MacPhee: Schools and Educators Are Uniquely Positioned to Support Students’ Mental Health. Here Are 7 Things They Can Do [the74million.org]

Lara Kain 3/23/2210:30 AM

By John MacPhee, Photo: Getty Images, The 74 Million, March 14, 2022

President Joe Biden recently gave his first State of the Union address, highlighting the urgent need to address the youth mental health crisis exacerbated by the pandemic and providing recommendations for how the various institutions that serve and surround young people can do so.

Perhaps the most important of these institutions is the one where teens and young adults spend most of their time: their schools.

Although families, health care organizations, technology companies and other stakeholders can all play a role in helping young people, educators and school staff are uniquely poised to ensure a holistic approach to supporting youth mental health and preventing suicide as the pandemic lingers.

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Alyshia BoagniMember

How are rural areas and states new to ACEs sciences and resources addressing universal screening when there is lack of access to evidence based and or appropriate trauma-informed resources and interventions? How are schools and systems addressing the ethical dilemma that universal screening poses when mental health resources are limited?

3/24/2211:45 AM

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