EPIDEMIC OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND HOMES

EPIDEMIC OF DEVELOPMENTAL
DISORDERS IN OUR SCHOOLS
AND HOMES
These are a compilation from the week before March 5
Attribution will be revealed at the end of Article 12
In the LinkedIn series
Don’t Blame the Parents
By Dr. James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
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Mar 5, 2018, Charlotte, NC, WSOC—TV: 9
investigates special-needs students getting
suspended at higher rates
• They’re some of the most vulnerable students in the classroom, but a
sobering school discipline report showed that students with special
needs are far more likely to be disciplined than others.
• Almost 1 out of 4 students suspended last school year had some kind
of special need.
• http://www.wsoctv.com/news/9-investigates/9-investigates-special-
needs-students-getting-suspended-at-higher-rates/711357459

Garry Ginyard’s 8-year-old son Jeremiah has
autism.
• He is one of more than 14,000 students with special needs in the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district who are in what is called the
exceptional children, or EC, program.
• Ginyard said everything was going well until this year.
• “The first time he was suspended, he was suspended for two days for
honking the horn on the bus,” Ginyard said.
• Since then, he said, Jeremiah has been suspended four more times.
Ginyard feels that instead of helping him, the school is simply pushing
Jeremiah aside.

Mar 5, 2018, (UK) Daily Mirror: Schoolgirl with autism
'restrained by teachers and left bruised' as mum vows to sue
council after charges dropped
• Claire Nossiter says her daughter Lyndsay was “routinely restrained” in her
years at Bothwellpark High in Motherwell …
• Lyndsay, who has Prader Willi Syndrome and autism, "kicked off" one day
and had so many bruises afterwards she looked like she had been in a car
crash, her mum claims.
• Claire waited four years for the conclusion of council and police inquiries
into the injuries to her daughter, now 20.
• She was disappointed to learn that two teachers charged over the incident
would not be prosecuted, and plans to take legal action against the council,
the Daily Record reports.
• Claire said Lyndsay was brought home from school with a face so badly
bruised and swollen in March 2014 that a consultant feared her jaw was
broken. …

North Lanarkshire Council found staff acted
appropriately.
• Claire complained that the initial policy inquiry was lacking in
thoroughness, and a second investigation was ordered.
• This led to two teachers being charged with culpable and reckless
conduct.
• In January, Claire was told the case would not come to trial due to a
lack of admissible evidence.

Mar 5, 2018, Des Moines (IA) Register: Smouse
school to close and merge with Ruby Van Meter
• Des Moines Schools is closing Smouse Opportunity School and merging its special
education programs with Ruby Van Meter next school year. …
• In recent years enrollment has declined at Smouse and Ruby Van Meter. Fewer than 200
students attend both special schools, while at one time enrollment topped 340 students,
according to district staff.
• Smouse students with intellectual disabilities will transfer to Ruby Van Meter, which
underwent a $7.6 million renovation.
• But some worry about the impact closing Smouse will have on local schools, given that
some children with behavioral challenges will return.
• "I feel the special education department in the neighborhood schools are very
overwhelmed right now," said Katy Beary, who offers school-based therapy through a
contractor.
• In particular, Beary worries about dismantling the Strive program, which serves
students with the most severe behavior issues — children who might bite, scream,
break items or require restraint or clearing of rooms. …

Mar 5, 2018, Fox59 Indianapolis, IN: Congress
considers bill to create three-digit national suicide,
mental health hotline
• As President Donald Trump calls for more help for those with mental health
issues in the wake of the Parkland high school shooting, Congress is
considering a bill that would create a three-digit suicide and mental health
hotline.
• Introducing the legislation on the Senate floor in May, Sen. Orrin Hatch said
constituents have told him that friends and family who’ve struggled with
suicidal thoughts don’t always know where to turn. …
• The suicide rate in the United States has seen sharp increases in recent
years. It’s now the 10th leading cause of death in the country, according to
the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Young people are
particularly vulnerable: In Hatch’s home state of Utah, suicide is the leading
cause of death among teens.

