Posted on Jun 10, 2022
More states are allowing students to take mental health days off
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/10/ [login to see] /kids-mental-health-days
Linnea Sorensen falls into a funk whenever her girlfriend of four years leaves for her six-month stints with the Marines, and the high school junior has trouble concentrating on her classwork.
"I'm somebody who struggles with my mental health quite a bit," said the 17-year-old, who attends school in Schaumburg, Ill., a suburb of about 77,000 people northwest of Chicago. "When you're in school and not fully mentally there, it's like you're not really grasping anything anyway."
Now Illinois is giving Sorensen and students like her a new option for dealing with mental health lows. The state allows K-12 students in public schools to have five excused absences per school year for mental health reasons, another example of the growing acknowledgment among lawmakers that emotional and physical health are intertwined. The new policy, which went into effect at the beginning of 2022, passed both chambers of the state legislature unanimously.
Linnea Sorensen falls into a funk whenever her girlfriend of four years leaves for her six-month stints with the Marines, and the high school junior has trouble concentrating on her classwork.
"I'm somebody who struggles with my mental health quite a bit," said the 17-year-old, who attends school in Schaumburg, Ill., a suburb of about 77,000 people northwest of Chicago. "When you're in school and not fully mentally there, it's like you're not really grasping anything anyway."
Now Illinois is giving Sorensen and students like her a new option for dealing with mental health lows. The state allows K-12 students in public schools to have five excused absences per school year for mental health reasons, another example of the growing acknowledgment among lawmakers that emotional and physical health are intertwined. The new policy, which went into effect at the beginning of 2022, passed both chambers of the state legislature unanimously.
More states are allowing students to take mental health days off
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good morning, thank you for the solid read/share of the most informational good buddy.
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Kind of funny. One the Army the clinical anesthesia sites is at Fort Hood and at one point was ran by LTC Sitzberger. He was one of the “ Chosin Few who fought his way out of the Chosin reservoir during the Korean War. He sued to say “I wanted my anesthesia students so stressed they eat coal and crap diamonds “.
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OMG I have heard it all now. Not saying that some have mental health issues but really...what kind of stress do high scholl kids really have? If you are having problems at that age what is going to happen toyou when you hit adulthood and have to live on your own?
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