First, I
would like to applaud the blog on Better Mental Health = More Successful
Students. Kristen Pekarek did a great job of conveying the importance of
addressing mental health in our students to the education community. As a
social worker, this is one of my many tasks and it is difficult to meet these
students’ needs. Unfortunately, Ms. Pekarek is correct about the lack of follow
through when students are recommended for mental health services. I am very
glad this issue is gaining national attention and I look forward to the results.
This blog
did a great job of providing current and past resources and examples on the
topic of mental health. As I move forward, I will spend time reading the recent
report and learning about the lessons given by the 11 states. I will examine
the 56 pages of how schools have implemented, encouraged sustainability and
addressed schools climate. The blog provide a website to learn more about an
organization working directly with health care in schools. Thereon, I will book mark this website in
order to review and hopefully implement relevant strategies from the website in
my daily practices working with my students. Here is the link to view the blog
and learn more on mental health in students. http://t.co/Y7Je3bEiUS
Thanks for providing this resource to the rest of us, Lyssa. This is such an important topic and will become even more important in CPS for all of the students that had their school shuttered this year.
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