Mar 5, 2018, Springfield (OH) News—Sun: Experts:
Close mental health gap in Clark County to prevent
tragedies
• The recent school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and a series of guns brought to
Clark County schools has once again sparked a national debate about how
to prevent such incidents and Clark County mental health experts said a
gap exists that prevents many teens from getting the treatment they need.
• Adding more mental health resources for teens could stop future
tragedies, including in Clark County, local leaders said.
• Mental health problems tend to develop during early teen years, Clark
County Mental Health and Recovery Board CEO Greta Mayer said, and
getting those kids into treatment early can lead to healthy futures as they
become adults.
• It can also stop teens from making bad choices that could lead to violent
outcomes, Mayer said.

Mar 5, 2018, Washington Post: What’s wrong, and
how do we help? Getting children the right
mental-health support
• One in every 5 young people between the ages of 13 and 18 live with a mental-health condition
— yet the average delay between the onset of symptoms and intervention is between eight and 10
years. Those statistics come from the National Institute of Mental Health, and they underscore the
problems facing parents as well as educators who are raising and/or teaching children who have
untreated mental illnesses.
• A new study in the March issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry found that more than half of the children in the United States who receive mental-
health care now get it in school settings, and that if school-based personnel are properly trained
and supported, such services can be effective. But many schools in high-poverty communities
don’t have the resources to hire, train and support people who can provide these services to kids….
• We used to think that only “at-risk” kids had mental-health problems. But if you are raising or
educating children today, it’s understandable to worry about their emotional and psychological
well being. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control report what many parents and people in education
already know: “At risk” kids can be any kid, in any neighborhood, in any family….
• The National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 56 percent more teens experienced a
major depressive episode in 2015 than 2010. Forty-six percent more 15-to-19-year-olds committed
suicide in 2015 than in 2007 — and 2½ times as many 12-to-14-year-olds killed themselves.

Mar 5, 2018, Perham (MN) Focus: Perham School
Board supports resolution for fully funding special
education
• The Perham School Board held its monthly meeting Wednesday night. Agenda items
included verbal reports by the school principals, a resolution to fully fund special
education, additional staffing requests and several retirement announcements. …
• Other business included, School Board Chairperson Sue Von Ruden reading a resolution to
fully fund special education services. The purpose of reading the resolution was to give
some background on how in 1975 the federal government promised to fund 40 percent of
the additional cost of educating children with disabilities after it enacted the Education
for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975 (now known as the Individuals with Disabilities
Act or IDEA).
• However, the federal government has never funded more than 15 percent of the
additional cost.
• State special education funding has not been able to keep pace with the rising cost of
mandated services. According to the resolution, the cross-subsidy for school districts for
FY2016 is $679 million, a 5.6 percent increase from FY2015. Between rising need and
lack of state and federal aid, the costs for school districts will average $815 per student in
FY2017.

Mar 5, 2018, Detroit MI, Macomb (County) Daily:
Threats in Macomb County schools are a growing
epidemic
• … Increasingly, the school environment has less to do with teaching the three R’s and
more to do with managing disorder created by highly-publicized school shootings and
copy cat threats. …
• Thursday, Warren Mayor James Fouts and Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer hosted a
roundtable discussion with representatives of city school districts, parochial schools and
charter schools as well as officials and officers from Macomb Community College to
discuss safety. The purpose was to exchange concerns and needs, and discuss how police
and school officials can work together to prevent school shootings. …
• At Thursday’s Warren forum, school officials praised police for their effort as school
resource officers in high schools, noting their presence has been effective in building
relationships with students and to prevent violence. The educators welcome the idea of
having officers working at middle schools throughout the day, too. …
• Smith said schools also need more counselors, and the government should provide more
facilities for the mentally ill to halt the cycle of crime, drugs and homelessness.

Mar 4, 2018, Houston, TX, ABC13: Police say
10-year-old emailed school threats
• GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (KTRK) --
• Police say the person responsible for sending threatening emails to teachers
and principals in Pennsylvania school district is a 10-year-old….
• It all started when a teacher from Reutter elementary school in Franklinville called
police at 1:30 a.m. saying she received an email from an unknown sender
threatening a shooting at her school.
Franklin, Elk and Delsea school districts all decided to cancel school as police
investigated the person who continued to send threats all morning.
Through subpoenas they tracked the email and IP address to a home in
Franklinville.
"And we took into custody a 10-year-old student of the school district," Franklin
Lt. Mann DeCesari said. …

