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CONNECTING CARE POST IT NOTE COMMENTS FROM ROUNDTABLES
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AUDIENCEQUESTION TO EVERYONECOMMENT ON POST IT NOTE
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?lack of resources and support groups
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?too many students are not accessing their education because of their poor mental health
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?increased anxiety, depression - more school avoidance - parents seems to be at a loss of how to guide their children - increased substance use - esp MJ - less resilience - less coping skills - more distress, about their future - housing, income, environment
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Reading more about opioids... hearing more academically through articles aout the crisis with no responses
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Anxiety and depression, suicidal attempts and assessments from pre-12 to post 26 so far ( i think they mean number of assessments pre vs post pandemic)m
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?greater degree of old fashioned "meaness" towards peers
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?HIGH ANXIETY
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?High number of self harm statements, actions, and suicidal ideation. 23 suicide assessments in March alone
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?difficulty connecting difficulty finding/creating good friendships
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Traumatic life experiences that manifest as mental health issues
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?I wish people understood that some students can't participate in class due to mental health
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Our ER is filled with mental health patients
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Anxiety and Depression presenting in ways that are misunderstood as inattention, hyperactivity, undesireable behavior, physical aggression, etc.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Most of my students are dealing with mental health issues
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?More time spent on "basic needs" - snack - clothes - physical hugs/love
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Students turning to drugs/tobacco/alcohol to cope - depression is on the rise - social media is a negative factor (TikTok)
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Low self-worth and lack of support
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?shared sense of hopelessness/crisis and individuals checking out or crying for help
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?high levels of verbal and physical dysregulation at entry
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Observing: a steep increase in the # of students impacted by mental health needs - a surprising number of adults who don't take it seriously - Detrimental impacts on learning outcomes seem to be increasing.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Kids each reactive differently to stress from silence to reactive behavior. Younger family, parent stress. Older and peer stress and LGBTQ related abuse
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?I question self regulation in an environment that demands conformity
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?-lack of sleep - addicted to phones/TikTok - not able to stay with a task for very long
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?must be perfect - and we now have the technology that makes it happen
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Spaces (like this :) ) for reflectioin and inspiration. MH work in the schools can be very isolating and doesn't directly align with private practices or community agencies.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?The majority of students I see are demonstrating natural responses to extremely difficult experiences and environments. I think it is a very difficult time to grow up.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Even the paraeducators receive continuing education opportunities, but it would be great to learn how to be more supportive of student's well being.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Expectations are very high for performance in school. MS students internalize and either act out , crash, or trap emotions.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Are you seeing change in severity /prevalence of poverty among students?
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Are you seeing changes in age of onset of obvious substance use disorder?
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?poverty relocation home sharing (multiple families sharing a home)
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?I wish parents better understood the impacts of increased screen time/video games/youtube/social media and lack of reading time
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Families seeking help/therapy ALSO for their kids but unable to find anyone or unable to pay or lack of transportation/follow through
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Kids working through severe trauma with no guidance/outlet for all the feelings. Lots of disruptive behaviors in class due to not enough/no supports
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Screen time - social media - earlier knowledge of age inappropriate things - exposure to family conflict, drug abuse...
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Wish better understood how much influence academic rigor has on mental health (affective domain)
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health? higher rates of referrals for anxiety, depression, suicide ideation - The impact of disconnection - lagging social skills - gaps in family-school partnerships
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?I wish there was more understanding. Kids are showing us they need help through behavior. I wish kids weren't being labelled as bad, naughty, out of control.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?middle school: fear of failure - not willing to engage with learning - students who wander, don't want to stay in class - very tired students (depressed?)
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?-dissociation - distance - difficulty making and "reading" friends and social situations.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Immediate services (in school) for kids in crisis and ...Long term services (outside of school
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Increased need for counseling and mental health resources
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?More Self-Harm seen at school. Students are treating their depression and anxiety w/ substances and isolation
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Observing students turning to drugs and skipping school to avoid (menta) hard situations. Teachers trying to take more time off (sick & personal) but don't due to sub shortage.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?I wish that we as teachers need the breaks to increase our functioning. Need to stop being in the survival mode
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Students do not see their PCP regularly
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Need more understanding of mental health Dx rather than just using it as a description of how someone feels...M.H. neeeds to not be an identity
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?More and more students need to leave the room to see counselor for anxiety-student self harm
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?More suicidal thoughts- attendance issues - more outbursts/crying
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Lots of anxiety. Lack of focus
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Social Media is a huge issue!
