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12 States Offer Excused Mental Health Days For Students In School

(2 days ago) WebSince Riddle’s testimony, more states have approved excused absences for mental heath for school-aged children and teens. According to VeryWell Mind, states that have mental health absences

https://www.today.com/parents/parents/mental-health-days-students-school-rcna40320

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More states are allowing students to take mental …

(7 days ago) WebThe state allows K-12 students in public schools to have five excused absences per school year for mental health reasons, another example of the growing acknowledgment among lawmakers that

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/10/1103939937/kids-mental-health-days

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12 States Offer Excused Mental Health Days For Students In School

(8 days ago) WebTwelve states now allow students to take "mental health days" as excused absences, and experts say it's a huge step forward. When Lori Riddle was in high …

https://news.yahoo.com/12-states-offer-excused-mental-162513755.html

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More Schools Are Offering Student Mental Health Days. Here's …

(2 days ago) WebState lawmakers in New York are considering a bill to allow K-12 students to take mental health days. If it passes, New York will join a dozen other states that give …

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/more-schools-are-offering-student-mental-health-days-heres-what-you-need-to-know/2023/01

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Why More Schools Are Excusing Student Absences for …

(6 days ago) WebIn 2020 and 2021, seven states—Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Nevada, Utah and Virginia—enacted new laws allowing excused absences for mental health reasons, or expanded on previous

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/why-more-schools-are-excusing-student-absences-for-mental-health/2021/06

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Some States Now Permit Students To Take Mental …

(8 days ago) WebEncouraged by student advocates, some states have passed legislation allowing students to take so-called “mental health days” from school. In 2018, Utah changed the definition of excused absences from …

https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2019.12b9

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More states are allowing students to take mental health days off

(Just Now) WebThe state allows K-12 students in public schools to have five excused absences per school year for mental health reasons, another example of the growing …

https://www.kpbs.org/news/national/2022/06/10/more-states-are-allowing-students-to-take-mental-health-days-off

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More states are allowing children to take mental health days

(6 days ago) WebWith child mental health problems on the rise in the past few years, a growing number of states have adopted laws that let students take an excused absence if they …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10/02/student-mental-health-days/

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Mental Health Days: School Absence Policies NAMI

(8 days ago) WebTo reflect this understanding, many states and school boards across the nation have enacted policies allowing approved absences for mental health. Taking time to manage …

https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/Policy-Priorities/Improving-Health/Mental-Health-Days-School-Absence-Policies/

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WA students can now take excused mental health days

(5 days ago) WebHe says the change means that each school can make an official count of its mental health-related absences. Washington is one of 12 states that specifically allows …

https://crosscut.com/news/2022/09/wa-students-can-now-take-excused-mental-health-days

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Some states approve mental health sick days for students

(8 days ago) WebThe language varies from state to state, with some bills limiting the number of allowable mental health days and others requiring a mental health professional to …

https://youthtoday.org/2022/08/some-states-approve-mental-health-sick-days-for-students/

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More States Are Allowing Students to Take ‘Mental Health - The …

(Just Now) WebThe push for student mental health days began in 2019, when Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill expanding the state’s category of excused absences to include …

https://www.the74million.org/article/more-states-are-allowing-students-to-take-mental-health-days-but-could-the-practice-backfire/

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Washington students can now take excused mental health days

(3 days ago) WebHe says the change means that each school can make an official count of its mental health-related absences. Washington is one of 12 states that specifically allows …

https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/oct/03/washington-students-can-now-take-excused-mental-health-days/

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Bills Introduced to Bring Student Mental Health Days to Pennsylvania

(1 days ago) WebIf passed, Senate Bill 886 will enable Pennsylvania to join 12 other states, providing students excused absences from classes to focus on their mental well-being. …

https://www.bctv.org/2023/11/20/bills-introduced-to-bring-student-mental-health-days-to-pennsylvania/

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WA students can get excused absences for mental health under …

(8 days ago) WebNevada allows mental or behavioral health professionals to excuse students from school. OSPI will communicate with the districts this month and in August about …

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/new-state-law-says-washington-students-can-get-excused-absences-for-mental-health/

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Washington Students Can Get Excused Absences for Mental …

(7 days ago) WebStudents in Washington will be able to take time off from school for mental health reasons beginning next school year, under a new state law and rules approved …

https://www.chronline.com/stories/washington-students-can-get-excused-absences-for-mental-health-under-new-law,295123

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California is Now Allowing Mental Health Days as Excused Absences

(1 days ago) WebCalifornia is among twelve states that now allow students to take “mental health days” as excused absences, as reported by Today. While some adults worry that …

https://cassybayarea.org/california-is-now-allowing-mental-health-days-as-excused-absences/

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Mental Health-Related Absences Up 33% in 2023 - SHRM

(8 days ago) WebEmployee leaves of absence for mental health issues rose a whopping 300 percent from 2017 to 2023, new data from ComPsych finds.

