and it does wonders when you mention it on Job/School applications.../S
Posted on 10/22/2007 12:32:09 PM PDT by bs9021
Many public schools have begun incorporating mental health screening tests into their curriculum, and may soon be analyzing family circumstances as a factor influencing low school performance under the No Child Left Behind requirements (NCLB). The proposed We Care Act (H.R. 3762) would amend the NCLB Act to stipulate that “Each State plan shall include an assessment of the nonacademic factors influencing student achievement, a description of public and private organizations and agencies within the State that are working to impact... including but not limited to state departments....and nonprofit youth development and community-based organizations and other entities as appropriate...” Dr. Karen Effrem, an International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) and EdWatch board member, announced at the ICSPP 2007 Conference congressional meeting that she worries this legislative language will increase government investigation into families’ private lives, arguing that “this is the kind of vague, subjective, intrusive kind of activity that the federal government absolutely should not be doing.” However, such language would also allow school officials to examine the effect of learning disabilities, ADHD, and divorces on student performance.
TeenScreen, a suicide prevention program for 9-18 year olds, works closely with middle and high school professionals to administer either the Columbia Health Screen (CHS) or The Diagnostic Predictive Scales (DPS), and then encourages parents of positively-diagnosed candidates to contact a mental health professional for treatment. TeenScreen is active in 43 of the 50 states, and operates in 450 locations nationwide. A combination of factors, including TeenScreen’s earlier reliance on passive parental consent, the program’s high rate of false positives, and concerns about privacy invasion have caused many groups to publicly denounce its policies.
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and it does wonders when you mention it on Job/School applications.../S
“In other words, mental services are meant to empower...”
The employment of more mental services workers.
More clown prince enabled authoritarian socialism...
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>>“In other words, mental services are meant to empower...”
To an extent schools should be on the look out for teens showing signs of suicide or serious school violence. And talking the parents and suggesting the parents get the kids counseling is about the least the school should do if they think a kid is about to kill them self or somebody else.
This article sounds a touch fearful of counseling.
The meeting covered was also co-sponsored by Eagleforum, a Phyllis Schafly organization and EdWatch.
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