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Migrant students can struggle after an initial honeymoon period. This program gives classroom teachers and social workers tools to head off mental health crises.
On this week's Our Chicago, a local child psychologist joined ABC7 to give suggestions for how to talk to children about the Israel-Hamas war.
Illinois will attempt to quantify the level of adversity faced by children in communities across the state under a measure Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Thursday that aims to improve the way schools address student trauma. The plan calls for the Illinois State Board of Education to develop a publicly reported “Children’s Adversity Index” at the community or school district level that will ...
In addition to collecting new data, the law requires training for teachers on “trauma-informed practices” and codifies definitions of trauma and other related terms.
More teens and pre-teens are being admitted to acute care facilities at a time of shrinking resources.