Nov 9, 2017, London, Ontario: The Gazette: Western to offer new after-hours, walk-in mental health clinic https://www.westerngazette.ca/news/western-to-offer-new-after-hours-walk-in-mental-health/article_0d982126-c57d-11e7-942d-9b256404e0ab.html Thanks to a three-year $236,000 grant from the London Community Foundation, students will have access to a confidential walk-in clinic at Western University beginning in late November. The grant will be used to bring in counsellors and cover their service fees.... “The fact that it came from the London Community Foundation shows strong support that students are members of this community,” said Mac McIntosh, USC's students programs officer. The USC sought the partnership because of student demand and the success of their crisis counselling pilot project last year.... Malone also notes that there has been an increase in mental health concerns over the past few years: physicians at Western sometimes spend 50 to 70 per cent of their days working with students with mental health concerns. She said that mental health issues interfere with academic success, so it is important to help optimize mental health.

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.