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Coming out of the pandemic, schools like mine have seen a sharp increase in students’ mental health challenges. Research shows that about four students per classroom struggle with issues that ...
The effect on kids is even more profound: A study from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group in San Francisco, found that among kids ages 11-17, smartphones are a “constant companion” and that ...
Furthermore, building strong community partnerships can enhance the sustainability and effectiveness of these programs. Collaboration with local organizations, mental health professionals, and parents can ensure that the programs are culturally relevant, address specific local needs, and are integrated into the broader school and community context.
The first school-based health centers opened in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1967), Dallas, Texas (1970), and St. Paul, Minnesota (1973). [7] The first two were launched because their founders believed that school-based health care could provide accessible, affordable health care to poor children.
Protective Factors and the Social Development Model. The prevention of health and behavior problems in young people requires, at its foundation, the promotion of the factors required for positive development. Research shows that five basic factors promote positive social development: opportunities for developmentally appropriate involvement, skills, recognition for effort, improvement and ...
The budgetary woes in Central Texas are in no way unique. School districts across Texas are pinching pennies ahead of the new school year, a painful process that includes cutting staff members and ...
Further, 61% of high school students in Texas have tried alcohol and 17% of Texas high school students had their first drink before the age of 13. [17] Based on 2016-2017 surveys, it was estimated that in Texas on average each year over a million individuals 12 years old or older had an alcohol use disorder in the last year.
Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the Justice Department said ...