Mar 4, 2018, Nashville Public Radio: Concern
About School Shootings Spill Into Tennessee's
Student Crisis Hotline
• Since the fatal Parkland, Fla., school shooting, Tennessee has been hearing more school violence
threats through the state’s hotline for youth experiencing a mental health crisis. In the past two
weeks, one nonprofit has dispatched its counselors to meet face-to-face with more than 40 young
people regarding threats.
• That’s in sharp contrast to a typical week, when it would be rare to field more than one school
threat call. …
• The Memphis-based nonprofit is one of four statewide that answers the hotline and dispatches
counselors. Youth Villages handles about 70 percent of the state, including all of Middle Tennessee
except for Davidson County. …
• While anyone can call the state hotline — at 855-CRISIS-1 — it’s often used by teachers, hospital
staff, or parents. Because the call-takers are trained counselors, some aid can be provided
immediately. When warranted, an in-person visit can follow, usually within 2 hours.
• The counselors meet the student, teachers, family or police and together create a safety plan. That
could include buying a lockbox to guard a weapon or enlisting a weekly in-home counselor. Some
cases lead to hospitalization or juvenile charges or detainment. …

Mar 4, 2018, Minneapolis, MN, Minnesota Daily:
More UMN students seeking mental health
services
• As more students nationwide seek mental health services, some schools have to adjust
their mental health service models. …
• Experts attribute the jump to increased openness about mental health and awareness of
services on campus. As more students seek these services nationwide, some colleges
have adapted their programming to keep up with the growing demand. …
• For the last several years, demand for mental health services on campus has increased.
Boynton’s Mental Health Clinic has seen a 20 percent increase in visitation numbers
this year compared to last year at this time, Christenson said.
• While Boynton struggled to keep up with growing numbers of mental health patients
in the past, resulting in long wait times for some, the clinic has stayed on top of recent
high traffic, Christenson said. Boynton hired 12 mental health employees and expanded
the clinic in 2017, he said. ...
• Experts say the increased demand at the University of Minnesota mirrors national
trends.

Mar 4, 2018, North Carolina Public Radio: When
Kids Come To School With Trauma, These NC
Teachers Try And Listen
• … The exercise was part of the staff’s efforts to meet students where they are and make school a place they want to be, because
students at Pattillo face serious hurdles to coming to school each morning and staying engaged.
• Nearly 80 percent of these middle schoolers live in poverty, and many were displaced by flooding from Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
These challenges would overwhelm any adult. For kids, they take on extra significance.
• Trauma and stress from things like hunger and housing instability have been scientifically shown to derail brain development. At
the least, it distracts kids from learning. …
• After some digging, staff discovered this behavior was a result of the student’s home life.
• “Seeing it through that lens of trauma, we understand that it’s not just that this student doesn’t want to perform right,” Bullock
said. “It’s not that she doesn’t want to do right. She has a context and a background that has, kind of, put her in a place where
she’s fighting.” …
• Taking the time to understand that context requires a mindset shift on the part of teachers. That's where the Public School Forum
of North Carolina, an advocacy organization, has stepped in. This year it started the NC Resilience and Learning Project, through
which it is helping Pattillo and two other schools in Edgecombe County and one in Rowan County to better support students who
have experienced trauma.
• Through this grant-funded project, Pattillo staff received training on the effects of trauma on kids before the school year started.
Bullock said that left a mark. …
• “The biggest challenge is just time,” said Elizabeth DeKonty, a fellow with the Resilience and Learning Project. “Time for teachers,
knowing that they’re already spread incredibly thin. Knowing that for administrators, there’s already tons of demands on them and
requirements that they have and things that they have to do. And so [we’re] really kind of framing this as that culture shift, and
not another to do item.” …

Mar 4, 2018, WXYZ—TV, Detroit, MI: Michigan
House to explore arming teachers, "red flag" laws
• Michigan legislators and the governor's office are roiling over two gun-
control measures: arming trained teachers and removing guns from
individuals with mental health symptoms.
• State capitols across America are revisiting gun legislation after the
deadliest U.S. school shooting in the last five years ripped through
Parkland, Florida. In Lansing, one bill under development would permit
teachers and staff to carry firearms inside schools, an idea seeing national
resurgence since President Donald Trump floated support in the wake of
the Florida tragedy.
• Other suggestions percolating in the Republican-controlled Legislature
touch upon mental health, an ongoing theme in the nation's recent gun-
control conversations, though Lansing is divided on how to restrict firearms
from individuals with mental illnesses. …

