School counselors can be great resources! If you’re an avid reader, consider looking at memoirs or nonfiction about mental health careers and the field in general. How Will a Mental Health Career Program Impact My College Admissions Process?
The care coordinators are helping the middle schools identify unresolved behavioral health issues that can impede the students' academic progress. It notes that the care coordinators came from Sound Mental Health, and they have a significant role in crisis response, assessment and referral of students...
10. Regular Mental Health Check-Ins Stay Aware of Your Mental State Engaging in mental health check in activities for students allows for early detection and management of potential mental health issues. Many colleges offer resources for mental health assessments, counseling, and therapy that can be...
published by Elsevier, reports that middle schoolers from a predominantly Latinx community, with elevated levels of mental health problems, showed a reduction in symptoms during the early stages of the pandemic.
Marcella Pixleyis the author of three critically acclaimed books for young adults, includingReady to Fall.She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for poetry and holds a mast of letters from Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. She teaches writing to middle-schoolers in Massach...
This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and benefits of a 10-week summer program focused on closing the achievement gap for Black middle schoolers in a Black church. Black Churches Support Black Youth Black churches offer programming—including treatment and clinical care, supports, and ...
Children and young people with care-experience (e.g. foster, kinship and residential care) report poorer mental health and wellbeing than the general population. Despite an emerging evidence-base for intervention, it is not clear if current approaches create, exacerbate or mitigate outcome inequities...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara says isolation and stress produced by the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a toll on the mental health of students and staff.
"that would mandate mental health and wellness for middle and high schoolers." The report says that the bill would make it so students would have resources for help and schools would have standards for helping the students in distress. This kind of program could be great for North Dakota ...
At her school in St. Paul, Randall saw that lack of air conditioning had become a major problem for students and staff. Now, she said there are fewer headaches and the cooler air even helps the students manage their mental health.