Advocates have raised concerns regarding requirements for a grant program that aims to improve school safety and student mental health.
Read MoreState Superintendent Tony Evers’ 2019-21 budget includes a tenfold funding increase for school mental health programs.
Read MoreUnityPoint Health – Meriter will be expanding their Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hospital—an important step to improving access to behavioral health services for children and teens in Dane County.
Read MoreOne participant described her experience: “I learned about community resources that could help both my child and I. I came to accept that mental illness is a chronic brain disease that no one caused and that there were ways to have this challenge and lead a happy, fulfilling life. While gaining hope, I learned that I do not need to face this alone and will benefit from the available supports.”
Read MoreI hope that my internship with NAMI Dane County is just the start of the kind of change I want to see in our country because what I want, and what other students want as well, is to cut ignorance out and replace it with education, help, and better mental health.
Read MoreMany schools operate within a zero tolerance policy. While this phenomena conveys face validity, presenting school safety and zero tolerance for disruptive and undesirable behaviors, the underlying bias reveals a threat to students who are overwhelmingly faced with mental health concerns and behavioral disabilities.
Read MoreWhile we do not recommend that all people watch the series, particularly if one is experiencing suicidal ideation, it can be used as an opportunity to better understand young people's experiences, listen to their concerns, and be willing to help.
Read More...Van Pelt says this request also takes the necessary steps to improve the ability of school faculty to identify and ensure that children with mental health conditions are connected to the proper resources.
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