***Mar 4, 2018, Education Week: No Place for
Social-Emotional Learning In Schools? Are You
Sure?
• Back in early January, I wrote a commentary for Education Week (read it here)
that focused on ways that those of us who care about SEL can get critics to
understand why it's important that schools focus on SEL. If you read the blog, and
scrolled down to the comments, you saw that I did not win everyone over. I
actually had some people e-mail me to send support because they were appalled
by the comments.
• Unfortunately, I was not surprised by those comments. I was actually expecting
them because I have heard those same arguments before. Unfortunately for the
naysayers, they don't understand what schools are actually experiencing with
their student populations.
• To the naysayers I ask, "If schools could just focus on academics, don't you think
they would?" Given the fact that they have standards and curriculum that they
are struggling to find the time during the day to cover, don't you think that they
would prefer that all students come to school healthy and ready to learn?

Let's begin with some staggering statistics from the American
Psychiatric Association, National Institute of Mental Health,
and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• 1 in 4 people are diagnosed with mental illness over the course of a year in the
U.S.
• Half of all chronic mental health conditions begin by age 14.
• Half of all lifetime cases of anxiety disorders begin as early as age 8.
• More than 60 percent of young adults with a mental illness were unable to
complete high school
• Young people ages 16-24 with mental illness are four times less likely to be
involved in gainful activities, like employment, college or trade school.
• Those with a psychiatric disability are three times more likely to be involved in
criminal justice activities.
• Each year, 157,000 children and young adults, ages 10-24, are treated at
emergency departments for self-inflicted injuries.
• One in 12 high school students have attempted suicide. …

This is where they Blame the Parents
Paragraph 2…
• Besides students with mental health issues, we have students who are suffering
from trauma, also known as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), which actually
cause some of the issues from above. According to the International Society for
Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), "trauma is used to describe negative events that
are emotionally painful and that overwhelm a person's ability to cope." Examples
that inspire trauma include "experiencing an earthquake or hurricane, industrial
accident or vehicular accident, physical or sexual assault, and various forms of
abuse experienced during childhood."
• These Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are divided into three types, which
are Abuse (physical, emotional, sexual), Neglect (physical, emotional), and
Household Dysfunction (incarcerated relative, mental illness, domestic violence,
substance abuse, divorce, deployed family member and loss of a parent). It's sad
that we have to add school shootings to that list. …

Mar 4, 2018, (Canada) Squamish (BC) Chief: Family
faces long waits to get help for son with autism
• Anna Tobias waited six months for her son, George, to be diagnosed with autism
spectrum disorder and then another year for him to be assigned a support worker
while he’s in daycare.
• George, now 4 1/2, theoretically has 24 hours a week of one-to-one support, but a lack
of child-care staff and rules on when he can access that support means that he is
sometimes left struggling.
• The provincial and federal governments recently announced major investments in child
care in B.C., including money to improve programs for children with special needs. Tobias
is sharing her story to shed light on some of the shortcomings of the current system.
• George was almost three when his parents, concerned about his speech delay, took him
to see a pediatrician. He was referred to the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s
Health; six months later, he was diagnosed with mild to moderate autism. …
• The B.C. government gives families of children under six up to $22,000 a year to pay for
autism-related therapies, including a one-to-one support worker while the child is at
daycare.

“The problem is the wait-list is over a year,”
Tobias said. …
• “He gets one-on-one support as often as we can find the extra bodies,” said
Joanne Specht, a spokeswoman for the centre.
• “But there are occasions when he doesn’t get the support because there’s
no one to fill the position.”
• Low wages of between $15 and $17 an hour are a major barrier to finding
qualified staff in the field, Specht said. …
• Andrew Pinfold, Autism B.C.’s director of operations, said waiting six
months to a year to get help for their children, especially in the crucial
formative years, is difficult for parents.
• Many parents who believe their child is on the autism spectrum pay up to
$3,000 for a private diagnosis instead of waiting, Pinfold said. But for
parents with lower incomes, this is not an option. …

