Wake County schools launch new mental health program for students

Wake County schools launch new mental health program for students

ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND ARE NOT YET SAYING IF THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC SUSPECTS. >> FOR WHAT WAS STOLEN. >> NEW AT NOON, THE WAKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID A NEW SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM IS WORKING WELL, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS ARE NOW GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED CBS 17 TO 2 TO 3. TODD IS LIVE IN APEX WITH THE CHALLENGES THE PROGRAM FACES AND HOW PARENTS CAN GET HELP WITH THEIR CHILDREN. AND BILL AND LIZ SALEM, MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE IN APEX IS ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS WERE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS OFFERING THIS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM UNDER THE PROGRAM, STUDENTS GO THROH THAPY SSIO NG T SCHL DA THE DISTCT HING INCASE E NUMB OF UDEN EOLLE DESPSOMEHALLGES E FACI. MIDE SCOL C A DFICU TRANSITION. THEY’RE GOING TO SEND THE CHANGES RIGHT NOW THAT A MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT’S A WHOLE NEW THING FOR SOME STUDENTS AT TRANSITION IS MADE MORE DIFFICULT BY CIRCUMSTANCES AT HOME OR CHANGES IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT. MEGAN PULL A SOCIAL WORKER ASSIGNED TO SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL IN APEX, SEES THOSE CHALLENGES EVERY DAY FOR SOME STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO LEARNING ISN’T THEIR ACADEMICS. >> PROGRESS OR ACADEMIC NEEDS WHAT IT REALLY IS THEIR EMOTIONAL MENTAL WELL-BEING ITS WAY. WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS WORKING TO EXPAND ITS SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM. >> CLOSE 130 SCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING UNDER THAT PROGRAM. STUDENTS MUST HAVE INSURANCE AND LARGELY UNDERGO VIRTUAL THERAPY SESSIONS. WE NOTICED SOMETHING AND WE THINK, HEY, YOU KNOW, PARENTS, WE NOTICED THIS AND YOUR CHILD TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT TODAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE, OF COURSE. HAVE YOU NOTICED ANYTHING AT HOME? THE DISTRICT PARTNERING WITH 10 PROVIDERS INCLUDING DAYBREAK HEALTH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. BRADY BILL WITH DAYBREAK SAYING STUDENTS ERIC SEEING ARE EXPERIENCING A VARIETY OF EMOTIONS. TYPICALLY THINGS IT. IT’S DEPRESSION. IT’S ACADEMIC STRESS, GRIEF, A LOST LIFE CHANGE TO SHEEN. PARENTAL DIVORCE. SCHOOL STAFF REFERRED MORE THAN 300 STUDENTS TO THE PROGRAM IN ITS FIRST YEAR WITH MORE THAN 500 REFERRALS MADE TO DATE, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED IS LOWER. 90 OF THOSE REFERRED IN THE FIRST YEAR RECEIVED SERVICES JUST UNDER 300 HAVE RECEIVED SERVICES TO DATE TOTAL SAYING THEY ARE RUNNING INTO BARRIERS WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENTS WITHOUT INSURANCE IN CONVINCING PARENTS TO CONSENT TO THERAPY FOR THEIR CHILD. SO WE JUST REALLY TRY TO EDUCATE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT WHAT SERVICES ARE OUT THERE AND HOW THEY CAN HELP. >> AND IT REALLY JUST TRY TO REDUCE THAT STIGMA. DAYBREAK IS INTRODUCING 3 PRO BONO CASES THIS YEAR TO OFFER HELP. >> TO STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE INSURANCE. THE PROGRAM ALSO HELPING SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS WHO ARE SPREAD THIN AND CAN’T GIVE STUDENTS THE ATTENTION THEY NEED. WHEN WE START SEEING STUDENTS WITH INCREASED SYMPTOMS OR THEY COMING DOWN TO THE OFFICE, MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. >> THIS IS WHERE SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH LICENSED PROFESSIONALS COME IN AND JUST TRULY HELP US DISTRICT HOPING TO ONE DAY EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO EVERY SCHOOL. >> IF YOU MENTAL HEALTH BEING ON SUCH A DECLINE, UNOS MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS IS AN ELECTION. HE’S TRULY A NECESSITY. HT N, MO OF OSE REFEALS E HAENINTHROUG SCHO STA. BUT E DIRICTOES ENURAGPARES TO ME THR OWREFEALS. IFOU FL LI YOUCHILD COD BESOMEEED OF THERAPY. ALL THIS PROGRAM IS NOT AVAILABLE AT ALL SCHOOLS AT THIS POINT. THEY DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO A TRUSTED PERSON IN

Wake County schools launch new mental health program for students