June 13, 2018, WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, MI: Local mental health officials visit students in Houston http://www.woodtv.com/news/national/local-mental-health-officials-visit-students-in-houston/1236488277
HOUSTON, TX: West Michigan mental health specialists are back in Grand Rapids after helping a Texas school district implement new programming.
Last week 24 Hour News 8 spoke to Christy Buck of the Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan about her trip to Houston.
An organization reached out to the foundation about their be nice. initiative. Buck traveled to Texas to help them implement the program this week.
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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