“When we’re addressing mental health, we’re waiting too late. That is the most tragic thing.”
opened in fall 2020 or spring 2021, I imagine parents everywhere exhaled a collective sigh of relief when they received notice. Whether you work from home, had to physically report to work, or stayed at home, but found yourself teaching in addition to parenting this mama understands what it means and the necessity of sending your kids away for at least six hours a day.However, sending children back into the classroom means they become students and not solely our children, our babies.
“We have to have honest conversations about mental health,” said Dr. Howard Pratt, D.O. a psychiatrist at Community Health of South Florida, Inc. Dr. Pratt works with children and adolescents as well as adults. He believes mental health is an issue that affects everyone no matter, race, class, or creed, socio-economic status, or living conditions. “No matter how strong a person may appear, everybody is going through something, you just don’t know about their battle,” he said.
Nelson added, “We have to [ask] why is this kid skipping this class? Is there something happening in the class? Is there something happening with the kid? Do they need to be challenged more? You know, how can we keep this kid engaged and in school?”She said, the behavior was often questioned before the student’s motive behind the behavior. And what was never questioned was the system in which the student was existing and trying to maintain.
Nelson experienced this as a social worker working within the school system but also as the parent of a child with disabilities. In fact, she lost two jobs because of her own absences from work because she was taking care of her daughter.“I was working with children that had behavioral health issues, disabilities, and mental health issues. So, I’m working with children that my daughter would fit into the population of because of her disabilities.
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