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New Toolkit Supports School Counselors in Advancing Youth Mental Health

Friday, April 3, 2026

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute of Leadership, Equity, and Justice (Proctor Institute) is proud to announce the release of A Toolkit for Culturally Responsive & Evidence-Based School Counseling. The publication offers school counselors practical guidance on delivering culturally responsive and evidence-based services in K–12 schools. It also emphasizes the interconnected roles that school counselors play, which are essential to students’ overall well-being, but are often overlooked within the school environment.

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New Report Integrates Police Perceptions into a Theoretical Framework

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute of Leadership, Equity, and Justice (Proctor Institute) is proud to announce the release of its latest report, “Police/Civilian Encounters: Integrating Police Perceptions into a Theoretical Framework.” The report is the third in a series of reports that examine police officers’ perspectives on their encounters with civilians during traffic stops, and it explores how those perspectives align with a theoretical framework developed by the author earlier in the series.

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