Sept 12, 2018, KVRR, Fargo, ND: Local Students Receive Mental Health Assistance Courtesy of United Way https://www.kvrr.com/2018/09/12/local-students-receive-mental-health-assistance-courtesy-of-united-way/ Last year, United Way of Cass–Clay raised a record $6 million. As part of its mission, the organization used a portion of those funds to help education in Cass and Clay Counties…. For one district 30 miles away from Fargo, the power of United Way’s support goes far beyond the classroom. “It was with their funding last year that we were able to put a licensed therapist on our site one day a week, and that’s a game changer for services in the rural area,” said Cory Steiner, the Superintendent of Northern Cass Public Schools. According to the North Dakota Youth Risk Survey, one in four students are struggling with a mental health issue. … This year, the United Way looks to raise $6.25 million. If they reach their goal, Steiner hopes that some of that funding goes towards hiring a licensed therapist at the schools full–time…. “If we don’t start doing something about this now, we’re going to lose a generation of learners in our society,” said Steiner. Thanks to donations from United Way, 123 students at Northern Cass and West Fargo received access to mental health support at school.
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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.
Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism
http://www.ageofautism.com/media/
(John Dachel, Tech. assist.)
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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