the school counselor, county crisis, ChildLine, or 911. District teams will draft an escalation flowchart and documentation procedure to take back for administrative approval.

Date: Monday, November 16, 2026

Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Location: CSIU Main Building – Keystone

Format: In-Person

Act 48: Yes, 6 hrs

Cost: $100/per participant (Free for eToole members)

Lunch: Not Provided

Any school staff member who is responsible for completing, logging, and/or responding to Cyber Wellness Checks.

• Explain the weekly wellness check requirements of Act 20 of 2026 (Section 1327.4), including the missed-check timeline, documentation, and mandated reporting duties
• Recognize common signs of mental health challenges, trauma, and substance use in children and youth, and the cues that can be observed in a virtual setting
• Ask a student directly about suicide and respond to a “yes” using the Question, Persuade, Refer approach adapted for a screen
• Use a decision tree to decide when to document and monitor, refer to the counselor, call county crisis or 911, or make a ChildLine report
• Draft a district-specific escalation flowchart, contact list, and check-in documentation procedure for administrative review