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In the ‘Crazy, Complicated' World of Special Education, Parents Turn to One Another for Help — on the Internet

Laura McKenna

August 19, 2019 |

The 74 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Because special education services vary by district and are often confusing to understand and navigate, parents are increasingly turning to online forums and listserves to answer their questions. The groups also serve as an emotional support for parents who might otherwise feel alone.

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Expanded preschool-lite programs inspiring optimism at Billings' South Side schools

Matt Hoffman

August 19, 2019 |

Missoulian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Billings, Montana

A six-week, half-day kindergarten jumpstart program in Billings, Montana is helping students to get acclimated to the classroom before formally entering school. While the "preschool-lite" offerings are not meant as a stand-in for a comprehensive preschool experience, they are a step towards closing the achievement gap, local officials and school administrators say.

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School suicide screening program in Ohio leading to fewer deaths

Erin Cargile Chris Nelson

August 18, 2019 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Ohio

As part of a suicide prevention program in North Central Ohio, middle and high school students take a screening test to assess their mental state and determine if intervention by the school is necessary. Coupled with a hotline and classroom visits, the HelpLine is working to teach community members that it is okay to ask for help.

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Austin parents create safe options for families in a dangerous digital landscape

Chris Nelson Arezow Doost

August 18, 2019 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Concerned about their children's mental health as a result of excessive and unmonitored screen time, several parents in Austin are taking district-wide pacts to not buy their children smartphones before a certain grade and offering alternate activities or more controlled gaming environments.

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Texas Tech telemedicine improves teens' mental health in 24 school districts

Erin Cargile Juan Salinas

August 18, 2019 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Ralls, Texas

In several small rural towns in Texas, mental health professionals from Texas Tech are offering telemedicine counseling to make up for a lack of counselors available in local middle and high schools. The Governor's office has now asked the successful school districts to develop a training program for teachers in other Texas districts in order to scale the model.

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Round Rock ISD trains bus drivers to look for suicidal students

Chris Nelson Tom Miller

August 18, 2019 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Round Rock, Texas

In one Texas school district, bus drivers are trained to watch out for signs of distress and depression in students and report any irregular behavior to the school.

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Mental health consultants helping California teachers in the classroom

Erin Cargile Juan Salinas

August 18, 2019 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

In a preschool outside of San Francisco, mental health consultants are sitting in on classes and meeting one on one with teachers to help them build strong relationships with their students.

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Incarcerated Women Help Recover Rare Northwest Butterfly Species

Jenn Chavez

August 18, 2019 |

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Wilsonville, Oregon

In a collaboration with the Oregon Zoo, the Institute of Applied Ecology, the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Oregon’s Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, women experiencing incarceration are helping save the endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. Participants learn data gathering, environmental skills, and record keeping – all skills that can translate to life after release – so that they may help the species flourish from larvae to butterfly.

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‘Our youngest we lost was nine.' Austin ISD police home in on mental health

Chris Nelson Tom Miller

August 18, 2019 |

KXAN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

The Austin school district credits its crisis intervention police officers, trained in deescalation in mental health emergencies, with contributing to a level of care that defused a student-suicide crisis. Six students ended their lives in the 2017-18 school year, while none did the following year. Teaming up with counselors, the police deal both with parents and students in seeking better mental health care for them rather than turning crises into arrests and punishment. On the dozens of campuses where such care has been emphasized, even test scores are up.

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How teen Greta Thunberg shifted world's gaze to climate change

Linda Givetash

August 17, 2019 |

NBC News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Sweden

All over the world, more than 2 million children and teens are participating in classroom walkouts in an effort to bring attention to the severity of climate change. Called, Fridays for the Future, leaders of the movement are gaining traction, and have developed a declaration that emphasizes their demand that world leaders do something to stop the rising global temperature. This movement was sparked by Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, who, at 16-years old, has started this movement, spoken to global leaders, and continues to do what’s needed to demand action in the face of climate change.

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