Texas Creates Task Force To Address Students’ Post-Harvey Trauma [houstonpublicmedia.org]

Alicia Doktor 10/13/1712:00 PM

When the clouds darken and rain starts pouring down, many Houston-area elementary school students get nervous and start to sob — a sign of the long-lasting effects of watching the water levels rise during and after Hurricane Harvey.

For Donna Wotkyns, a licensed social worker in Houston, that reaction shows exactly why ramping up resources for long-term mental health services for Texas students is necessary.

“I’m a big believer in … support groups, getting together multiple children or youth who have experienced the same kinds of things that they experienced,” she said.

[For more on this story by ALIYYA SWABY, go to https://www.houstonpublicmedia...ost-harvey-trauma-2/]

Photo: Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribune. The gym at Kempner High School in Sugarland, in Fort Bend Co. southwest of Houston, was converted to a shelter during Hurricane Harvey.

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