Faced with a shortage of school mental health counselors, @CADeptEd is aiming to bring 10,000 more professionals to campuses at a time when federal public health officials are urging for action to address the country’s escalating youth mental health crisis.
During a visit to Washington Preparatory High School in South Los Angeles last Wednesday, @DrJonGoldfinger joined Superintendent of Public Instruction @TonyThurmond to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on children and how it has led to increased misbehavior in schools.
"We're seeing the effects of trauma getting literally underneath kids' skin and manifesting in behaviors in our classrooms, in our homes, in our communities, in our clinics, in ways that we've really never seen before,” Goldfinger said.