The School Health Screening Program Act will go into effect in the fall in Illinois.
Illinois House Bill 4343 would require annual mental health screenings for the state's 2 million school students that:
The law establishes a school health screening program. Provides that, subject to appropriations, the Department of Health Care and Family Services shall establish collaborative school health screenings for school districts that wish to implement health screenings to identify students in grades 7 through 12 who are at risk for mental health conditions, including depression or health issues. Other mentality.
Mark Klausner, executive director of West 40 in West Cook County, said, “Schools are going to have to find a screening model and train people to run the screenings,” Center Square reported. The Illinois State Board of Education is currently working on the challenge of how to conduct a screening process. Mental health and its operation.
Ideally, the screening session will be a 15-minute one-on-one conversation between a trained social worker or counselor and a student. Trained screeners are more successful at finding problems when they can look for body language and cues, Klausner said.
Anxiety and depression are causes of behavioral problems. Screeners may find a child who is anxious about coming to school. The child may believe that other students are looking at him or talking about him, which indicates a higher than normal level of anxiety.
It is a troubling thought that social workers carry out screenings and that students may face lifelong stigma once they are diagnosed.
Big Pharma must be jumping up and down happily.
