How To Get In-School Therapy For Your Child In Olmsted County
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It s one of those things. If you know, you know. If you don t, you ll be surprised to learn it. And since it s Mental Health Awareness Month, now s the time to find out schools across Olmsted County, including Rochester Public Schools, have mental health services
inside the schools.
Why Would My Child Need Mental Health Services
Maybe they aren t sleeping much, or sleeping ALL the time. Their eating habits may have change. How they deal with their friends could have changed. Are they acting out more, or maybe they re super quiet. These are all signs something may be up.
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Parents are seeking ADHD medication to help with distance learning
KIMT News 3 is learning there s a trend that shows more parents are getting medication for their distance-learning students.
Posted: Feb 22, 2021 6:51 AM
Posted By: Madelyne Watkins
ROCHESTER, Minn. - As Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced students can get back to in-person learning later this month, some families are still struggling with distance learning.
Experts say there are many reasons behind this. Students have lost the structure that s offered in a classroom setting or they re having a hard time staying focused. With at-home learning, parents are also seeing their children s troubles firsthand while they re in school. The director of clinical services at Zumbro Valley Health Center, Heather Geerts, said a lot of parents and children alike are having a hard time trying to stay focused during the day. Parents are playing more than just the parent role and kids can have a lot of distractions at home.
Created: February 10, 2021 06:16 PM
(ABC 6 News) - Rochester Police say finding Oxycontin pills laced with Fentanyl us nothing new for our area, but now there are more of them coming here.
Olmsted County Law Enforcement told ABC 6 NEWS this drug problem needs to end. We are seeing an increase of pills in our community, and it s not just our community, it s across the country,” Captain Casey Moilanen, investigations for Rochester Police Department said.
Captain Moilanen says these pills look just like Oxycodone, but they may be Fentanyl in disguise.
If you ingest it, you could die. He says this drug problem has always been in the community, but now it s worse.
The Rochester Epidemiology Project: “The greatest medical resource you’ve never heard of”
The Rochester Epidemiology Project has changed the way we view ADHD. Led directly to new dementia diagnoses. Created a roadmap for treating epilepsy. Right now, dozens of researchers from around the world are relying on The REP for treating COVID-19 patients and tracking vaccine efficacy. The REP has, in the words of the New England Journal of Medicine, “revolutionized medical research.” And, if you’ve ever lived in Rochester, you’re probably a part of it. Written By: Steve Lange | ×
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For the past 55 years, the Rochester Epidemiology Project (though everyone calls it “The REP”) has been collecting and categorizing records maybe 250 million medical and dental and psychological and educational records from 1 million patients.