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Increased anxiety leading to an inability to engage with others. Lacking the skills needed to overcome.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?*anxiety *high stress levels *poor coping skills-many students self harming* many students seeing therapists and opening talking about therapy.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Students in isolation or reliance on social media * social mediaq (tik tok etc) leading to poor mental health
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?How + the long term prognosis is
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?a three post-it contribution, Increase in Anxiety Trauma Depression leading to
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?1) Supports-general /specific accountability 2) Background *triggers *how to cope day to day 3)* stigmatism *home/community support
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?What is happening in the brain? How can we support @ school while still doing school?
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?No focus- low engagement
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Many are uncertain that school is a stable place. -many have come to believe that what's online/in social media is how people should interact
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?students are stressed and anxious and therefore quick to avoid any task that requires sustained mental effort/perseverance.
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TeachersWhat are you observing as it relates to mental health with your students/young patients? What do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Students have a lot more vocabulary when it comes to mental health-they've seen a lot and heard a lot and have so many things going through their brain all the time. *anxiety is up there-so much stress! Also extremely self-conscious and weary to leave tjheir socail bubble -self-conscious-not wanting to be noticed and wanting to at the same time *need to process emotions*cutting, vaping, early harmful behaviours
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TeachersWhat do you need as an educator/school staff/medical provider?more training on supporting youth mental health in schools
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TeachersWhat do you need as an educator/school staff/medical provider?support for challenging behaviours (mental health concerns) - time to prepare and reflect
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TeachersWhat do you need as an educator/school staff/medical provider?I need (as an educator) professional who can address student's mental health needs in a timely manner
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TeachersWhat do you need as an educator/school staff/medical provider?a call center - to get answers to ?'s about students - to sent in motion a referral and/ or connection with resources
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TeachersWhat do you need as an educator/school staff/medical provider?Education and resources for students struggling with drug use
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TeachersWhat do you need as an educator/school staff/medical provider?Counselors who can provide social and emotional support
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TeachersWhat do you need as an educator/school staff/medical provider?-more resources to share with parents - more time to get to know them and really understand their situation
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TeachersWhat do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?I really don't think the public understands how pervasive mental health challenges are in our schools or how severely it impacts student's ability to function
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TeachersWhat do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?their social media presence is an extension of their true identity, which I believe contributes to the fragility of their sense of self-worth
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TeachersWhat do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?Barriers : insurance coverage, access to health care, family dynamics
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TeachersWhat do you wish was better understood about youth mental health?impact of media on brain development.
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TeachersWhat do you wish was in place for you to help your students/young patients?Simple, but: strong curriculum for counseling groups in - anxiety - empowerment/self worth - healthy relationships. (my barriers are time to vet and I'd have to buy it myself)
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TeachersWhat do you wish was in place for you to help your students/young patients?Telepsych and counselling for remote and afterhours assistance
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TeachersWhat do you wish was in place for you to help your students/young patients?Effective ways to connect families, show that larger community cares
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TeachersWhat do you wish was in place for you to help your students/young patients?Partnership and connection with (on-going) community
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TeachersWhat do you wish was in place for you to help your students/young patients?more counselors -nmore hopeful messages (less doom and gloom) - more intergenerational interaction
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TeachersWhat do you wish was in place for you to help your students/young patients?Mental Health Specialist at Elementary Level - mentors for students and families - Extra person (para) support in younger grades
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?-less societal stress - more community love - more belief in younger generations, less criticism but maybe higher expectations - no more school shootings
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?a mental health center within walking/bus distance of our schools (ideally on a school campus)
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?mental health for families available in schools at no cost
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Every child to be loved and to experience the meaning and depth of love in order for them to have a foundation as a giver-receiver-contributor-advocate (with a heart drawn instead of a period to end this sentence)
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Break the cycles! -abuse - neglect. Support mental health from birth!
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Info about how to be a part of mental health support would be readily available.
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Counselor/nurse in every school. Easier access to mental health services without delays
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?For students to have environments that fulfill them and meet their needs - that allow them to be happy - for systems to be more comfortable having hard/honest conversations - strong partnerships between schools/families/+ healthcare
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Teach parents how to care for and value their children, where that is lacking. Be respectful of the various heritages of our families and help within appropriate parameters
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Someone to partner with our school dist. food service program to design healthier options/menus within our budget for long term change.
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Every child who turns 11 is assigned a personal counselor who meets with them weekly. until they turn 18 (with a heart emoji)
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Magic wand: have everyone see mental health on the same level as physical health
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?At the same time, a way to help the school budget for healthy, daily snack available for all students
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Better nutrition in the schools
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Turn schools into "super centers" with access to all community services: health Physical and Mental - Elderly care (?) Emergency - Social Services - Food services
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Ready access to mental health care when students need that.
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?I would change compensation rates so that a therapist/health provider could earn the same salary for serving a child experiencing poverty and a child surrounded by wealth and privilege
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TeachersWhat is your dream? If you had a magic wand, what would you change?Having 1 point person at each school to help make connections with medical care and counseling for families.