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Schools could have adequate numbers of psychologists / mental health services

By Hicbd
Thu Jun 2 2022 11:22 am

"At the same time, many K-12 schools across the country lack enough school psychologists and counselors to respond to the mounting mental health needs of their students. Nearly 40 percent of all school districts nationally, enrolling 5.4 million students, did not have a school psychologist in the first full year of the pandemic, according to an Education Week analysis of the most recent federal data. Just 8 percent of districts met the National Association of School Psychologists’ recommended ratio of one school psychologist to 500 students."

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https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-counselors-and-psychologists-remain-scarce-even-as-needs-rise/2022/03
https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/030419-acluschooldisciplinereport.pdf
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/08/31/464727159/mental-health-in-schools-a-hidden-crisis-affecting-millions-of-students

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