children's mental health

At a time of rising rates of depression and anxiety among teens, the American Psychological Association warns parents their children need more protection when they are online.

Bills to regulate social media, including its use in schools, are already moving through the Florida Legislature with bipartisan support.

Schools contending with soaring student mental health needs and other challenges have been struggling to determine just how much COVID is to blame. Are emotional struggles the sign of a disability that will impair their learning?

The Baker Act is a state law that allows courts, law enforcement officers, and certain medical workers to order people who could be a harm to themselves or others to be taken to facilities for up to 72 hours.

The state has ranked 35th in the nation for three years in a row. Policy experts say Florida needs to do more to assist families and support child mental health.

Throughout the month of May, WUSF is featuring the voices of local teachers, as they describe the challenges they face, in their own words.

The law requires that parents of students receiving mental-health services be informed of “other behavioral health services available through the student's school or local community-based” providers.

Florida will no longer participate in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, drawing alarm from doctors and child welfare agencies.

He says the funds will help close achievement gaps and boost student resiliency, especially after pandemic slowdowns.

One change allows parents of minors to skip a court review and voluntarily check their children into facilities as long as parent and child agree.

The proposal by Reps. Susan Valdes and Traci Koster would permit “licensed professional as determined by school board policy” to write notes that would excuse absences, and not just physicians.

The Center for Child Counseling and Palm Beach Pediatrics are working together to blend mental health services into primary pediatric care.