Mar 4, 2018, El Dorado (AR) News—Times: Identifying warning
signs—Schools work to offer mental health services to students
who may be struggling
• In recent years, states have worked to curb bullying in schools, with 49 states currently
having anti-bullying laws on the books. Arkansas has several regulations in its code,
including making group conflict resolution programs mandatory in schools, and these
types of anti-bullying campaigns are exactly what is used in the El Dorado School
District….
• In the ESD, there is at least one guidance counselor available on every campus and the
high school has three. They have training in recognizing symptoms of mental illness and
if their intervention is insufficient, they can refer students and parents to local facilities,
such as South Arkansas Regional Health Center or Day Spring Behavioral Health.
• When teachers notice that a student’s behavior is different than it usually would be,
they can discreetly notify the guidance counselors. At that point, they will meet with the
student to assess their needs, which can include one-on-one conversations to determine
what is bothering them and if possible, trying to help a student cope with any personal
issues they are facing. If necessary, they will recommend further treatment at one of the
aforementioned mental health agencies.

• The counselors also will visit classrooms at times. Director of
Counseling Kimberly Thomas said teachers will sometimes ask the
counselors to observe a class in order to monitor a student’s behavior
and interactions with others. They also teach guidance lessons on
subjects such as social development, conflict resolution and dealing
with mental health problems. …
• According to the American School Counselor Association, schools
need to be in tune with students’ lives outside of school. Students
facing life-altering events like the death of a loved one, a divorce or
other serious personal issues are at a higher risk for mental health
problems like sadness or depression, anxiety and anger, according to
the American Psychological Association. …

Mar 4, 2018, Kansas City (MO) Star: How can
schools prevent threats of violence? Here’s one
idea (EDITORIAL)
• With effective laws already on the books to address school safety, it’s going
to take creative solutions to remedy the onslaught of recent threats of
school violence.
• Expanding access to mental health services could be a start. …
• A 14-year-old Raytown Middle School student was charged Monday in
juvenile court with one count of making a terrorist threat, a felony. The
student is accused of taking images of firearms from Snapchat and posting
them to Facebook.
• As it turned out, there was no immediate danger associated with the
threats, police said. Still, officers received hundreds of phone calls.
• To help prevent such acts, school districts could improve mental health
services for at-risk students. But a lack of funding makes that a steep
challenge. …

• Mental health treatment cannot necessarily prevent threats to school
safety, but it can make people more aware of the challenges young people
face, said Jerry Keimig, the organization’s vice president of education. …
• Saint Luke’s Crittenton Children’s Center may have also found an answer
with its Trauma Smart initiative in schools in eight states, including some
in the bi-state area.
• The program prepares parents, grandparents, teachers, administrators,
school bus drivers and ancillary school staff to spot the signs of trauma in
a child as young as age 4.
• A $187,000 grant from Jackson County's Children Services Fund will help
Crittenton implement Trauma Smart in the Hickman Mills School District
next fall. …

Mar 4, 2018, Schenectady (NY) Daily Gazette: As educators, lawmakers
focus on school safety, some districts eye resource officers—'It helps keep
people sharp, it helps calm people down in crisis situations'
• Montgomery County sheriff’s deputy C.J. Rust walks his beat inside the halls of
Amsterdam High School, where he graduated in 2010 and now serves as the
school’s armed protector.
• He meets with administrators, discussing specific concerns if necessary, assists in
training and drills, patrols schools entrances, visits health and other classes, and
meets with students in his office and around the school….
• Rust said he “150 percent” thinks that positions like his that stations the same
officers in schools on a daily basis would make all schools safer — an issue that
has been stirred up in recent weeks following another deadly school shooting and
a call from the New York State Sheriffs’ Association to find state funds to put
armed officers in all of the state’s thousands of schools.
• “I believe there is a need for school resource officers all across the nation,” Rust
said in an interview Friday, when he spent the snow day on routine patrols,
assisting struggling drivers and at accidents. …

• Starting next school year, districts will be mandated to include more
mental health matters into their health curriculum, an effort to help
students become more aware of the social and emotional strains
and stresses in their lives.
• Schenectady schools recently hired a psychiatric nurse practicioner
to head up a team of social workers and counselors housed in an
isolated wing of Keane Elementary School and charged with
handling serious student cases from around the district. …

