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Middle School Adds ‘Calming Room’ As Mental Health Resource

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – One school in Philadelphia has a new mental health resource. Tilden Middle School has added a “calming room” where students can chill out and relax. Just as the name says, it’s a ... read more

Do schools have enough mental health resources?

When a mental ... for another school psychologist and utilizes community resources to add support as well. This district has partnerships with community centers, including a school-based health center ... read more

Prison schools show exclusion is not the answer

You sit at the back of the room ... school at any one time had SEND. As a former SEND coordinator, I suspected another 20-30 per cent of those students had SEND but had no diagnosis. In addition, an i... read more

Combating Mental Health Issues In Public Schools

Yuster shared an incident involving a 15-year-old who was triggered after her classmate threw food at her in the middle of the lunch room. She said administrators called police even though they knew t... read more

Should schools screen for mental health issues?

teen started skipping school, erupting in angry outbursts, yelling at teachers and punching holes in walls or retreating to his room paralyzed by ... mass screenings could uncover mental health proble... read more

Unsatisfied with progress, Madison schools look to revamp behavior plan

Jay Affeldt, the district’s director of student physical, behavioral and mental health, said subtle changes ... funneled to their local neighborhood middle school. At the September Student Behavior Ad ... read more

The Best Way To Save People From Suicide

Even now, most mental health professionals have no idea what to do when a suicidal person walks through their door. They’re untrained, they’re under-resourced and, not surprisingly, their responses ca... read more

Meetings and support groups

Mental health support group for family and friends of the mentally ... Island Road Runners: 8:30 a.m. Saturdays at Grosse Ile Middle School and 5:30 p.m. Mondays at the Elizabeth Park Pavilion in Tren... read more

Hazelwood East, Riverview Gardens open clinics with Christian Hospital Foundation, CareSTL

“Our health is very important, be it physical health, mental ... those resources available to them to answer those questions,” Askew said. “We are here for that.” The health center at Hazelwood East w... read more

Minnesotans share stories in powerful St. Paul exhibit on mental health

Mandi Latzke stepped into a small, partly enclosed room ... of mental illness begin by age 14, 75 percent by age 24. The ramifications of not getting help can be lifelong: 37 percent of students with ... read more

Extending Mental Health Help to Vulnerable Kids

A student arrives late to school each morning ... Baltimore Mental-Health Hub The staff at the Harriet Lane Clinic strives to set a welcoming tone for families in the East Baltimore community. Clinici... read more

School board approves school resource officer memorandum

FCPS and the Fairfax County Police Department’s school resource officer program started in 1994, and the county now has a full-time officer assigned to every middle and ... of Public Health on Nov. 8, ... read more