May 16, 2019, Rocket City Now, Huntsville, AL: How schools are caring for children with mental health issues https://www.rocketcitynow.com/news/how-schools-are-caring-for-children-with-mental-health-issues/2006850515 MADISON COUNTY, Ala. - Some kids are genetically predisposed to mental health issues, but many times these issues spur from traumatic events or something negative happening in their lives. … "We see a lot of students that are fighting depression, which sometimes can turn into suicidal ideation or suicidal thoughts," shares Principal Mason. A few years ago, Madison County Elementary School decided to get a therapist on campus two days a week through a partnership with Wellstone Behavioral Health. But because of the need, the therapist is now on campus five days a week. "We discovered that we had a lot of students that had needs that maybe were not being identified," says Amy Mason. "So we have done a really good job of communicating with parents and referring students to therapy." … Most classrooms at Madison County Elementary have a "Calm Down Corner" where kids can go if they are feeling overwhelmed. But Amy Mason says sometimes a child may need more than more than just someone to talk to, and might need medication, and that's okay…. She says the traumatic events causing kids to have mental health issues need to be addressed as early as possible, because these will turn into much bigger issues when they are adults. She says early intervention is key. … Principal Amy Mason says this is a nationwide problem. That is why this summer she will be speaking about children's mental health at the National Principal's Conference.
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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.
Loss of Brain Trust features over 9,000 news stories published worldwide since January, 2017
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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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