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WLWT Cincinnati Focuses on Student Mental Health Needs


Topic: Health Awareness Campaigns | VIDEO
Posted on 8/23/2021

Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate WLWT Cincinnati, Ohio, reported on May 25 about how teenage students are dealing with mental health issues that were heightened during the pandemic and how educators are offering support as they prepare for reentry into classrooms in the fall. “Before the pandemic, our number one issues were anxiety and depression. And so that continued through the pandemic," said Rachel Searcy, director of Student Services, Oak Hills School District. She added that they learned the need to emphasize working with all students, not just a select few, and find new coping strategies and ways to relieve mental stress.



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