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Youth Mental Health

This series focuses on students’ mental health, the sources of their distress, and how schools and communities can help.

Lessons in how to handle grief take center stage at this elementary school

Cedar Springs Janice Holst

Staff at Cedar View Elementary find ways to help students understand and deal with grief...

Donation sparks program that helps students get counseling

Youth Mental Health Morgan Jarema

The program’s name, “Bridging the Gap,” comes from the decision to use the funds to help families pay for amounts not covered by insurance

Students Go for the Green in Social Learning

Caledonia Erin Albanese

It's easy being green. But blue, yellow and red? That's another matter. Special education students are learning to express how they feel and to identify...

Foundation Commits $90k to Teen Mental Health

Rockford Charles Honey

With problems of teen anxiety, depression and suicide on the rise, the Rockford Education Foundation decided it was time to step up its efforts...

Typical Teen Stuff or Serious Mental Health Issue?

Youth Mental Health Jaye Beeler

For a while now, high school English teacher Sheri Gilreath-Watts has been teaching from Judith Guest's novel "Ordinary People," about a suicidal boy home...

Helping with Stress at the Holidays

Grandville Morgan Jarema

When Karen Hoekstra was in high school, there was no "be nice" committee, and talking about mental illness just didn't happen, she said. "Had there...

A Friend’s Message on Suicide: ‘This is For Real’

Cedar Springs School News Network

Before the opening credits to a film about suicide, freshman Noah McGee took the stage at Cedar Springs High School to share his painful,...

Poetry Helps Angry, Distant Student Emerge as School Leader

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

54th Street Academy junior Brianna Darin spoke about her battle with depression and anxiety on National Public Radio’s program “State of Opportunity,” explaining whatit’s...

‘If It Saves One Person’s Life’

Cedar Springs Charles Honey

Evan Kobayashi was an excellent student, a talented baseball player and a considerate classmate. The high school student was “a humble, fun-loving, gentle soul,”...

Taking on a Tough Topic: Severe Stress in Students

Kent ISD School News Network

So many things in life can cause stress, including for teens and young people. School News Network reporter Charles Honey sees this first-hand. He...

A New Kind of First Aid – for Student Mental Health

All Districts Erin Albanese

If a child has green snot coming from his nose, he might be taken to a doctor, right? asked Karyll Russell, Sparta Middle School...

‘Everyone Struggles with Something’

Rockford Charles Honey

When it was bad, it was really bad, Jared Walejewski said. “I was so lonely,” the Rockford High School senior recalled of his depression as...

Responding to the Mean Girl

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Parent Sophia Gork played the "mean girl" to Marcia McEvoy during a Kelloggsville Public Schools workshop on helping students get along at school. "Loser," Gork...

Students Speak Out About Mental Health

Grandville Charles Honey

For students battling anxiety and depression, sometimes the greatest stress comes from seeking success. In today’s culture of high-stakes testing, high-cost college and all-everything excellence,...

‘To Learn, They Have to Feel Safe’

Kent ISD Charles Honey

When a student walks in Sarah Gammans' office and closes the door, it's always possible she might have to ask the question. Do you have...

Why Are Kids Hurting & What Can We Do?

Kent ISD Charles Honey

While school counselors do their best to help students struggling with mental-health problems, some need more intensive professional help. Lately, agencies providing that help...

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