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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]But more than that, we need investment in mental health care in a way we have never done before, not during the pandemic or before the pandemic. I really like the idea of giving better training to PCPs, school counselors, teachers and also training parents, that's such an important piece. [/quote]

IMO it's not that we need to train counselors and teachers--we see the mental health problems, but we are not qualified to treat long-standing issues. What is needed is more counselors, social workers, and therapists in the school buildings to provide the support that we already know students need but can't offer because of a lack of personnel.
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OP here. Thankfully, my child's teacher is willing to get trained, because my child can't progress without support from the person she is with for hours every day.[/quote]

OP that is not realistic or appropriate or fair. Do you have any concept whatsoever of what you are asking?  Teachers are already OVERLOADED just managing the classroom as a whole while trying to actually teach subjects, get the kids to the point where they understand things and can perform well on testing,and so on.

Teachers are not paid enough to teach, given that they have to supply their own materials and work way more than 40 hours a week. And now they should train for your anxious child to do well because otherwise she canr progress? I have an anxious child  with ADHD and other issues, who I am sending back to school after homeschooling and I have absolutely NO expectation that her teachers will do anything special for her.  If she struggles, all I will ask of them is to tell me what they are seeing and I will handle the rest and keep on top of it.

In a perfect world OF COURSE teachers would have just enough training to recognize certain things and be able to support the efforts of the professionals actually in charge of a childs care. But many of them already do this WITHOUT special training. Its called experience.

I get that you want what you want, and there is nothing wrong with wanting it, but its just super unrealistic given that we have kids with issues like learning disabilities or they have fallen behind. Teachers are going to have a mess on their hands for some time to come.

That being said, Mental Health FIrst Aid is a pretty good limited training program that should be provided to all teachers for free. It may in fact already be. I dont know.[/quote]

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