May 15, 2018, KVRR—TV, Fargo, ND: Mental Health Professionals Talk Children’s Mental Well-Being—A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR COULD HINT AT A BIGGER PROBLEM
http://www.kvrr.com/2018/05/15/mental-health-professionals-talk-childrens-mental-well-being/
Flag Family Media, Prairie St. John’s, and Scheels put on a town hall with mental health professionals to talk about the mental well–being of children.
One panelist describes our society as an “anxious age” with so much going on around us. One of the big points of discussion was the impact of social media on children. …
“I think we see in the media and just in our own lives and in the school system increased behavior issues and a lot of people are searching for why is this. I think it’s important to remember that with children, and oftentimes behaviors are the symptoms of what they’re experiencing,” Monica McConkey, director of business development at Prairie St. John’s, said.
Those on the panel say when misbehavior comes from mental illness, using consequences like rewards and punishments won’t treat the problem. …
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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.
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What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless.
John Stone,
UK media editor, Age of Autism
The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
It seemed to me that with rising autism prevalence, you’d also see rising autism costs to society, and it turns out, the costs are catastrophic.
They calculated that in 2015 autism cost the United States $268 billion and they projected that if autism continues at its current rate, we’re looking at one trillion dollars a year in autism costs by 2025, so within five years.
Toby Rogers, PhD, Political economist
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