Schools Brace For Pandemic-Fueled Mental Health Needs
Kids are returning to in-person school this fall with increased rates of depression, anxiety and other pandemic-fueled mental health challenges, and schools are leaning on billions in new federal funding to meet the growing need.
Guests:
Kyron Harvell, Principal, Vivian Riddle Elementary School; Lansing, Michigan
Sharon Hoover, PhD, Co-Director, National Center for School Mental Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine
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