July 28, 2017, Los Angeles Times: Pasadena-based mental health agency to provide more direct on-site support for Magnolia Park students http://www.latimes.com/socal/burbank-leader/news/tn-blr-me-special-education-20170729-story.html A Pasadena-based mental health agency will provide more direct on-site educational support services for special-needs students enrolled at Magnolia Park School for the upcoming school year. The Burbank Unified School District contracted with Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services during a board meeting last week to provide services at Magnolia Park, which offers enrollment for elementary through high school students with significant behavioral and emotional challenges. ... According to the agency’s website, services offered include outpatient and school-based mental health services, wraparound/in-home services, psychiatric services, psychological testing, after-school tutoring and grief counseling. Hathaway-Sycamores’ services will not exceed $196,900 annually, according the staff report. Costs will be shared among the Burbank, Glendale and La Cañada unified school districts.
Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.