Schools sending more kids to hospitals for psych evals
The emergency evaluation process is meant for those who are mentally unwell and pose a danger to themselves or others. But it's being used for misbehaving kids.
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The emergency evaluation process is meant for those who are mentally unwell and pose a danger to themselves or others. But it's being used for misbehaving kids.
"He doesn’t have special needs, he just has anger issues," school officials told a parent in Maryland.
In some Maryland schools, students as young as 5 are being handcuffed and sent to the hospital for psychiatric evaluations under the use of emergency petitions.
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out,
Schools nationwide are handcuffing children and sending them to hospital emergency rooms for a psychiatric evaluation in response to behaviors prompted by...