Mar 2, 2018, Sugarcreek, OH, Budget Newspaper:
Rainbow Connection meeting local health needs in
Tuscarawas County
• Another area of focus for the organization in recent years has been
purchasing sensory items and equipment for local school districts to help
them meet the needs of students with autism, according to Haueter.
• Recently, Haueter had an opportunity to visit two local schools that
received funding from the organization last year to furnish sensory rooms
that are designed give students with sensory needs a designated place to
calm down or refocus. …
• … “We want every student in the building to be able to access the room
regardless of whether they have a diagnosis or not. Everyone can use the
sensory room. They can even just come in here and color to try to relax, just
different things like that. [They] don’t necessarily have to use the specific
equipment.” …

***Mar 1, 2018, Salem (OR) Statesman Journal:
Student mental health crisis spurs Oregon to try
in-school programs
• For Salem school psychologist Chris Moore, it isn't uncommon to see a student come to
school, settle into a routine and then, without warning, go into crisis.
• Maybe the student punches another kid in the face, flips over a desk and curses at the
teacher, Moore said. Then they run out of the school. And the teacher has to chase
after them.
• "In their mind, they are trying to survive," he said.
• Severe depression and anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and obsessive-
compulsive personality disorder are some of the increasingly prevalent and least-
understood mental health disorders among K-12 students.
• About one in five — 20 percent — youth nationwide are affected by some type of
mental disorder to such an extent they have difficulty functioning, according to
the National Institute of Mental Health.
• Salem-Keizer Public School’s rate is even higher — closer to one in four of the district's
nearly 42,000.

• The pervasiveness of mental health issues and child suicide rates leads Oregon to rank
as the worst state in the country for mental illness. And the state's lack of child
psychiatrists and school counselors leaves families waiting for months to get help. …
• Though schools aren’t fully equipped to handle intense, mental health issues, some
Oregon districts are starting to develop ways to bring services to students.
• Salem-Keizer has partnered with Marion and Polk counties and Trillium Family
Services, one of the largest mental and behavioral health care providers for families in
Oregon,to fill part of the gap in services and lower the waiting time for families.
• In its pilot year, on-site outpatient programs have been established at Washington and
Brush College elementary schools, Crossler Middle School and McKay High School.
• District officials and school counselors say the change has delivered substantial progress,
but it's not enough.
• The district plans to expand into seven more schools before the end of this school year —
…

Here they are blaming the parents again…
• Students respond to mental health crises differently. But Moore has
seen attacks involving punching, hitting, kicking and spitting on a regular basis.
• Some have destroyed property or choked peers and staff.
• Moore said about 5 percent, or 2,000 students, in the district engage in that
extreme behavior. …
• It’s important for educators to understand how trauma — emotional and
physical — affects the brain, Moore said, that there may not be an
environmental trigger that sets the brain off and that there are things a person
can do to reduce the impact of the trauma students have experienced.
• But there are still students whose needs “far exceed even that level of
intervention,” Moore said, explaining mental illness and trauma often go hand-
in-hand.
• Some students go home to physical abuse, emotional trauma or neglect from a
family member, and it "erases all the work they’ve done that day.”

• “We definitely have kids who have complex needs," said David Fender, the coordinator of
Salem-Keizer's Office of Behavioral Learning. "Staff are doing the best that they can.”
• “When our line of inquiry moves from 'What's wrong with you?' to 'What happened to you?' or
'What is happening to you?' an important shift begins to take place not only in the way we
• think about trauma and mental health.” …
• When asked if schools are equipped to address mental health issues, Crossler Middle School staff
said, “In a word, ‘No.’ ”
• “We have seen a huge increase in the number of serious mental health issues that we are not
equipped (to handle),” said Donna Burnett, a counselor at Crossler. …
• In addition to destructive behavior, Burnett and other Crossler counselors are seeing a
higher rate of self-harm.
• When Burnett started as a school counselor 20 years ago, she would file one or two suicide
assessments a year. In the last few years, she's filed two or three a week. …
• “We need ... intensive, mental health crisis counseling on campus at every school in Salem-
Keizer,” Roos said. …

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