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Mandate Suicide Prevention Training For School Personnel

Several states have increased funding for school counseling, psychology staff, and training programs for teachers and first responders to detect signs of mental illness. States are also mandating suicide prevention training for school personnel and incorporating lessons about mental health into subjects like science, history, and health classes. The new curriculums aim to promote understanding of mental health conditions and develop emotional intelligence in students.

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Mandate Suicide Prevention Training For School Personnel

Several states have increased funding for school counseling, psychology staff, and training programs for teachers and first responders to detect signs of mental illness. States are also mandating suicide prevention training for school personnel and incorporating lessons about mental health into subjects like science, history, and health classes. The new curriculums aim to promote understanding of mental health conditions and develop emotional intelligence in students.

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TRAINING & OTHER MEASURES RELATED TO PERSONNEL

 In response, many states have increased funding for school counseling and added
psychologists to their health staffs.
 most states have adopted so-called mental health first aid programs to train first responders,
primary care physicians, teachers and other school personnel to detect the signs of mental
illness and addiction and provide preventive measures including referral to treatment.
 mandate suicide prevention training for school personnel, and close to a dozen
states require annual courses
 encourage and facilitate training, but do not require it----REQUIRE
 York’s law doesn’t prescribe a specific classroom curriculum for mental health, leaving the
details up to the board of education. But the state is giving $1 million a year to the mental
health association to offer an online mental health resource center and free training services for
teachers starting in July.

INSTRUCTION
 incorporate the topic of mental illness into subjects such as science, literature, history
and social studies whenever possible,
 health teachers will be called on to develop lesson plans that describe the disease of
mental illness, methods of treating it, and healthy coping techniques students can use
to protect themselves and their friends from the mounting pressures of school life .

NARRATIVE

“The life students live today is very different from what it was just 10 years ago,” Clifton’s Verga said.
“Technology and social media have taken over. Kids are getting cellphones at an earlier age and facing
escalating academic expectations and standardized assessments starting in third grade.”

schools will now teach about mental health as part of health education classes
Not only does the new curriculum promote greater understanding of various mental health conditions,
but classes also include exercises in describing feelings, and developing increased emotional intelligence
over time

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