Aug 6, 2018, Lorain (OH) Morning Journal: Ohio bill funding training for school resource officers signed by Kasich http://www.morningjournal.com/general-news/20180806/ohio-bill-funding-training-for-school-resource-officers-signed-by-kasich
Legislation that defines the role of a school resource officer and provides funding for training was signed into law by Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Aug. 3. …
In addition to the SRO definition and funding for training, the bill also provides funding for the placement of mental health professionals in the schools and development of strategies to find alternative solutions to the expulsion of students in kindergarten through third grade. …
The mental health professionals outlined in the bill are certified counselors or therapists trained to deal with the issues students face.
Patterson said it is imperative that both school resource officers and mental health professionals work together to maintain a safe school environment.
The Senate unanimously passed the bill on June 6 and the House approved it with a 71-20 vote on June 27.
The bill provides $10 million to help schools fund training for SROs through a state-accredited training, $2 million to help place mental health professionals in schools, and $2 million to support an amendment added by Sen. Peggy Lehner, a Montgomery Republican, that would require schools to initiate a positive behavioral intervention and support programs to prevent the suspension and expulsion of students through third grade. …
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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.
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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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