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Post by Kathleen Jourdan on Nov 8, 2016 15:00:17 GMT -4
"I can’t help but mourn for all the lost opportunities and squandered potential that was wasted on the way", the last line in this article,was what struck me as the most important point discussed. The lack of education among teacher on the early identification of mental health, may have allowed many children who could have been successful adults, to fall through the cracks. Disorders such as: ADHD, OCD, and anxiety,which don't necessarily cause delinquent or psychotic behavior,does still impact a persons ability to learn and understand. Proper strategies to cope with these disorders, if identified early, could change a failing "D" student to an eventual Law school graduate. And who better to be trained to identify these kids than the people who are with them every day. I completely agree with this article and hope to see change toward this direction before my children start school.
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Post by Roy E Villafane on Nov 20, 2016 11:50:55 GMT -4
Mental health is a problem in our school, as the article said the teachers that are the first line are not properly educated in how to point out a disease or how to pre manage them. My dad is a school principal in Puerto Rico and I know first hand how he can call parents all the time because something is not going right with their child. As he tell me at least he have a social worker and a person with a master in psychology is his school that help him deal with all the problems. I know that is very common in Puerto Rico to have a social worker and a psychologist in every single school of the island, but I'm unaware of how that works in the main land. But as I always in the training to become a teacher in college they should have more classes like psychologist of pathology to which they can have a better understanding of what they probably are going to encounter in the classrooms.
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Post by Madona Pakkam (MS3) on Nov 21, 2016 10:34:16 GMT -4
All educators across the country must seek a training course in mental health training and identifying key behaviors in younger kids and adolescents. If they come across any disturbing factors behaviors, they must makes report of it. Along with annual report card, they should have one for a student's conduct on how they behave in classrooms and among peers. This practice can enable and record, if there are any early symptoms for a potential mental illness. A little attention from our educators can go a long way in shaping a child's future.
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Post by Ajibloa Babatunde on Nov 28, 2016 19:14:38 GMT -4
This is just a good way to start with in tackling mental disorders in children. Most educators are ignorant of the fact that they are the key way to ensure less mental disorders in the environment and children. Orientation programs should be organized in schools, educators should be enlightened on mental disorders.They should be trained, they can also be taken on workshop to braze them on mental disorders, they should trained to very special and sensitive and health issues in children, I will like to applaud the teachers, they are doing their best but should try and be of more help to this children. Most of this children tend to relate more with their teachers than their guidances.
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