May 15, 2018, Fox4, Kansas City, MO: Missouri schools now have access to live-saving medications for kids with asthma attacks http://fox4kc.com/2018/05/16/missouri-schools-now-have-access-to-live-saving-medications-for-kids-with-asthma-attacks/ Missouri schools now have access to certain medications that could save lives, and it's helping some breathe easier in class. “It`s very common; more than 150,000 children in Missouri have asthma," said Ben Francisco, an associate professor of pulmonary medicine at the University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital in Columbia. "And in this neighborhood, it`s one in four kids have asthma -- 25 percent. And in this neighborhood, we have the highest emergency room and hospitalization rate in the state of Missouri." Wendell Philips Elementary School showcased an asthma treatment program that could save the lives of its students on Wednesday. “The state of Missouri made it possible for schools to keep medication for any child with life-threatening asthma attacks,” Francisco said. With the help of Children’s Mercy Hospital, KC public schools now have access to medications that can treat asthma attacks. Even more importantly, school nurses can give students having attacks those medications as they wait for an ambulance to arrive. … “Way long overdue,” Francisco said. “We had very sad deaths all over the state of school-aged children who didn't understand that their asthma was life-threatening and to parents who knew their kid didn't breathe well, but didn't know they could actually die of that.” This program is helping generate awareness and saving lives. … The program has been active in several parts of the state, but Wednesday it officially started in Kansas City. The goal is to eventually cover the whole state.
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.