Aug 28, 2018, KZRG, Joplin, MO: Joplin Schools Bringing More Mental Health Services to the District https://newstalkkzrg.com/2018/08/28/joplin-schools-bringing-more-mental-health-services-to-the-district/
A memorandum of understanding has been reached between the Ozark Center and Joplin Schools to expand the availability and accessibility of behavioral health treatment services to students on campuses around town. There is potential for Ozark Center to work in the high school, the three middle schools, all eleven elementary schools and the preschool.
Executive Director of Student Services, Sandra Cantwell, says they will also partner with Missouri Southern with five bachelor level social workers in elementary schools, UMKC for a graduate-level social worker at one middle school, and a graduate-level social worker from the University of Arkansas that is stationed at the high school. …
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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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