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When students access school based mental health programs: Schools see an increase in grades, attendance, student self-esteem, overall child health, and parent and teacher knowledge of mental health issues. Schools also see a decrease in absenteeism and emergency room use for mental health services.
The Citywide Behavioral Expectations to Support Student Learning (including the Discipline Code) provide descriptions of conduct that meet the standards of behavior expected of NYC students, and it also outlines conduct that does not meet these standards.
To assist schools with providing health education, NYC DOE provides research-based, recommended curricula for the elementary, middle and high school levels, and offers teachers free training throughout the year.
This document offers core elements that should be included in school mental health curricula and acknowledges that unrecognized, untreated and late treated mental illness elevates the risk of mental health disabilities, suicide, and self-injury (Richter, 2017).
Presently, in New York, and until July, 2018 when the Mental Health Education in Schools law becomes effective, there is no requirement in the State Education Law that schools must provide instruction about mental health as part of the school health curricula.
3 mar 2022 · Students are struggling with mental health difficulties that impact their ability to learn while in school, and many students lack access to mental health providers in their communities. School administrators are in a prime position to lead systemic change aimed at supporting student mental health.
15 gru 2023 · New York City started with the data, finding striking needs among children, youth, and families; people with serious mental illness; and people at risk of drug overdose. The NYC government focused on these 3 populations, with an emphasis on racial and ethnic equity.