https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/news/benefits-compensation/mental-health-absences-surge-workplace-compsych

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Mental Health Related Absences - K–12

(9 days ago) WebThe Washington State Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) and other youth advocates worked with state representatives to introduce and pass House Bill …

https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/support-programs/attendance-chronic-absenteeism-and-truancy/mental-health-related-absences

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These 10 States Have the Worst Mental Health - MSN

(5 days ago) WebAs part of the 2024 Best States rankings, U.S. News determined which states have the worst mental health by examining the age-adjusted percentage of adults in each state …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/these-10-states-have-the-worst-mental-health/ar-BB1lW5fd

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State Leaders Agree Behavioral Health a Top Bipartisan Concern in …

(1 days ago) WebPresident Joe Biden reflected in his State of the Union in March on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it had wreaked havoc on people’s day-to-day lives, …

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2024/04/29/state-leaders-agree-behavioral-health-a-top-bipartisan-concern-in-2024

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Guidance on Mental Health Related Absences - ospi.k12.wa.us

(3 days ago) WebIn recent years, state legislatures around the country are addressing mental health explicitly as excused absence. Minnesota has allowed it since 2009; Utah and Oregon …

https://ospi.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/2023-08/guidance_on_mental_health_related_absences_final.pdf

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Are Schools Too Focused on Mental Health? - The New York Times

(8 days ago) WebStudents resting after yoga during a mental health fair at Woodsdale Elementary School in Wheeling, W.Va. Woodsdale is one of many schools in the United …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/health/mental-health-schools.html

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Marking Mental Health Awareness Month, First Partner Siebel …

(9 days ago) WebState of California. WHY IT MATTERS: Our youth are facing a mental health crisis. Over 284,000 youth cope with major depression and 66 percent of kids …

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/05/07/first-partner-youth-mental-health-roundtable/

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3 in 4 Americans feel that mental health takes a back seat - ABC …

(2 days ago) Web60% of Americans give a poor or failing grade to how mental health is treated. Even though one in five Americans lives with a mental illness, many feel it is …

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/3-4-americans-feel-mental-health-takes-back/story?id=109818495

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Grant Mental Health Excused Absences to HWRSD - Change.org

(Just Now) WebAt this moment, Mental Health is not considered equal to Physical Health. Mental Health days are not considered excused absences. Students could be using …

https://www.change.org/p/grant-mental-health-excused-absences-to-hwrsd

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Mental health crisis centers look to provide care that busy ERs

(7 days ago) WebStarting in the 1960s and 1970s, states began a decades-long process of “deinstitutionalization,” releasing patients and shutting down state mental health …

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/26/crisis-centers-empath-units-er-alternative-for-mental-health/

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Mental Health Awareness Month Arrives Amid a - University of …

(7 days ago) WebAccording to the results of Stress in America™ 2023, a nationwide survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of the American Psychological Association, …

https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2024/may/05012024-may-mental-health-month-walker.php

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More states are allowing students to take mental health days off

(3 days ago) WebNow Illinois is giving Sorensen and students like her a new option for dealing with mental health lows. The state allows K-12 students in public schools to have five …

https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-06-10/more-states-are-allowing-students-to-take-mental-health-days-off

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This Mental Health Awareness Month, Congress should unlock …

(8 days ago) WebMay is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in 2024, there is a mental health crisis in this country. Michelle Steel is the United States Representative for California’s …

https://www.ocregister.com/2024/05/05/this-mental-health-awareness-month-congress-should-unlock-telehealths-potential/

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Physical Fitness Linked to Better Mental Health in Young People

(1 days ago) WebThe risk of mental health disorder was weighted against three metrics for physical fitness: cardio fitness, as measured by a student’s time in an 800-meter run; …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/health/adolescents-exercise-mental-health.html

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Rural Texas ERs face growing mental health crisis - The Texas …

(3 days ago) WebFor 24/7 mental health support in English or Spanish, call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s free help line at 800-662-4357. You can …

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/07/texas-mental-health-hospitals-er/

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Governor Newsom Proclaims Children’s Mental Health Awareness …

(4 days ago) WebSACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring May 1-7, 2024, as “Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week” in the State of …

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/05/04/governor-newsom-proclaims-childrens-mental-health-awareness-week-2024/

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UTA grad’s future career combines law and mental health

(4 days ago) WebIzabella Russell’s first in-person class at The University of Texas at Arlington made her face her greatest fear: public speaking. Izabella Russell in front of the Tarrant …

https://www.uta.edu/news/news-releases/2024/05/07/uta-grads-future-career-combines-law-and-mental-health

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Supporting the Mental Health of Employees of Color

(4 days ago) WebMental health isn’t the same for everyone; disparities exist between people of color and their white counterparts in the prevalence, incidence, symptoms, and treatment …

https://hbr.org/2024/05/supporting-the-mental-health-of-employees-of-color

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