, from feeding, clothing and vaccinating them to spotting abuse and neglect.
The Illinois State Board of Education does not require schools to report how many students are taking mental health absences. KHN contacted the 10 many schools can't afford the types of services Plainfield is offering, education officials say, and in rural areas they sometimes have trouble finding people to fill those jobs.
Fourteen-year-old Heaven Draper, an eighth-grader at Brian Piccolo, said she had used two mental health days: one to take a break from a chaotic classroom environment — she said she sometimes feels more like a teacher than a student — and another to de-stress from the pressures of applying and testing for high schools in the city."This is our first year back in person from quarantine," she said."It's gotten overwhelming at times.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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