Oct 13, 2018, Hutchinson (MN) Leader: Hills to climb https://www.crowrivermedia.com/hutchinsonleader/news/local/hills-to-climb/article_04627d7c-a7e3-5c09-8847-faeca2f0001b.html … A recent trend among the district's youngest learners has caught the attention of these educators. "Over the past five to seven years we have seen an increase in the difficult behavior at the elementary and preschool level," said Lisa Kraft, director of special services for Hutchinson Public Schools. "The main issue is dysregulation — Kids not having the skills to regulate their behavior." What does that mean? "Students may not engage in anything that is happening in the classroom," Kraft said. "They are really focused on what they want to do. Taking directions from others is really difficult when they're used to doing what they would like."... "I'm finding kids are coming to school and when they are angry their anger is so strong," said Anne Broderius, West Elementary principal. "They will, for example, make a mess in the classroom."… "I think things stem from family interaction," she said. "I wonder about how technology impacts families. … "Our children really are mirrors," Broderius said. "They reflect our behaviors and attitudes in life." … The school district has teamed up with Greater Minnesota Family Services in Willmar to create a social-emotional development program, or SEED, to help students age 3 to 5 and their families. … “The two doctors saw this correlation between adverse childhood experiences and problems later in life,” Broderius said. … Household dysfunction, which can be a result of mental illness, divorce, substance abuse, an incarcerated relative or a mother who was treated violently …
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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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